Went Tresure Huntun' (Metal Detecting) around an old farmstead. Returned with the spoils of conquest
71 replies, posted
Hey OP do you mind if I post my collection of finds? Maybe I can have some help ID'ing a few items.
[QUOTE=Wickerman123;30589017]How the fuck did you find a GLASS bowl with a METAL detector.. ?[/QUOTE]
I didn't, I was digging for the ring and I pulled it out of the hole too :v:
[editline]20th June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30589416]Hey OP do you mind if I post my collection of finds? Maybe I can have some help ID'ing a few items.[/QUOTE]
Go ahead man, I'm interest to see what other people find
Man, my metal detector has been lying around for quite a long while. Might try and hit some places this summer. OP, got any tips for beginners? And what kinda gear do you have?
:bravo: but i find stuff like this in my backyard, try hitting a beach where couples lose there beloved wedding rings and other shit.
Tips?
Bring water, LOTS of water.
You'll be drinking near constantly because not only would you be digging, walking and hauling around 10 or 20 pound box for hours but you'll be doing it in the sun.
Also it's good for washing the dirt off any finds.
Also bring a sifter, small hand shovel and maybe a GPS unit or map if you can.
If you plan on going alone, make sure you let the people who live on or own the property where you'll be going, if you collapse from heat exhaustion then you want people to know where you are.
Dress like your going on a hike or something. Good boots are a must and be aware that you could be in the sun for hours
WEAR SUNSCREEN DAMMIT. Nothing is worse than a sunburn the day after. Trust me
I would visit places that you would think someone could lose something and not notice. The beach, a lakefront, park maybe? Field might be a good option is things like fairs, concerts or other things have been held there.
If there are any old houses or places where old houses are you could try there. Things like coins, old buttons and stuff are common.
If you get permission, you could even search and old battlefield. I've gone metal detecting on an old civil war battlefield and found things like brass buttons and musket balls (I had to give them to the property owner, but I got paid 100$ to do it)
And last but not least, don't get discouraged if you don't come across anything good. I've spend days and found nothing but old nails.
As for the detector I use. It's an old Sears model, I think it was made in the 80's. It's pretty much the only thing I'm allowed to use for free from a friend but it gets the job done :v:
[editline]20th June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Mariosnail007;30590019]:bravo: but i find stuff like this in my backyard, try hitting a beach where couples lose there beloved wedding rings and other shit.[/QUOTE]
Dude you have a GOLD MINE in your back yard if your telling the truth, go dig some shit up and cash in
[editline]20th June 2011[/editline]
Also, if you have any silver coins or scrap you don't mind burying, You can make a little 'practice course' in your back yard.
Yeah it sounds lame but you should learn how to tell what's metal and what's silver. They usually make different tones and such.
Here's my collection of finds over the past 3 years.
Wheat cents (Wheaties)
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GaEFGl.jpg[/IMG]
Various Coins/Medallions/ect. Indian head pennies (top left), buffalo nickel (center)
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/etCIkl.jpg[/IMG]
Missing date 198?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/pkvkpl.jpg[/IMG]
All my silver rings/pendants/cuff links/ect.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jvEp0l.jpg[/IMG]
Some larger tokens, 1920s make up kits, 1900&1800 locks, civil war med bottles (found above old nails),
Silver fork and spoon
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/r1tLSl.jpg[/IMG]
I don't know what half this stuff is, but the center left is an old hinge, top right is a building marker,
and above the hinge is a belt buckle cover.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/i758pl.jpg[/IMG]
Here are some old pocket watch parts, dog tags, fake jewelry, old diaper pin, and a toy gun
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2vlc6l.jpg[/IMG]
Some more rings, and watch fobs
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hRqgxl.jpg[/IMG]
Civil war bullets and belt buckles (I know the brass casings are not old), and also Pilots wings!
