farmhouse relics and first silver (barber)

[JimmyCT]

So this morning, I was going to hit the old farmhouse property. I arrive and the parks dept is mowing the field. Oh well, I head over to another local park and find a bunch of clad.My best find at this park is a 1951-D wheat cent. I take a break from detecting and then.... the old farmhouse property is "calling me" Can I resist? of course not lol. Off to the farmhouse... I found a wheat cent so corroded I can't even read the date. Next, I find some type of metal contraption (top right in pic in the first picture on the left) and then the sweet high pitch sound and 180 on the meter. Although, when I turned 90, it nulled. Before digging, I experimented. I backed my coil up to where the top of the coil was just making contact with the object. This time when I turned 90 again and using just the top / tip of the coil and making very tiny little wiggles I managed to get the audio and meter to climb high pitch / 180. So I managed to isolate the target and pull an 1892 Barber Dime from the hole. My first silver from the old farmhouse. I knew there was more there and my persistence paid off. Hey Gunnar, this is what I was trying to explain to you. Keep hitting that farm. Coin targets may be sparse but when you find one it will be a goodie. I have a feeling....


The more I look at the dime, the more it looks like it was in a fire (looks like soot )

 

[goodmore]

I can't really tell, but the contraption looks like an old pencil compass.

 

[w6pea]

You have some nice finds there. Thanks for posting the pictures.

 

[JimmyCT]

I took a couple xtra pics of the pencil compass. I see how it could be one. Thanks goodmore! I believe you have solved the mystery piece.

 

[w6pea]

To some people that would look like a bunch of junk but to all of us in the metal detecting world they are real treasures.

 

[JimmyCT]

w6pea, your right about that - they are treasures. (Imagine what it would be like if pulltabs, bottlecaps, screwcaps etc were never invented lol that would make the hunt a little easier & better ) The hunt is part of the thrill. That is why my user name is just that - earthlypotluck - I never know what the earth is going to give me

To some people that would look like a bunch of junk but to all of us in the metal detecting world they are real treasures.

 

[GunnarMN]

Now that is a nice dime , cool the what looks like a corroded lincoln cent is the new comemoritive cent of how lincoln would have looked if he was alowed to age you have the one and only old abe cent but it was voted down in congress and only one was minted hang on to that one . I wonder how many more things you will find at that spot . thanks for sharing

 

[JimmyCT]

Hey Gunnar,

Now that would certainly be nice if I had the only aged abe lol I am wondering about the last sentence you ask about. I ask that myself. The tally so far on this one side of the park is:

(1) 1825 large cent
(1) 1893 Barber dime
(3) wheat cents
and on the other side almost complete opposite of where all these were found, I found the 1908 British penny


I guess there is only one way to find out what else is at this place

There is also a little brook ( I could stand in it and maybe 10-12" in spots and certainly lot less elsewhere) I am thinking this might be a place to check out on one of these hot days. The old farmhouse use to be right near it. The only thing I would need to complete this task is a long scoop to dig down in the sandy / rocky bottom.

Now that is a nice dime , cool the what looks like a corroded lincoln cent is the new comemoritive cent of how lincoln would have looked if he was alowed to age you have the one and only old abe cent but it was voted down in congress and only one was minted hang on to that one . I wonder how many more things you will find at that spot . thanks for sharing

 

[w6pea]

Hey you are making me feel jealous how come we don't have no nice places to detect like you do
All we have is desert. Almost forgot miles and miles of beaches......gusher

Hey Gunnar,
Now that would certainly be nice if I had the only aged abe lol I am wondering about the last sentence you ask about. I ask that myself. The tally so far on this one side of the park is:

(1) 1825 large cent
(1) 1893 Barber dime
(3) wheat cents
and on the other side almost complete opposite of where all these were found, I found the 1908 British penny


I guess there is only one way to find out what else is at this place

There is also a little brook ( I could stand in it and maybe 10-12" in spots and certainly lot less elsewhere) I am thinking this might be a place to check out on one of these hot days. The old farmhouse use to be right near it. The only thing I would need to complete this task is a long scoop to dig down in the sandy / rocky bottom.

Now that is a nice dime , cool the what looks like a corroded lincoln cent is the new comemoritive cent of how lincoln would have looked if he was alowed to age you have the one and only old abe cent but it was voted down in congress and only one was minted hang on to that one . I wonder how many more things you will find at that spot . thanks for sharing

 

[JimmyCT]

What State do you live in? Nice places? I would love to detect the beach for some rings. You are stating you have miles of them...hit them at low tide. No? Just a thought.

