FliesOnly
Senior Member
I had a couple hours to kill yesterday, so I headed back to the schoolhouse location where I had found the strange, and as of yet unidentified, lock (I’ve included the updated picture of that lock, which I edited to show what the hinged, hook-like piece actually looks likes inside of the “lock”). As you can “see” it is a little weird. The drawn-in red section shows how the entire hinged piece would look if you were to remove it. The whole thing rotates such that the “V” portion would be orientated facing the bottom of the lock, and then it appears that some sort of mechanism would slide up from the bottom and essentially “lock” it into place in what I’m guessing would be the closed or locked position. Again, any ideas as to what this could be, would be appreciated...though, as a couple people have suggested, some sort of Lineman's tool does seem reasonable.
Anyway, with just a short window available before it got dark, I decided to cover the area again where I found that lock. I did pretty good. The three modern quarters were found within a few inches of each other, (likely dropped at the same time). The three modern nickels, as well as the dime and two pennies, were spread out all over the area, but all of them gave strong signals.
The two best finds of the day…including a new first for me…both gave weak signals. When I came across the first one, the signal was so bad that I almost skipped it. But, since it was staying right in the 12-13 range, and since I had already found three nickels, I decided to give it a whirl. It was actually deeper than I typically find coins at this site (maybe 8-10 inches) and was stuck in the dirt on its side, which probably explains the weak signal. At first, I couldn’t tell what it was. The face side is pretty smooth and with the dirt on it, I couldn’t see any detail. After a little thumb-rubbing, I saw the profile and the stars. Having never found a coin like this before, I still didn’t know what it was. It wasn’t until I had cleaned a little dirt off the backside and saw the “V” that I finally knew what I had. A 1901 V Nickel…my first ever!! I was pretty happy, to say the least. Maybe ten feet from where I found that, I had another weak 12-13 signal, but there was no way I was gonna ignore this one, not after my least dig. Sure enough, it was well worth it, as I uncovered the Buffalo. As is typical, the date has worn off, so I have no idea how old it is, but I don’t really care…I just really enjoy finding Buffalos.
By this point it was getting dark and hard to see, plus I was getting hungry, so I packed it up for the day. Probably gonna head back there for another couple hours after work today, if it isn’t raining.
Anyway, with just a short window available before it got dark, I decided to cover the area again where I found that lock. I did pretty good. The three modern quarters were found within a few inches of each other, (likely dropped at the same time). The three modern nickels, as well as the dime and two pennies, were spread out all over the area, but all of them gave strong signals.
The two best finds of the day…including a new first for me…both gave weak signals. When I came across the first one, the signal was so bad that I almost skipped it. But, since it was staying right in the 12-13 range, and since I had already found three nickels, I decided to give it a whirl. It was actually deeper than I typically find coins at this site (maybe 8-10 inches) and was stuck in the dirt on its side, which probably explains the weak signal. At first, I couldn’t tell what it was. The face side is pretty smooth and with the dirt on it, I couldn’t see any detail. After a little thumb-rubbing, I saw the profile and the stars. Having never found a coin like this before, I still didn’t know what it was. It wasn’t until I had cleaned a little dirt off the backside and saw the “V” that I finally knew what I had. A 1901 V Nickel…my first ever!! I was pretty happy, to say the least. Maybe ten feet from where I found that, I had another weak 12-13 signal, but there was no way I was gonna ignore this one, not after my least dig. Sure enough, it was well worth it, as I uncovered the Buffalo. As is typical, the date has worn off, so I have no idea how old it is, but I don’t really care…I just really enjoy finding Buffalos.
By this point it was getting dark and hard to see, plus I was getting hungry, so I packed it up for the day. Probably gonna head back there for another couple hours after work today, if it isn’t raining.
