Bell-Two
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Three days of unseasonably warm weather promised to give us opportunity to get out to the fields to dig in unfrozen ground!
Sunday March 6th.
Doug and I went out to a couple of different fields, the first is where I had found a bunch of neat relics in the past, today not so much! We found a few things and maybe the best finds were two broken Native American artifacts found by Doug. One was a large blade that the tip was broken and the other a small notched point. We moved on to an old School House site that has given Diane and me a number of Indians and early Wheat Cents. We were not disappointed this time. Doug found an Indian early on and I found a couple of early Wheat Cents, a 1910 and a 1916. Doug also found three Wheat Cents including a 1920-S and two no dates plus a nice clay marble. I then got a nice 12-44 signal and was pleased to see a silver edge in the dirt it turned out to be a nice 1920 Mercury Dime and just a few feet further along I got a decent Nickel signal and it was a no date Buffalo however looking at the reverse I knew it to be a 1913 type 1 since the Buffalo was standing on a mound.
Monday March 10th
Diane an I returned to a field that had a lot of signs but had not given up much, today we got a couple of good finds, in a spot near the edge of the field I got a 12-24 signal and was very pleased to see a coin emerge and it was an 1862 Fatty Indian always a good find. Diane found a nice button, I am not sure about the makers name yet but it looks like an early two piece similar in some respects to a Benedict and Burnham style. A few other relics were found too.
On the way back I stopped to check another site, I just walked out in the field to see if I could visually spot it and I found it right away hidden in the cornstalks.
Tuesday March 8th.
We went back to the first field that we were in the day before and scoured the main area just a few relics popped up. So we decided to go to the new field and see what we could find.
We were there only a short while when Diane scored an 1870 Indian and that was the start of a super day for her. About 20 minutes later she gave me a call and flashed the Large Cent signal! She had struck again….feeling a bit challenged…as usual I did get a nice 12-41 12-42 signal right near a row of stalks and from no more that ¼” down out popped an 1865 Two Cent Piece! My hopes of catching up with her were quickly dispelled when she dug another Large Cent and to top it off on the way back to the car she got a very nice 1883 Indian….what are you going to do with a girl like that….appreciate her like I do! I did make a few nice relic finds a broken Conestoga Bell, Suspender clips and a nice though broken Sporting button. I dug the back first and then about five feet away the front. It is made by the Waterville Mfg. Co and from what I could find this company was gone by 1850. The back mark has a Eagle design and on the front is a Deer in repose.
[video]https://youtu.be/c5bEzJc694M[/video]
Sunday March 6th.
Doug and I went out to a couple of different fields, the first is where I had found a bunch of neat relics in the past, today not so much! We found a few things and maybe the best finds were two broken Native American artifacts found by Doug. One was a large blade that the tip was broken and the other a small notched point. We moved on to an old School House site that has given Diane and me a number of Indians and early Wheat Cents. We were not disappointed this time. Doug found an Indian early on and I found a couple of early Wheat Cents, a 1910 and a 1916. Doug also found three Wheat Cents including a 1920-S and two no dates plus a nice clay marble. I then got a nice 12-44 signal and was pleased to see a silver edge in the dirt it turned out to be a nice 1920 Mercury Dime and just a few feet further along I got a decent Nickel signal and it was a no date Buffalo however looking at the reverse I knew it to be a 1913 type 1 since the Buffalo was standing on a mound.
Monday March 10th
Diane an I returned to a field that had a lot of signs but had not given up much, today we got a couple of good finds, in a spot near the edge of the field I got a 12-24 signal and was very pleased to see a coin emerge and it was an 1862 Fatty Indian always a good find. Diane found a nice button, I am not sure about the makers name yet but it looks like an early two piece similar in some respects to a Benedict and Burnham style. A few other relics were found too.
On the way back I stopped to check another site, I just walked out in the field to see if I could visually spot it and I found it right away hidden in the cornstalks.
Tuesday March 8th.
We went back to the first field that we were in the day before and scoured the main area just a few relics popped up. So we decided to go to the new field and see what we could find.
We were there only a short while when Diane scored an 1870 Indian and that was the start of a super day for her. About 20 minutes later she gave me a call and flashed the Large Cent signal! She had struck again….feeling a bit challenged…as usual I did get a nice 12-41 12-42 signal right near a row of stalks and from no more that ¼” down out popped an 1865 Two Cent Piece! My hopes of catching up with her were quickly dispelled when she dug another Large Cent and to top it off on the way back to the car she got a very nice 1883 Indian….what are you going to do with a girl like that….appreciate her like I do! I did make a few nice relic finds a broken Conestoga Bell, Suspender clips and a nice though broken Sporting button. I dug the back first and then about five feet away the front. It is made by the Waterville Mfg. Co and from what I could find this company was gone by 1850. The back mark has a Eagle design and on the front is a Deer in repose.
[video]https://youtu.be/c5bEzJc694M[/video]
