Critterhunter
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Yesterday I hit an old park. Dug 3 or 4 wheats when I came across a shallow "clad" hit sounding about 5" deep max.Typical for me is anything less than about 5" at a pounded park I let pass unless it's masked pretty well which might mean an old coin others had missed due to the masking, otherwise I only go after the stuff deeper than that, masked or not. Of course on private land even a super shallow coin I'll go after even with no masking, since I've dug plenty of 1" silvers and other old coins on private land that has never seen a metal detector.
I don't always pass on shallow non-masked clad hits at public sites when old coin hunting, but this day I wasn't looking to go after those...On the other hand, this "clad" hit of about 5" jumped up to 180 more quickly than typical clad that will take it's time to climb to it. So I figured probably a clad quarter which was worth digging, and the slightly sweeter tone gave me extra motivation that it might even be something better than that, but I was still betting on a clad quarter for the most part even though the high tone seemed a little higher pitch and sharper.
So I dig the hole and there is a ton of dirt stuck to my digger, and sticking out of the dirt I see what looks like the rim of a silver ring. I was hunting with one of my regular hunting partners along with a new guy to detecting, so I took the time to show the dirt on my digger to both of them before plucking it out to see if indeed it was a silver ring. Wanted the new guy to get the experience and feeling of seeing the edge of something silver in the dirt with the anticipation of what it might be.
Still wasn't for sure it was silver or a ring based on what we could see, but sure enough when I pulled it out of the dirt on the digger we saw this...
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It's a belt buckle ring I guess and stamped .925
I wanted to also show you guys something I dug a while back that I took some pics of to post in the WhatIzIt forum to see if somebody can date it. It's what I guess is a red cross nurse based on the cross on her chest and still a tiny bit of red clinging to that. I dug her at an old farm house in the front yard. A good bit of paint still sticks to her. She's got a white veil over her hair. I don't think they had the red cross during the civil war so I'm guessing she was from a toy soldier collection after that war or perhaps even newer into WWI maybe? If anybody can place her I'd appreciate that. She has enough weight to be made of led but might be some other somewhat slightly lighter metal. I laid a clad quarter by her to judge size...
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I did a few hours of hunting today and ended up with two decent finds, but I'll save telling of those when I have pics to post in a day or two...
I don't always pass on shallow non-masked clad hits at public sites when old coin hunting, but this day I wasn't looking to go after those...On the other hand, this "clad" hit of about 5" jumped up to 180 more quickly than typical clad that will take it's time to climb to it. So I figured probably a clad quarter which was worth digging, and the slightly sweeter tone gave me extra motivation that it might even be something better than that, but I was still betting on a clad quarter for the most part even though the high tone seemed a little higher pitch and sharper.
So I dig the hole and there is a ton of dirt stuck to my digger, and sticking out of the dirt I see what looks like the rim of a silver ring. I was hunting with one of my regular hunting partners along with a new guy to detecting, so I took the time to show the dirt on my digger to both of them before plucking it out to see if indeed it was a silver ring. Wanted the new guy to get the experience and feeling of seeing the edge of something silver in the dirt with the anticipation of what it might be.
Still wasn't for sure it was silver or a ring based on what we could see, but sure enough when I pulled it out of the dirt on the digger we saw this...
[attachment 250707 IMG_2080.jpg][attachment 250708 IMG_2096.jpg]
It's a belt buckle ring I guess and stamped .925
I wanted to also show you guys something I dug a while back that I took some pics of to post in the WhatIzIt forum to see if somebody can date it. It's what I guess is a red cross nurse based on the cross on her chest and still a tiny bit of red clinging to that. I dug her at an old farm house in the front yard. A good bit of paint still sticks to her. She's got a white veil over her hair. I don't think they had the red cross during the civil war so I'm guessing she was from a toy soldier collection after that war or perhaps even newer into WWI maybe? If anybody can place her I'd appreciate that. She has enough weight to be made of led but might be some other somewhat slightly lighter metal. I laid a clad quarter by her to judge size...
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I did a few hours of hunting today and ended up with two decent finds, but I'll save telling of those when I have pics to post in a day or two...
