Lucky three days in a row !!

[drkp88]

Friday I went back to the old farm location I've been posting about for the last few weeks. I pulled two more large cents and boy did they sing out ! Also found an
18(?)6 "un centime" which I think is French, although I could't find it in the world coin book under France. The other two coins are an Asian coin about the size of a dime and an 1895 IH. Other things I found there were a bell, a few flat buttons and a large caliber musket ball.
Saturday I only had time for a short hunt and found an odd button in a wooded area. It's two-piece like a military button but it's flat instead of domed. The image
on it is a star but if you look close the points are like long leaves and there appear to be "oak leaves" protruding between the points from the outer edge. It's marked
"extra rich" on the back but I can't quite make out the maker until I've cleaned it more.
Sunday I met up with a friend of mine. We got permission to do a small field and he found a George III half penny. The owner invited us back to detect the rest of the grounds around the house. From there we went to another house which produced almost no good targets but I rounded out the day just before dusk with the
1898 o Barber half (I thought my buddy was going to hit me over the head with his shovel ! ) All in all it was a good weekend !
Bruce in Ct

 

[MINELABMIKE]

Bruce, really nice finds, that Barber half is a great find my oldest is 1901

 

[mickfin]

WOW I wana do that!!!! Good stuff, Mickfin

 

[Great Republic]

What a great site Bruce. Great stuff coming out of there. I found a "un centime" up on the coast of Maine few years back. It was1854. A Haitian coin. GL on your next outing my friend.

 

[niterider_58]

NICE looking half

 

[drkp88]

Thanks for the replies folks - half the fun is sharing our finds. Clyde you're right on ! The "un centime" IS Haitian. I could make out "Repulique D' H" and for some reason Haiti didn't come to mind. Thanks !
Bruce in Ct

 

[Cladius]

Speeking of Haiti that button sure looks like a starfish? Good going!

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

I think the bell might have gone to a horse? It is a crotal bell.

Nice finds!

What coil you using and how deep were they?

 

[drkp88]

Thanks Tony,
This bell is slightly different than most of the crotal bells I've found - note the top of the bell seems to have been fastened directly to a strap where most bells have
the typical square "U" shaped fastener.
I'm using the Pro coil at this time but I'm considering Trying the SEF.
The bell was at about four inches (I also found a group of crotals about a week ago not far from this location), the large cents were at about five inches and about three feet apart. The targets varied on depth as usual with an old farm location like this. Check my posts for the past few weeks for other items I've found at this location.
Bruce

 

[weston]

gotta love days like that dont get many of them!