Darn, it's sure nice to get outside again.....

[Digger]

I only had a couple hours to detect today, so I hit an old yard here in town. I used both my 705 with the 6-inch DD and my Etrac with the Joey coil. Seemed to do pretty well with both of them. In total, I found 31 pieces of clad or memorials, three square trade tokens, two silver dimes, a few early Wheats and four IH cents. Oh, and a pouch full of copper rivots, some wire, two rifle casings and four or five chunks of lead. I hadn't hunted a private yard for so long I had forgotten how nice the IH cents come out, compared to those exposed to farm chemicals in the fields I typically hunt. The three square tokens were all from the same local merchantile store that's been gone since the early 1900's. The large round token had my blood pumping for a minute as I thought I'd hit another Silver dollar. Instead it is a Declaration of Independence Dollar from the Worlds Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, 1892 - 1893. The engravings commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Discovery of America and landing of the Pilgrims. All in all it was a great day to be detecting. And finding a few keepers made it even better. HH Randy

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[Terra1959]

Wow Digger,

Great finds...no- fantastic finds, especially for just a couple of hours.
What is that big old 1892-3 Independence dollar made out of ? is it silver ?
Very nice even if it's not.
Whats the rarity of that ?
...err- sorry for all the questions.
Congrats.

T59

 

[Beale]

Congrats on the very good hunt Digger. I like the square tokens and silver! The Independence Dollar is very cool! I like that kind of stuff different and unique, Beale.

 

[Des Dunne]

Well done Randy!
Some neat finds there.
Isn't it great to feel the sun on your back after a long winter?
Had that feeling two Sundays ago...for a brief few seconds the sun warmed my back...just as I sat back and admired a nice find with my E Trac.
Still haven't taken off the outer layers though...even had a snow / sleet shower an hour ago!

Good Hunting

Des D

 

[Hawkeye Jim]

love them old house yards..................great bunch of finds there............do the tokens have a store and town name???

HH - Hawkeye Jim.

 

[Crocket]

Looks like you started the season with a bang! Nice bunch of of finds the Indian heads seam to be in good shape and the tokens are pretty neat the Declaration of Independence Dollar is a great part of history.WTG

 

[Digger]

Thanks. The World's Fair token is not silver. Wish it was though! It appears to be pewter, but all I can find online is that they were made of "white metal". HH Randy

 

[Digger]

All three tokens do have the name of the store and the town on the reverse side. I didn't post a pic of that side due to it being my hometown. HH Randy

 

[Hawkeye Jim]

No problem...........I was just curious, as sometimes we find tokens that don't have the town listed and then you wonder where in the heck that did that come from...............jim.

 

[xwyokid]

n/t

 

[bruce1036]

Now that's one cool find.
Makes me want to go out right now..

Happy Hunting

 

[Goes4ever]

great digs Randy, congrats!

 

[7centsworth]

Nice bunch of finds you got there.

 

[Cliff KS]

Digger,

Those are some damn fine finds! I seldom find anything cool like tokens around the old farm house sites I hunt.