Artifact Finds Probably 100 Years Newer Than I Hoped

[Geologyhound]

Got permission to hunt a site which was in use in the 1850s.  But, I think most of the stuff I found is from the mid-1900s.  The Ranger cap pistol is from the 1950s.  The “Miller“ item I believe is some sort of electrical junction? The “badge” has some sort of design on the front but I can’t make out any writing.  There is some sort of hanger on the back.  The foil items may be yogurt lids? There is embossed writing on one but I can’t make out what it says.  It is definitely heavier grade foil than modern yogurt. I think the bullet is a .45, but I don’t know from what or how old.

Soil is very soft - I can sink my trowel to the shank without much effort.  The only coin I found here was a 1940s wheat.  It was down around 6-7 inches and was an iffy signal with nails.  I suspect I may need something larger than my deus 2 9-inch coil to find many coins here.

Thanks for looking!

[Gold Seeker]

The Miller item appears to be one half of an old padlock case.

[F350Platinum]

The round foil bits look like "Merry Widow" tin halves, a common and amusing find. 😀

Still cool stuff. 👍

[Geologyhound]

5 hours ago, Gold Seeker said:

The Miller item appears to be one half of an old padlock case.

Well that’s cool! I hadn’t thought of that option but it would explain the two openings on the top and the one opening in the bottom.

[Geologyhound]

4 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

The round foil bits look like "Merry Widow" tin halves, a common and amusing find. 😀

Still cool stuff. 👍

Ah.  I thought one of them said fresh something or other, but then there was a space followed by what I think is CA. So I wasn’t sure if it was a description or a city and state.

[Geologyhound]

5 hours ago, Gold Seeker said:

The Miller item appears to be one half of an old padlock case.

Bingo! Just found a picture of one on the Internet. Thanks!

[CPT_GhostLight]

Cool finds, Geologyhound, well done! The brass "badge" looks like a belt buckle or possibly horse tack to me. The .45 bullet looks like .45 ACP, probably from WWI to WWII era.

[Geologyhound]

Had about 40 minutes to hunt this afternoon and stopped at this site.  I am glad I did, as I finally broke my silver drought. This is the first silver dime I have found with my Deus 2. I just updated to version 2. Timewise, this jives with the rest of the stuff I’m finding at this site. But it’s silver, in decent condition, and not a relatively recent Rosie. Overall, I would say that was a great last find of the day on my way back to the car!

[F350Platinum]

Nice find Ghound,

That's what I call the "thank you" find for saving history. 😀

I trust you are finding V2 to be a benefit?

[Geologyhound]

1 hour ago, F350Platinum said:

I trust you are finding V2 to be a benefit?

Thanks!

Other than a few minutes in my backyard, this was my first real opportunity to use V2.  I may need to double check to make sure I entered my programs correctly. It seems like a lot of the targets are sounding off louder.  However, the coin had a nice soft pinpoint sound which told me it was smaller or deeper (about 5 inches).  I may need to adjust some of the volume levels.