Hey you are making me feel jealous how come we don't have no nice places to detect like you do
All we have is desert. Almost forgot miles and miles of beaches......gusher

Hey Gunnar,
Now that would certainly be nice if I had the only aged abe lol I am wondering about the last sentence you ask about. I ask that myself. The tally so far on this one side of the park is:

(1) 1825 large cent
(1) 1893 Barber dime
(3) wheat cents
and on the other side almost complete opposite of where all these were found, I found the 1908 British penny


I guess there is only one way to find out what else is at this place

There is also a little brook ( I could stand in it and maybe 10-12" in spots and certainly lot less elsewhere) I am thinking this might be a place to check out on one of these hot days. The old farmhouse use to be right near it. The only thing I would need to complete this task is a long scoop to dig down in the sandy / rocky bottom.

Now that is a nice dime , cool the what looks like a corroded lincoln cent is the new comemoritive cent of how lincoln would have looked if he was alowed to age you have the one and only old abe cent but it was voted down in congress and only one was minted hang on to that one . I wonder how many more things you will find at that spot . thanks for sharing

 

[Maxwedge]

Congradulations. Very nice. Keep on hitting it hard. Cya-Mark

 

[Critterhunter]

Good job on using the tip of the coil to sniff out the ID. I do that a lot, and even if it will ID from one way as a coin I'll dig it. I've also found that deep coins might only ID one way even with no trash or iron present due to either how it's sitting or just the ground matrix. I don't trust PP pinpointing in a different spot to tell me it's iron. Dig those. I go by sound and ID traits to tell me if it's iron instead.

 

[JimmyCT]

Thanks Critterhunter. Practice, practice, practice right? hmmm Thanks for the tip. I did not know that coins could ID just one way even if NO trash or iron is present. Well, now that you and several others have told me this "secret" anything with a good ID / audio one way, it is getting dug up.

Good job on using the tip of the coil to sniff out the ID. I do that a lot, and even if it will ID from one way as a coin I'll dig it. I've also found that deep coins might only ID one way even with no trash or iron present due to either how it's sitting or just the ground matrix. I don't trust PP pinpointing in a different spot to tell me it's iron. Dig those. I go by sound and ID traits to tell me if it's iron instead.

 

[Critterhunter]

Some say if it Pinpoints in a different spot than where disc says then it's iron. After digging several coins that did that due to iron I don't use PP telling me it moved to tell it's iron.

Yes, in my testing and actual dug coins too I have found some at fringe depth will only ID from one direction even if no iron is in the hole...probably due to being on edge or the ground matrix.

 

[GunnarMN]

I made my best find ever in a stream , a copper spear point the best found ever in Minnesota and that was from the state archeologyst you see people bathed thear animals came to drink thear and were hunted my detector is giving me a high tone just looking at the picture of that streem bro but do wear shoes lots of glass i bet

 

[Aaron]

Nice goin!
CONGRATS!

 

[JimmyCT]

You found a copper spear point with your detector? Do you have any pics of it or did the archaeologist claim it was state property? Yes, I plan on working it with my sneakers. I wouldn't even think of doing that stream barefoot. I do look forward to hitting it on a nice hot day. I just need to devise some type of digger for the stream.


quote=GunnarMN]
I made my best find ever in a stream , a copper spear point the best found ever in Minnesota and that was from the state archeologyst you see people bathed thear animals came to drink thear and were hunted my detector is giving me a high tone just looking at the picture of that streem bro but do wear shoes lots of glass i bet[/quote]

 

[Rick(ND)]

I have found 2 of the copper spear or arrow points myself with one in Crookston,MN (1977)and the other in Buffalo, ND (1996). The one in Crookston was perfect and about 4 inches long while the one in Buffalo was cracked, but in one piece. The one I got in Crookston is in a Private collection that they guy puts on display in a few museums around the country.
I have a guy that found a actual perfect spear point around 8 inches long and 2 inches wide in Twin Valley, MN that was taken to a local college to be checked out and was told it is between 3500 and 6000 years old and called a prehistoric one and was the best this guy had ever seen, I told him he should donate it to a historical society, but he sold it for $1500 to a Private collector instead.
The ones I found I was told come from Wisconsin band on native Americans.

 

[JimmyCT]

I did a little resarch on the net after reading your posting. Very interesting. When my dad & Uncle were kids, their parents house backed up against a huge forest. Obviously as kids, they were in their glory playing in the woods. Anyhow, they use to tell me stories of all the stone indian spear head points they use to find. I did not realize they made them out of copper. Interesting history- thanks for sharing.

I have found 2 of the copper spear or arrow points myself with one in Crookston,MN (1977)and the other in Buffalo, ND (1996). The one in Crookston was perfect and about 4 inches long while the one in Buffalo was cracked, but in one piece. The one I got in Crookston is in a Private collection that they guy puts on display in a few museums around the country.
I have a guy that found a actual perfect spear point around 8 inches long and 2 inches wide in Twin Valley, MN that was taken to a local college to be checked out and was told it is between 3500 and 6000 years old and called a prehistoric one and was the best this guy had ever seen, I told him he should donate it to a historical society, but he sold it for $1500 to a Private collector instead.
The ones I found I was told come from Wisconsin band on native Americans.