Hello All,
Had a decent day's detecting. Finds included a 1903 and 1890 V Nickel and a pillbox/locket?? with a hidden surprise inside, a 1936 Buffalo and a 1919S Wheat inside. A 1970 quarter deeper then the old coins (dunno???) a 1910 and 191? wheaties. Also A bracelet looking thing. All the pieces were found in one hole (pic below) with a green stone still on some of the pieces. Any Ideas.
Here is my realization though. These finds were made at a friend's old home, and I'm finding that more often then not finds like these are far and few between at many parks and schools. I would love to have been around for the hayday of metal detecting when most sites were still untouched. I would have to spend a week at old parks and schools to get this stuff... while at an older property I got these coins in about 1 hour of casual detecting while showing my friend how a detector operates. This brings me to another realization... the house is one of millions of untouched homes in the U.S. I can imagine the vast number of old coins still waiting to be found on private properties, it's the getting permission part which can turn many away. The point of this post is that the good finds are still there, which is why it's so important to keep the hobby in a good light otherwise getting permission will become more and more difficult. With many parks and schools virtually hunted out (yes I know there is still good stuff there) we are going to have to turn out attention to more and more private property. Do the right thing, lets make detecting viable for years to come by simply being respectful... the next good find might be next door.
-Art
Had a decent day's detecting. Finds included a 1903 and 1890 V Nickel and a pillbox/locket?? with a hidden surprise inside, a 1936 Buffalo and a 1919S Wheat inside. A 1970 quarter deeper then the old coins (dunno???) a 1910 and 191? wheaties. Also A bracelet looking thing. All the pieces were found in one hole (pic below) with a green stone still on some of the pieces. Any Ideas.
Here is my realization though. These finds were made at a friend's old home, and I'm finding that more often then not finds like these are far and few between at many parks and schools. I would love to have been around for the hayday of metal detecting when most sites were still untouched. I would have to spend a week at old parks and schools to get this stuff... while at an older property I got these coins in about 1 hour of casual detecting while showing my friend how a detector operates. This brings me to another realization... the house is one of millions of untouched homes in the U.S. I can imagine the vast number of old coins still waiting to be found on private properties, it's the getting permission part which can turn many away. The point of this post is that the good finds are still there, which is why it's so important to keep the hobby in a good light otherwise getting permission will become more and more difficult. With many parks and schools virtually hunted out (yes I know there is still good stuff there) we are going to have to turn out attention to more and more private property. Do the right thing, lets make detecting viable for years to come by simply being respectful... the next good find might be next door.
-Art
