007tallguy
Elite Member
i got out for a while today to the big field that's still giving up it's treasures to me. 
i hit some great coins and some interesting relics today.
for starters, 2 more large cents, an 1887 and a 1912, both in great shape! i've been carrying a small pill bottle full of water to immediately put older coins in so i can keep 'em wet until i get them home. and i learned today that if you rinse a bit of that green corrosion off the coin right away rather than letting it dry out, it'll come off quite easily!
i also nailed 2 silver domes in the same hole, a 1949 and a 1959. '47 has King George and the '59 is a young Queen Elizabeth.
a few other goodies from todays hunt include 1 1/2 4 inch copper spikes, an old bell identical to one i dug up earlier in the year... except this one is broken and the missing piece(s) were not in the hole or anywhere else in the vicinity of the bell. also dug up what could be an unfinished musket ball. it's rather rough and has a seam all around it and a little mold mark?
and what is it with pocket watches? are they designed to disintegrate when they hit the ground?
today i found what looks like the little "loop" off the top of one and an inner piece of one at another location yesterday evening. in both cases, i scanned and scanned, but didn't find any other pieces. odd........
and my best find of the day:
a hat or uniform badge from the British Forces from the 4th Battalion of the Border Cumberland & Westmorland Regiment of the South Africa Division, 1900-1902!!!!
this was found about 7-8 inches deep and was likely there for a long time!
after doing a bit of research, i did come up with this little bit of info:
"....just because a badge says "SOUTH AFRICA
1901-1902", it does not mean that the wearer took part in the Boer War
- it is simply the Army's way of commemorating that the regiment (or
in this case the battalion) took part in that war. " and: "...but remember that it doesn't mean that the "owner" of the badge actually fought in the Boer War."
so i don't know if a British Veteran lived in the general area, or was passing through and lost his badge, or what the story is, but what an interesting find!!
anywho, thanks for looking!
Pete
i hit some great coins and some interesting relics today.
for starters, 2 more large cents, an 1887 and a 1912, both in great shape! i've been carrying a small pill bottle full of water to immediately put older coins in so i can keep 'em wet until i get them home. and i learned today that if you rinse a bit of that green corrosion off the coin right away rather than letting it dry out, it'll come off quite easily!
i also nailed 2 silver domes in the same hole, a 1949 and a 1959. '47 has King George and the '59 is a young Queen Elizabeth.
a few other goodies from todays hunt include 1 1/2 4 inch copper spikes, an old bell identical to one i dug up earlier in the year... except this one is broken and the missing piece(s) were not in the hole or anywhere else in the vicinity of the bell. also dug up what could be an unfinished musket ball. it's rather rough and has a seam all around it and a little mold mark?
and what is it with pocket watches? are they designed to disintegrate when they hit the ground?
today i found what looks like the little "loop" off the top of one and an inner piece of one at another location yesterday evening. in both cases, i scanned and scanned, but didn't find any other pieces. odd........and my best find of the day:
a hat or uniform badge from the British Forces from the 4th Battalion of the Border Cumberland & Westmorland Regiment of the South Africa Division, 1900-1902!!!!
this was found about 7-8 inches deep and was likely there for a long time!
after doing a bit of research, i did come up with this little bit of info:
"....just because a badge says "SOUTH AFRICA
1901-1902", it does not mean that the wearer took part in the Boer War
- it is simply the Army's way of commemorating that the regiment (or
in this case the battalion) took part in that war. " and: "...but remember that it doesn't mean that the "owner" of the badge actually fought in the Boer War."
so i don't know if a British Veteran lived in the general area, or was passing through and lost his badge, or what the story is, but what an interesting find!!
anywho, thanks for looking!
Pete
