Made more than my gas which is no easy feat these days. Had a number of spills. 9 quarters and a dime, 4 quarters, 3 quarters and .69 cents. The highlight a 3.6 gram sterling silver ring. GF came home and stole the ring. This bear paw design seems to be Navajo.
This past weekend in a seeded metal detecting event. Over $400.00 in total of silver melt value and 2 silver coins I won.. Won these 2 Morgans
I believe that indicates the manufacturer. Don't know enough about that sort of stuff to tell you who the manufacturer is and when it's from though. Might be for the collar of a uniform or a cap like these.
Ahhh...it's the thrill of the hunt...mostly? Still fun to see what you folks are pulling from the ground.
I was a little disappointed, because this was always a great spot, and I would go every 3-4 months. Well I think I have pulled at least 12 dollar coins there (or more, and some halves and some silvers) and I hadn't been there in 2 years. So the amount of money was what I expected, but I was hoping to get a dollar coin, or something. After I pulled the half at the very first site, I was hoping for more. At one of the sites, a homeless woman climbed over a wall. There was a house that was almost completed construction, and I assume she was squatting there. There was a port o potty where I was, so I was thinking she knew that and didn't want to do her business in the wild. I can understand not finding a silver ring. But not to find any junkers or miscellaneous stuff (1 token) was unusual.
Well this was a kooky thing. I get out there and it starts going OK. But then I am realizing that I did this area recently. Too late to switch or go back I soldiered on. I hit a surface spill, so that was unusual. Only used 1 gallon of gas, so it turned out OK.
I thought someone made a piece of jewelry out of an old half dollar. But the weight is way off, and I can see in the loupe it is cast and probably pot metal. But the dollar coin is good and one of the nickels is a 1940-D.
Better than last week which was an absolute disgrace, but I still spent a little more in gas than what I recovered. A nice $1.95 spill in a spot I was going to skip. 1951-D on the wheatie. Last week below.
Things have been pretty light recently. So I figured even if I don't make my gas, I can do a small hunt on Sat and reg hunt on Sunday and maybe get lucky. This chain is stamped has the right patina and weighs a monstrous 16 grams, that's almost a half ounce. (Troy oz 31.1g, 16.0 x .925 = 14.8) 15.55= 1/2 oz. Only 3/4 of a gram short.
Speaking of chains... I found this one all in pieces. Took me forever to find what I did. A bulldozer plowed a path right over the area behind the cellar hole. I found an 1801 Large cent also. The chain patent date is 1876!! Holy crow!!!! Check 'em out....
I have a little lull in the detecting so I thought I could update a few photos. The ring I got yesterday was not bad, I thought at first it was tungsten, but then I realized it wasn’t heavy enough. Tungsten has a density similar to gold and it will feel heavy in hand. But I am pretty sure it is stainless steel. Those are on the right and the tungsten are on the left. The tungsten never needs to be polished. The ring from yesterday is at the upper right corner. I haven’t updated my halves in a VERY long time. Silvers at the top. And I needed to add a dime (1952) in my silver coin photo.
