A couple years ago, was hunting a lot where a home built in 1904 had just been torn down. Lots of trash, but lots of goodies too. Hit a strong penny signal, and before I started to dig, I pushed some debris aside. Lost the signal until I figured it was coming from a piece of concrete that way laying on the surface. Well that started to get me excited as I knew the home was built 100+ years ago. So I'm figuring an indian head.
Tossed the rock into my pouch and finished my hunt. Took it home and let it sit by my computer for a couple days, mainly for the thrill of the unknown. <p><img src="http://members.aol.com/jules62966/rock1.jpg"><p>One night my wife poured herself a glass of wine, I cracked a beer and we commenced to "hatching the egg". Using a chisel and hammer, I carefully started sizing the concrete down. Each time a piece would break off, my wife would run it under the coil to see which half it was still in. In the second pic, you can just start to see it (bottom piece). At this point, I could tell it wasn't a small penny, which made me even more excited as I thought it was going to be an LC! Then I could see that the edge was too round.<p> <img src="http://members.aol.com/jules62966/rock2.jpg"><p>Even in the condition it was in the third pic, I still wasn't sure what it was. Ended up having to run an electric wire wheel over it. Turns out to be a button. Wasn't fimiliar with the word "Curard", so I posted it on a site and was corrected. It's a button off a crewmans jacket for the CUNARD shipping Line. After a little research, I learned that the Cunard Line Was and IS an active ship company since the 1840's, and have owned some of the most famous ocean liners in the world. Seems however, most of the ships they built were river boats. That would better explain why I found it so far inland. I'm in Kansas City, right on the Missouri River. <p><img src="http://members.aol.com/jules62966/rock3.jpg"><p> Sorry to be so long winded. I've found many items of far more monetary value, but this is by far my favorite. Partly because of the suspense, partly because of the visualization of how the button got there, and alot to do the fact that my wife was so involved with the find.
Thanks for looking.
Regards,
Jules
Tossed the rock into my pouch and finished my hunt. Took it home and let it sit by my computer for a couple days, mainly for the thrill of the unknown. <p><img src="http://members.aol.com/jules62966/rock1.jpg"><p>One night my wife poured herself a glass of wine, I cracked a beer and we commenced to "hatching the egg". Using a chisel and hammer, I carefully started sizing the concrete down. Each time a piece would break off, my wife would run it under the coil to see which half it was still in. In the second pic, you can just start to see it (bottom piece). At this point, I could tell it wasn't a small penny, which made me even more excited as I thought it was going to be an LC! Then I could see that the edge was too round.<p> <img src="http://members.aol.com/jules62966/rock2.jpg"><p>Even in the condition it was in the third pic, I still wasn't sure what it was. Ended up having to run an electric wire wheel over it. Turns out to be a button. Wasn't fimiliar with the word "Curard", so I posted it on a site and was corrected. It's a button off a crewmans jacket for the CUNARD shipping Line. After a little research, I learned that the Cunard Line Was and IS an active ship company since the 1840's, and have owned some of the most famous ocean liners in the world. Seems however, most of the ships they built were river boats. That would better explain why I found it so far inland. I'm in Kansas City, right on the Missouri River. <p><img src="http://members.aol.com/jules62966/rock3.jpg"><p> Sorry to be so long winded. I've found many items of far more monetary value, but this is by far my favorite. Partly because of the suspense, partly because of the visualization of how the button got there, and alot to do the fact that my wife was so involved with the find.
Thanks for looking.
Regards,
Jules
