Full Day Out With The Ws6 Master - It's All About The Buttons

[F350Platinum]

What a week, I hardly remember the last time I was out hunting. Been stuck inside by the dual nor'easter we had this week, it's still going. 

On Wednesday an EF1 tornado passed about 2 miles away, the only tornado in Virginia that day. It wrecked some houses and left a few miles of trees down, I could see and hear it from my porch. Yikes. 

Yesterday was supposed to be nice, but the second meandering low just kept throwing rain at us. It finally ended in the afternoon with this:

A double rainbow that ended in the yard.

No pot of gold 🙄

Today again was supposed to be nice, it started out that way anyway. I went to my biggest permission hoping to get some really old stuff.

The cover crop has been killed and the bean stalks were knocked down a bit more, it hasn't been planted yet but soon will be. The rain has held things up.

Today I was exclusively using the Deus 2 WS6 Master with the 11" coil for greater coverage, and my trusty version of Relic. I just bought the Deus "Lite" shaft to use with it, if I use the 9" coil the whole detector weighs 1.8 pounds. 

I have to say I really like the lighter shaft, if feels sturdy and comfortable. I have the 11" on the "CF" lower which is carbon fiber but doesn't look like it. There is no flex that I can feel. 

Got a good amount of really old stuff today, I concentrated on one small area: 

6 buttons, a couple pieces of saddle decoration, and buckle bits of some very old buckles, all sadly broken as usual. 

One of the buttons is fancy with a "whorl"

And this one is probably the most incredible cast Tombac I have ever found: 

I'm not sure whether that is a crop or sword the rider is holding.

If anyone can tell me what this was used for I'd appreciate it, at first I thought it was part of a scissor but it has no joint, and has a hole drilled in one end diagonally to one side.

Maybe some sort of candle lighter that holds a wick?

By the end of the day it got cloudy with a really cold wind blowing. I hope it won't be long until things warm up.

Not much trash as usual with Relic, mostly lead.

[schoolofhardNox]

Definitely some older fragments there. Anything is possible in that field. Can't wait to see the first coin come from there.

[F350Platinum]

42 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Definitely some older fragments there. Anything is possible in that field. Can't wait to see the first coin come from there.

You have seen the first coins coming from here, it's a 500 acre place so there have been quite a few. I wasn't able to get to this side of it until this past season, but some pretty good stuff like this came from there: 

1798 Draped Bust large cent

1724 half Reale cob

Another half Reale cob, just noticed it might be a 1720.

It's been a busy season 😅

[JCR]

Glad you were able to get out and have a good hunt.

[Valens Legacy]

Nice hunting again 350, and what a set of finds.

How large is the item with the hole and shaft , it looks almost like some old tie-down that I have seen some where.

Should they have a large size hole it could have been used for chain, small hole would be used for rope.

Good luck on finding out what it is for sure.

[ColonelDan]

Another nice outing.  That rider button and coins are interesting “finds of the day” 

Good job soldier…..🫡

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice hunting again 350, and what a set of finds.

How large is the item with the hole and shaft , it looks almost like some old tie-down that I have seen some where.

Should they have a large size hole it could have been used for chain, small hole would be used for rope.

Good luck on finding out what it is for sure.

Thanks VL,

It's hand size, about like a Barber scissor, about 2.5 inches long. The hole is about 1/32" or less and only about a quarter inch from the top to the side diagonally. It has always been in the shape it appears as.

If it was straight I'd think it was a pistol barrel key. 🤔

[F350Platinum]

3 hours ago, ColonelDan said:

Another nice outing.  That rider button and coins are interesting “finds of the day” 

Good job soldier…..🫡

Thanks Colonel, 

It was another 7 mile hike over almost 8 hours, but I only searched about 3 acres in one spot. There are other productive places I could have gone but didn't want to spoil future hunts, it may be a full season before I can get back there, next crop will be corn.

The coins were from previous hunts there, and yes, they were all finds of the day. I think I have personally found over 100 buttons there along with other interesting relics. It's my best permission by far, and was fairly hard won. 🙂 

[rvpopeye]

👍 , just👍 

I'm waiting for white to be green+brown again.😎

[F350Platinum]

2 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

👍 , just👍 

I'm waiting for white to be green+brown again.😎

Thanks RVP,

The only thing that is good about the weather here is that it's cold enough to keep the bugs from hatching out. March in April (high winds) is just not pleasant, no matter the thermometer reading. 🙄