Two Old Schools

[Geologyhound]

Last week, I hunted two old schools.  I think they have both been hit pretty hard. Found some modern coins and a wheat penny at the first place along with what appears to be old #4 brass saddle grommets.  These are toothed on the one side and swivel on the other.  I found one intact and halves of three others.  If anyone knows these are something different, I am all ears.  I also found pieces of an old cap pistol, one of which still has the maker’s name – Hubley.

At the second school, I was experimenting with settings from a recent post in the Deus 2 forum regarding lower sensitivity and higher audio response.  I found a 1980 penny 8 inches down… Then I saw they had recently cut up half the front sidewalk over about a 15 foot section to replace a sewer line. I hunted the disturbed dirt and found a zinc penny range signal (83 - 84).  I don’t know the settings mattered much, as about 2 inches down (and about 2 feet from the new sewer clean out) I found a solid green disc at about a 45° angle which I probably would’ve found with just about any settings.  A 1903 Indian head penny had been hiding under that sidewalk.  It was pretty well crusted. I managed to flake off most of the thin crust with a toothpick and my thumbnail.  The rest of the crust doesn’t want to budge.  The coin is pretty solid and has a lot of detail. If I could crack off the rest of the crust, it would be a nice looking coin.  I am going to have to go back and reread some of the posts on coin cleaning… 🧐

 

[JCR]

If the crust on your IHP won't dry pick you can lightly peen it with a jeweler's hammer. Use a wood backer.

[Geologyhound]

22 minutes ago, JCR said:

If the crust on your IHP won't dry pick you can lightly peen it with a jeweler's hammer. Use a wood backer.

What kind of head should I use on the hammer?

[JCR]

Mine has a flat face & a cross peen. A convex head would be better perhaps, but light tapping is the way to go. The coins need to be very dry.

[Tom_in_CA]

Good pictures.   Thanx for sharing.

[fogrider]

A cleaning with an Andres Crayon followed by a 48 hour soak in hydrogen peroxide might do the trick on the IHP.