Ronstar
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With the dog on pain meds he sleeps more. I had to run out and take a load of cardboard to recycling and a bunch of old paint etc to hazmat day at the landfill. Mama said I could go play so off we went!
Went to the AdLawn on campus and decided to go after what ever decent sound presented itself. Picked an area about 25’ wide by 40’ long and decided to grid and dig. Glad I did too.
First item up was a high base shotgun case head which was totally not readable in the field. Next item looks like a lapel pin of some type with a bird flying thru a circle, again cant tell in the field. After that I dug quiet a few zincolns and a couple clad dimes and a newer nickel.
Now in that mix I had a hit on a dime at 5-6” and it was clear. Pulled the plug and saw the flash of silver! Pulled out a 1927D Merc in fairly good shape, should make G4 grade I believe.
Cleaned up the pin and its a riveted type fastener, not a pin. Appears to be an eagle partially flying through a circle. Possibly the banner over the eagle has stars and the vertical strips under him could be a flag symbol?????
The shotshell was a Winchester 1901 series 12 ga Leader (1901-20). I am posting the fastener on the Whatzit forum to see if this might be military. Came in low nickel and is goldish in color so maybe gilded.
1927 Merc is my oldest Merc now!!
Went to the AdLawn on campus and decided to go after what ever decent sound presented itself. Picked an area about 25’ wide by 40’ long and decided to grid and dig. Glad I did too.
First item up was a high base shotgun case head which was totally not readable in the field. Next item looks like a lapel pin of some type with a bird flying thru a circle, again cant tell in the field. After that I dug quiet a few zincolns and a couple clad dimes and a newer nickel.
Now in that mix I had a hit on a dime at 5-6” and it was clear. Pulled the plug and saw the flash of silver! Pulled out a 1927D Merc in fairly good shape, should make G4 grade I believe.
Cleaned up the pin and its a riveted type fastener, not a pin. Appears to be an eagle partially flying through a circle. Possibly the banner over the eagle has stars and the vertical strips under him could be a flag symbol?????
The shotshell was a Winchester 1901 series 12 ga Leader (1901-20). I am posting the fastener on the Whatzit forum to see if this might be military. Came in low nickel and is goldish in color so maybe gilded.
1927 Merc is my oldest Merc now!!