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/B4MaWl.jpg[/IMG]
Civil war belt buckles, shoe buckles, shirt buckles...you name it
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/S45pel.jpg[/IMG]
War buttons ranging from current to civil war
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ow9Mql.jpg[/IMG]
Misc. stuff
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gJv93l.jpg[/IMG]
Everything in a pile. Don't mind the Nikon cover in the bottom left.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2DU4Cl.jpg[/IMG]
1878 Quarter Dollar found in Pensacola, Fl
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NY5iil.jpg[/IMG]
1776 Half Reale found 3 meters away from the quarter dollar above :smile:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/T2O7Gl.jpg[/IMG]
The End
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YkjXKs.jpg[/IMG]
Great stuff mate! That's a damn big collection, how long did it take you to find it all?
Oh 3 years, didn't see that.
You did pretty well for 3 years worth of work!
[QUOTE=Esrange;30590259]Great stuff mate! That's a damn big collection, how long did it take you to find it all?[/QUOTE]
Thanks! It took 3 years. All in a mile radius.
Did you polish them? One thing I learned from Pawn Stars is, never clean antiques
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30590283]Thanks! It took 3 years. All in a mile radius.[/QUOTE]
Now I feel the need to go out hunt more. Plenty of old fields around here, maybe I'll go drive around and see if I can't find a good spot.
[editline]20th June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Tacooo;30590298]Did you polish them? One thing I learned from Pawn Stars is, never clean antiques[/QUOTE]
I didn't polish them, but I cleaned them.
Any sort of 'collector' value was gone anyway, people want crisp, clean coins. Anything that's been buried for any amount of time has pretty much lost all it's serious collector value
[QUOTE=Esrange;30590315]Now I feel the need to go out hunt more. Plenty of old fields around here, maybe I'll go drive around and see if I can't find a good spot.[/QUOTE]
There's always that one spot that can make your year. Best of luck man!
[QUOTE=Tacooo;30590298]Did you polish them? One thing I learned from Pawn Stars is, never clean antiques[/QUOTE]
Dish soap and water is all I ever use.
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30590408]There's always that one spot that can make your year. Best of luck man!
Dish soap and water is all I ever use.[/QUOTE]
Well this already made my year as far as I care. I know there's an old fairground nearby, I could check there.
And I only used soap and water, just to get the dirt all off
My grandfather found a German Iron Cross on a beach near Normandy.
[img]http://www.hermes-one.com/NaziIronCross2nd.jpg[/img]
It looks just like that. Also my Grandfather was in World War 2, but he was a pilot in the pacific, and he died a year or so ago, he passed the cross down to me and people have offered me 1,000 and beyond for it, but I am not selling it unless I get a ridiculous offer.
Oldest thing I ever found was an old Roman Coin of some sort, almost everything was worn down but the weird face on it and the writing on the edges.
I also found a pearl necklace once, my parents did something with it...
[QUOTE=stupidass;30590613]My grandfather found a German Iron Cross on a beach near Normandy.
[img]http://www.hermes-one.com/NaziIronCross2nd.jpg[/img]
It looks just like that. Also my Grandfather was in World War 2, but he was a pilot in the pacific, and he died a year or so ago, he passed the cross down to me and people have offered me 1,000 and beyond for it, but I am not selling it unless I get a ridiculous offer.[/QUOTE]
I would assault a child for that
[QUOTE=Quark:;30591746]I would assault a child for that[/QUOTE]
My great uncle killed a nazi for this.
[quote][IMG]http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv153/l33tkill101/0111002029.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
[QUOTE=stupidass;30590613]My grandfather found a German Iron Cross on a beach near Normandy.
-snip-
It looks just like that. Also my Grandfather was in World War 2, but he was a pilot in the pacific, and he died a year or so ago, he passed the cross down to me and people have offered me 1,000 and beyond for it, but I am not selling it unless I get a ridiculous offer.[/QUOTE]
That would creep the hell out of me to just have sitting in my room.
once i found a whole car deep underground with my metal detector. turned out i was in a parking lot
[quote] It probably held a sapphire or something that was pillaged long ago and replaced with either a cheap stone or glass (looks like glass to me)[/quote]
More realistically it was made with that fake stone. Usually that kind of stuff only happens in the movies and on TV. I doubt someone would have taken the time to find the ring, strip the stone out of it, find a glass blower who could make a colored piece of glass and cut it in the precise shape to fit the ring and then leave it some where.
People don't often take the gems out of the rings unless upgrading. If they found the ring they would just sell the entire ring together and not strip all the stones out.
