Thursday, May 22, 2014

UPDATE ON MILITARY BUTTON






The button is a U.S. Army general service - commonly referred to as a "great coat" button.  It dates from the late 1820's to early 1830's and would list for around $55 to $60 bucks in good shape but with the shank missing it decreases the price

Monday, May 19, 2014

SUNDAY HUNT - SILVER





I met up with a co - worker M and we hunted some woods down the road from his house.  He has found lots of artifacts so we gave it a shot.  I managed to find a mercury dime and 2 wheat pennies along with a couple of flat buttons.  We also met a couple of other detectorist who knew of the history of the area.  Lots of people doing this hobby - they were just as surprised to see us as we were them. Hopefully we can get together to do a hunt.


Sunday - 5/18 -  finds
               0  - q  =  0.00
               0  - d  =  0.00
               0  - n  =  0.00
               0 -  p  =  0.00
            0 coin(s)  = $0.00              
             1 - mercury dime
             2 - wheat pennies
             3 total coins

                                 2014 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 54   =  13.50
                                     D - 77   =  07.70
                                     N - 21   =  01.05
                                     P -101   =  01.01   
                                     DOL - 1
                                     HALF -0
                                     FOREIGN - 10
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 264
                                    TOTAL$ - 24.26 
                                    RINGS - silver - 2
                                                  -  gold
                                                  - other
 
                                 NON CLAD COINS  
                                    H - 1
                                          1 - walking liberty 
                                    Q - 2
                                          1 - SLQ -
                                          1- washington
                                    D -8
                                          1 - barber
                                          5 - mercury
                                          2 - rosie 
                                    N -5
                                          1 - V
                                          4 - buffalo
                                    P -42
                                          3- indian
                                          39 - wheat
                                   # OF COINS - 58
                                   # OF COINS(total) -322