floodplaindetector
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A couple weeks ago my wife Terri and I visited my parents at their farm on the other side of the state. My Dad Richard, who turned 93 in June told me to make sure and bring my metal detector
as he lost his ring on the road while going for a drive with his 1952 Farmall Super M tractor. He had an idea of where it slipped off his finger and other family members looked for it but had not found it yet.
Dad and I drove down the road to the area where he thought it was lost and I fired up my metal detector. I even tried swinging in the ditch with no luck. I then had the thought
that it may be further back on the road as the old tractor can cover some ground in road gear with a max speed of 18 mph. Sure enough, about 75 feet further back on the shoulder of the road, my detector screams out
with a silver high tone and I look down and just see a tiny glint of shiny. Most all of it was covered up with gravel due to a lot of harvest traffic and I do not think I would have spotted it with my eye.
I was very happy to find it and give it back to Dad. He later mentioned the silver agate ring was at least 50 years old.
Finds are from the last few weekend hunts since my last post. All finds were found at public sites with my Minelab eTrac.
I was very happy to find that old sterling silver bracelet as they don't come up often and are most always brass. That read like 3-4 inch deep half dollar. I pulled a pocket spill close by with the 1939 quarter,1937 wheat penny and 1947 nickel.
The 1937D buffalo nickel may be a rare 3 legged buffalo nickel. It does have some corrosion on it as it was very deep. Take a look at the reverse buffalo nickel picture and decide for yourself.
Thanks for looking!
Dave
Coin Finds
4 silver quarters (Standing Liberty Quarter Appears to be a 1924s)
7 silver dimes back to 1908
4 Buffalo nickels (1 possible 1937D 3 legged)
1875, 1895 Indian head pennies
Not pictured is 27 wheat pennies back to 1912.
Non Coin Finds
sterling silver bracelet
2 1/2 cent merchant tokens (2)
Brass gaming token pile (21)
Brass cafe token
Brass 1960 Gus Good Food Match coin. This a heads/tails flipping coin from a Chicago Restaurant (Circa 1960)
4 late 1970s-Early 1980s match box cars including the Dukes of Hazzard "General Lee"\
Brass "Fisher" body emblem
NRA Pin
kid's ring
'Sarome' Japanese Lighter
Beat up WWI general service button
Lead Button
Pocket watch Case
Couple old Makeup Compacts
Additional Misc. Items.
as he lost his ring on the road while going for a drive with his 1952 Farmall Super M tractor. He had an idea of where it slipped off his finger and other family members looked for it but had not found it yet.
Dad and I drove down the road to the area where he thought it was lost and I fired up my metal detector. I even tried swinging in the ditch with no luck. I then had the thought
that it may be further back on the road as the old tractor can cover some ground in road gear with a max speed of 18 mph. Sure enough, about 75 feet further back on the shoulder of the road, my detector screams out
with a silver high tone and I look down and just see a tiny glint of shiny. Most all of it was covered up with gravel due to a lot of harvest traffic and I do not think I would have spotted it with my eye.
I was very happy to find it and give it back to Dad. He later mentioned the silver agate ring was at least 50 years old.
Finds are from the last few weekend hunts since my last post. All finds were found at public sites with my Minelab eTrac.
I was very happy to find that old sterling silver bracelet as they don't come up often and are most always brass. That read like 3-4 inch deep half dollar. I pulled a pocket spill close by with the 1939 quarter,1937 wheat penny and 1947 nickel.
The 1937D buffalo nickel may be a rare 3 legged buffalo nickel. It does have some corrosion on it as it was very deep. Take a look at the reverse buffalo nickel picture and decide for yourself.
Thanks for looking!
Dave
Coin Finds
4 silver quarters (Standing Liberty Quarter Appears to be a 1924s)
7 silver dimes back to 1908
4 Buffalo nickels (1 possible 1937D 3 legged)
1875, 1895 Indian head pennies
Not pictured is 27 wheat pennies back to 1912.
Non Coin Finds
sterling silver bracelet
2 1/2 cent merchant tokens (2)
Brass gaming token pile (21)
Brass cafe token
Brass 1960 Gus Good Food Match coin. This a heads/tails flipping coin from a Chicago Restaurant (Circa 1960)
4 late 1970s-Early 1980s match box cars including the Dukes of Hazzard "General Lee"\
Brass "Fisher" body emblem
NRA Pin
kid's ring
'Sarome' Japanese Lighter
Beat up WWI general service button
Lead Button
Pocket watch Case
Couple old Makeup Compacts
Additional Misc. Items.
