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Yesterdays finds...

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Chris in Hamilton (Canada)

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Went out yesterday intending to do a new spot on a wheat field. Unfortunately with all the rain we've been having it hadn't been cut so I went to a spot I've already hit twice this year. After spending about 3 hours there with only 1 very worn 1840 Harrison campaign button I decided to hit a field 1/2 a mile away. This one had been rough ploughed in the spring so very lumpy and full of big weeds. I had been saving it for late fall. Its a weird spot. I know there was a house there before 1820 and the owner had been a colonel in the War of 1812 but almost all the finds are from the late 1800' early 1900's.

Some buttons coins etc.The cents are 1884, 1907 and 1916. The 1916 is okay but the others are punched. Got my largest ball button to date and the smallest button I've dug so far. The one with the bit of green Glass. It came in at +02 on the XLT :lol:
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Best find of the day was an engraved solid silver colonial period cuff link/button. I've found a fair number in brass and gilt but this is my 1st in silver :)

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Thanks for looking & GH, Chris
 
and going to try again on Tuesday. The beach I went to last time turned out to be really dirty. Garbage and dead fish everywhere and algae moss piled a foot thick. Not fun at all! Another problem was the Beachhunters floating coil. The smallest wave just slapped it all over the place and it was actually tiring to force it down into the water. I've devised a way of keeping it down I think. Took one of the rings from one of those kids toys where they stack the different colours and sizes on a cone base. I cut an inch out of the side then filled it with sand and siliconed film canister caps over the cut ends. I read about using a sand filled sock but that sounded as if it would make the machine awkward and create too much drag.

Hope it works :lol:
 
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