On The Clay

[stupot]

It couldn't be a much better situation. Tides at the moment are small, bad times & generally poor. But I was keen to get out to the coast, actually pretty desperate! I just don't like being away for too long, but I've been putting in a lot of hours on fields which are becoming really interesting now.

My expectations were not good but it didn't matter as I just needed the sea. But what became apparent was a quite long but narrow strip with all material removed to the clay. I don't know why, something happened to cause it - very localized.

The area has been very productive. I've had three gold coins here in the years I've hunted it. Today was plenty of gold like targets. A lot of small lead, coins & other bits. The M9 is pretty much permanently on the Manti now, its become my favourite coil. Very little iron made the job easier but still required careful searching. Two hours slowly & the area was covered, I did extend it further up into the deeper sand but little showed. When that scours out you have the same situation as the lower part, but there is a lot of iron there too.

I ran the machine with great stability on 15 sens. Had 3 on upper Fe with a 50-60 area drop to 4 because of the plastic coated wire that's here, it does capture and helps ID better too.

Couple of coins together on the surface and others partially hidden in the small stones and gritty hematite. Quite a few coins were in small holes in the clay including the US advertising token for roofing rubber. I checked the date seems to be 30-50's. Favourite find is the Amy Johnson Australia flight in 1930. Had a few pewter pin ones before, but first brass & enamel. Plus a wwII bomber in iron...

There's always some interesting foreign coins here, used to be a big hotel that was frequented by visitors worldwide. Everything is worn pretty much out including the silver coins. It didn't miss the tiny fragment of a silver brooch either. A few inches of sand & a lot of the smaller responses would just disappear.

The 17th c pipes came from my garden after I raked loose stones out for carrots. Many pieces of pottery and glass come up every year. Currently, we've had no rain to speak of for over 5 weeks, soils getting pretty dry now.

 

 

 

 

[Rick N. MI]

Great hunt. I like the lead horse toy.

[GB_Amateur]

7 hours ago, stupot said:

...Including the US advertising token for roofing rubber. I checked the date seems to be 30-50's.

A few decades earlier according to this Wikipedia page:

Originally founded as the Standard Paint Company, GAF was established in 1886 in Bound Brook, New Jersey.[4][5] The company introduced the first ready-to-lay asphalt roll roofing product, known as “Ruberoid,” in 1892.[5][6] The Ruberoid product was further enhanced in 1898 when ceramic granules were added to Ruberoid rolls to increase durability and fire resistance.[5] The company subsequently changed its name to The Ruberoid Co. in 1921.

Sounds like the Standard Paint Company name was discontinued in 1921.  That token appears to be in pretty nice shape, especially considering the environmental conditions it's spent most of its life.  Thanks for your illustrative posts.

[JCR]

Very interesting.

[stupot]

14 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

A few decades earlier according to this Wikipedia page:

Originally founded as the Standard Paint Company, GAF was established in 1886 in Bound Brook, New Jersey.[4][5] The company introduced the first ready-to-lay asphalt roll roofing product, known as “Ruberoid,” in 1892.[5][6] The Ruberoid product was further enhanced in 1898 when ceramic granules were added to Ruberoid rolls to increase durability and fire resistance.[5] The company subsequently changed its name to The Ruberoid Co. in 1921.

Sounds like the Standard Paint Company name was discontinued in 1921.  That token appears to be in pretty nice shape, especially considering the environmental conditions it's spent most of its life.  Thanks for your illustrative posts.

Thanks for the info. Strange find in England!

[F350Platinum]

Glad you could tweak some more finds out of that spot, Stupot. Pebble stone is rare where I dig but the M9 is also my go to for it, although I may give the M8 a go. The stone is not kind to those coins and artifacts. 🏆

Waiting on the HF2 to try.

[Detecting with CM]

Nice sixpence and wheat penny. What is the other silver coin to the right of the 1919 sixpence?

[stupot]

6 hours ago, Detecting with CM said:

Nice sixpence and wheat penny. What is the other silver coin to the right of the 1919 sixpence?

Victoria threepence 1890's. Similar to your silver 3c size. Thanks