On a hunch, I asked permission for a field that had two rises in the earth. None of the historical maps show that a homestead existed in this field, but I've found a lot of relics that indicate habitation of some sort. Maybe an undocumented picnic grove?
The following pictures show the better finds. All coin's date 1920 or earlier. Note the pennies look like dryer coins.
I have a theory for their condition but welcome ideas as to how they got so bad. One of the neighbors saw me detecting and walked over to talk to me. He said that it was a sod farm in the 1970's.
A few days later I talked to a friend of mine who worked on a sod farm and he described the harvesting equipment, I realized that the coins could have gotten caught up in the equipment, banged around and expelled after some time.
I've barely scratched the surface of this field. I've spent less than 6hrs hunting it so far. There is so much non-ferrous trash (not to mention the iron) that I'm only digging anything 80 and above right now.
It appears that whoever occupied this property were people of means. On the right of the pennies are trade tokens, on the left of the pennies is all silver. The oval bowl next to the silver belt buckle is a child's silver spoon that is missing the handle.
The last pic identifies the ornate silver object as the bottom half of a matchstick holder.
The following pictures show the better finds. All coin's date 1920 or earlier. Note the pennies look like dryer coins.
I have a theory for their condition but welcome ideas as to how they got so bad. One of the neighbors saw me detecting and walked over to talk to me. He said that it was a sod farm in the 1970's.
A few days later I talked to a friend of mine who worked on a sod farm and he described the harvesting equipment, I realized that the coins could have gotten caught up in the equipment, banged around and expelled after some time.
I've barely scratched the surface of this field. I've spent less than 6hrs hunting it so far. There is so much non-ferrous trash (not to mention the iron) that I'm only digging anything 80 and above right now.
It appears that whoever occupied this property were people of means. On the right of the pennies are trade tokens, on the left of the pennies is all silver. The oval bowl next to the silver belt buckle is a child's silver spoon that is missing the handle.
The last pic identifies the ornate silver object as the bottom half of a matchstick holder.
