Metal Detecting - 1946 Washington 25C - Back to Back Buffalo 5C!

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I did a 4 hour metal detecting hunt at Brooklyn's Highland Park.
I was finally able to get out after a few holiday, rainy and OT work weekends.

I added a new coil to my NOKTA Legend Detector.. the LG24



Size comparison -



1946 Silver Washington Quarter


2 Back to Back Buffalo Nickels. They were about 3 feet apart from each other..


1918 & 1939 Wheat Cents


Everything


Can anyone ID this metal item?


Shotgun Shell caps


Park Picture

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

I haven't been to Highland Park in decades. The shot gun shell caps are most interesting to me. Assuming they were fired legally, imagine hunting legally in Brooklyn back in the day?

 

I'm sure that he can ID them. There is a website for this. Then again, there's one for everything, lol.

 

Nice finds! Maybe that metal piece is a part of an old square lock???

 

Hey @paddyman98, Sal is right. It's a Bit-key locking lever for an old, probably 1920s style Mortise Lock/latch. My relatives operated a lock, key and gun repair shop in the early 1900s and we cleared out ammo boxes full of stuff just like that during a family estate sale.

 

That 1946 Washington is in darn good shape for being underground. Nice find paddy.

 

Excellent finds again Paddy. Glad you got out yesterday. Love the silver quarter.

 

How much does an average metal detector cost. I live about a mile down a dirt road and I thought I would look around. The closes house is about a mile away and a town is about 15 miles. I doubt there are any or many people using a metal detector to find anything. Just curious. I'm 76 and bored right now, other than my coin collection.

 

Keep the silver coming

 

I have found many silver quarters and dimes just as nice and even better. Some seem to not have been circulated much and were lost early.

The condition/luster depends on the type of dirt it was buried in. I have found silver coins that have toned almost black because it was buried in soil where brackish water covered them.

 

Yes. I found that one first and I could not tell what it was. I had to brush it down a bit to get the details. When you see the profile of the Native American then you know it is a Buffalo!