SittingElf Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I had about 90 minutes around lunchtime on Sunday, while my wife and son were out shopping, to hit a couple of the vacant military family housing units within walking distance of our house. THese houses are scheduled for demolition this year, and were built between 1958-1964. Two small front yards on Park 1, NC, GB Auto, 20 sens, APTX LL phones, Ferrous 1, 50 tones, 3 recovery. I actually ignored what were likely pennies after the first half hour. Looking for better. Ended up after 90 minutes with one Silver 1951 Quarter, 2 wheaties, four clad quarters, six clad dimes, one nickel, and six copper pennies. The unusual was a 1940's-1950's US Air Force button, and a Fleur de Lise (sp?) Large button from the front yards. Happy to have hit silver again within 3 minutes walk from our house, and a military bottle opener as a final bonus! Lovin this 600, and can't wait for the 800 I still have on order! 10 days to go before we move from this base in Florida to Oklahoma. Hopefully, virgin ground on base there as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 35 minutes ago, SittingElf said: I actually ignored what were likely pennies after the first half hour. Looking for better. Ended up after 90 minutes with one Silver 1951 Quarter, 2 wheaties, four clad quarters, six clad dimes, one nickel, and six copper pennies. Excellent finds! Being able to hunt restricted areas such as military bases is certainly a plus. I don't understand what you mean by "...ignored what were likely pennies..." when you subsequently dug two Wheats and six (Memorial?) coppers. Do you mean you ignored Zincolns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SittingElf Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 No, I got the pennies early, and with limited time, I really wasn't interested in pennies...of any kind. Just ignored 18-21, but even so, I dug some coppers that were indicating up to 24 TID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveg Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 NICE job, once again, Elf! Those old military houses have been good to you! Superb! You really have a great training ground there, for the Equinox! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SittingElf Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 After some research, I found that the US Air Force button was manufactured by L&R Metal Products Corp, Bronx, NY. Likely from the late 40's or early 50's. This button was primarily manufactured by Waterford, but L&R also had a limited production of them. If the reverse still had the actual attachment, it would have spelled out the L&R company name around the rim. I love solving puzzles like this! Now I just need to find out what the Fleur de lis large button was from. I can't find an identical design anywhere online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Nice work! I usually ignore the zinc penny numbers as well in the more modern areas I hunt. Last evening though, I got surprised. I was hunting a small wood chips tot lot as I only had about an hour. It was pretty clean. Someone else must have hit it recently. I'm detecting the area of the big kid swings and I got a solid "zinc penny" hit 19-20. I decided to dig it since targets were few and was rewarded with a beautiful brass compass. Weird. Sometimes you just don't know what you're passing on. Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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