But yeah, it is fake, your logic behind it is a bit flawed though.
[editline]20th June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Esrange;30590315]Now I feel the need to go out hunt more. Plenty of old fields around here, maybe I'll go drive around and see if I can't find a good spot.
[editline]20th June 2011[/editline]
I didn't polish them, but I cleaned them.
Any sort of 'collector' value was gone anyway, people want crisp, clean coins. Anything that's been buried for any amount of time has pretty much lost all it's serious collector value[/QUOTE]
They don't necessarily want crisp clean coins either... But many people when they polish coins remove all of the original metal that was actually worth anything. Making the coin worthless. Even if it is dirty and circulated it could still be worth something.
[QUOTE=Squad;30593315]More realistically it was made with that fake stone. Usually that kind of stuff only happens in the movies and on TV. I doubt someone would have taken the time to find the ring, strip the stone out of it, find a glass blower who could make a colored piece of glass and cut it in the precise shape to fit the ring and then leave it some where.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure you quiet understand what I meant.
I've seen it that rings have had their stones either lost or removed. If you were going to spend the cash on a platinum ring you would think you'd buy a real stone.
See how the edge around the stone is sloppy and cut? Someone obviously broke the setting and fixed it. Most likely it either fell our, or someone sold the stone and got a cheap one. It's very possible that the original stone was either a rare kind of sapphire or a very good quality one. Instead of parting with the ring whoever had it could have switched the stones.
I've seen it actually, sometimes old rings have new CZ diamonds because someone needed cash but didn't want to part with the ring.
It's not impossible to do. Any jeweler can remake a stone with glass and reset it in an old ring, glass is easy to cut.
And no one would do that and throw the ring out, probably happened before it was left in the house
[QUOTE=Squad;30593315]More realistically it was made with that fake stone. Usually that kind of stuff only happens in the movies and on TV. I doubt someone would have taken the time to find the ring, strip the stone out of it, find a glass blower who could make a colored piece of glass and cut it in the precise shape to fit the ring and then leave it some where.[/QUOTE]
I think the OP thought the [B]original[/B] owner lost the original stone and had it replaced with a fake one. Could be wrong though, don't want to put words in someone's mouth.
[QUOTE=Belgian Punk;30593762]I think the OP thought the [B]original[/B] owner lost the original stone and had it replaced with a fake one. Could be wrong though, don't want to put words in someone's mouth.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much, refer to my above post.
[QUOTE=Esrange;30593831]Pretty much, refer to my above post.[/QUOTE]
Woops, your post didn't show up when I refreshed before I replied.. :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Quark:;30587740]I've gone treasure hunting a few times, here's my booty (not all from one trip, but cleaned and saved it all in a box):
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/snapshot_112.jpg[/img]
I did not find the logo on the trip though, I drew it shamefully[/QUOTE]
Sweet. 2 poker chips, a yellow rock, some kind of weird button/bearing thing, a coin, and a Chinese coin or something.
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30592207]My great uncle killed a nazi for this.[/QUOTE]
Even though nazis were bad people, their designs were fucking awesome.
[QUOTE=l33tkill;30592207]My great uncle killed a nazi for this.[/QUOTE]
I'll kill 100 nazis for that thing. Shit, I'd go back in time and kill them all if I could, fucking love those emblems they had.
Nice finds, OP. I went metal detecting near a farm once, but all I found was an old iron horse shoe.
I keep finding weird coins in my change. I even found a Brazilian "pennie" in my pockets, I was like "WTF is a Brazilian pennie doing here?"
[QUOTE=stupidass;30590613]My grandfather found a German Iron Cross on a beach near Normandy.
[img]http://www.hermes-one.com/NaziIronCross2nd.jpg[/img]
It looks just like that. Also my Grandfather was in World War 2, but he was a pilot in the pacific, and he died a year or so ago, he passed the cross down to me and people have offered me 1,000 and beyond for it, but I am not selling it unless I get a ridiculous offer.[/QUOTE]
I'll start the bidding.
Let me check in my pockets. Errr, I've got two dollars and thirty cents. BUT, the three dimes are from 1994! [B]THAT'S A WHOPPING 17 YEARS![/b]
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.