Some very nice finds there.
A Few Of Guessologists Finds
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Will do, had a lucky half hour last night on the way home from work, obviously the rain has made more relics grow in my usual areas. The snake buckle (did the old timers ever argue over whether it was supposed to be a snake or swan?) was an easy find in a spot I've hammered, funnily enough not a match for an earlier one I found maybe 10 meters away. I decided to work along an old fenceline after, the ETRAC hates fences but swinging parallel to the fence as much as possible got me close. The other buckle and coin were within a coil-width of the fence:
The coin had me stumped in the field since it was basically a blank disk, by far the crustiest silver I've ever pulled out of the ground here but still a bit off size for a sixpence, thought maybe another groat. It scrubbed up well enough to ID it as a Japanese 10 sen coin but regretfully had to get the steel wool out to get the date, 1896.
I might try giving it a soak in sodium thiosulfate and see what happens, not expecting miracles though. The crust looks like a wierd mixture of horn silver, sand and verdigris, it's one of the only coin crusts I've seen that wears down and blunts the resined steel wool nibbed Andre's Pencils...
The coin had me stumped in the field since it was basically a blank disk, by far the crustiest silver I've ever pulled out of the ground here but still a bit off size for a sixpence, thought maybe another groat. It scrubbed up well enough to ID it as a Japanese 10 sen coin but regretfully had to get the steel wool out to get the date, 1896.
I might try giving it a soak in sodium thiosulfate and see what happens, not expecting miracles though. The crust looks like a wierd mixture of horn silver, sand and verdigris, it's one of the only coin crusts I've seen that wears down and blunts the resined steel wool nibbed Andre's Pencils...
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I thought I'd go back and hit that site again while the iron was hot, and it paid out...
Literal cricket buckle, an 1859 token, a Paris buckle on steroids and a silver plated VR crown button, think these are supposed to be a military button in this age deposit? This is all ground I've supposedly done before...
Literal cricket buckle, an 1859 token, a Paris buckle on steroids and a silver plated VR crown button, think these are supposed to be a military button in this age deposit? This is all ground I've supposedly done before...
Excellent finds.
Nice pics and finds.
Not only a token, it is also a penny I think.
" 1 Penny, 'Peace & Plenty', Victoria, Australia, 1859 Summary Copper One Penny Token, minted by Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, in 1859. This token is part of a large anonymous token issue made by Heaton & Sons employing die hubbing techniques."
They were called Penny Tokens.
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Quick half-hour today gave me a pocket watch bit, some kind of interesting wire guide with a floating eyelet, 1907 penny and a Victorian-era padlock face with the keyhole guard still attached.
And from a few days ago elsewhere, got a faint signal that turned out to be a tiny little gilded charm. Stuff I can date from this spot tends to be around 1870s-1890s and this looks knackered enough to be that old.
And from a few days ago elsewhere, got a faint signal that turned out to be a tiny little gilded charm. Stuff I can date from this spot tends to be around 1870s-1890s and this looks knackered enough to be that old.
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Nothing too exciting, 1940 penny and a thoroughly knackered 1874 half penny. The interesting part however was that the 1874 was a sunbaker...
And a nice crispy sixpence to round things off
And a nice crispy sixpence to round things off
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First hour out with the Legend:
1903 and 1916 sixpences, 1889 and 1908 half pennies, 1863 penny and a gilded badge with blue enamel around the rim.
1903 and 1916 sixpences, 1889 and 1908 half pennies, 1863 penny and a gilded badge with blue enamel around the rim.
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Not sure about the badge, center is completely blank, only thing on it is a tiny "GILT" on the back.
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That's unfortunate. However, I think I remember seeing another one somewhere on the forum a while back, that had a blue border on it too.
Can't remember where it was though to find it again. Someone on here might come up with it if they see this post.
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Megsy
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Went back to the site that gave me the silver jewellery a couple of pages ago to give the Legend a proper test - done that spot to death with the Equinox and E-TRAC. 20 minutes came up with a couple of teaspoons, buckles and a padlock keyhole cover so no doubt there's going to be more goodies there.
Back to where the coins came from with my first Legend outing, I pulled out a clock winder with no writing on it and quietly wished it was a pocket watch winder, then found one of those about 2 minutes later... "T.H. SLATER ALBURY", searching for advertising on Trove actually gives a really narrow window of activity for that business, about 1885-1890. Also got a random 1876 half penny with a shiny patina on my way out that I've walked over many times.
Here's the last find I had with the E-TRAC, another Yolkova thimble. Didn't see the tiny "GERMAN MAKE" until I photographed it for this post.
Back to where the coins came from with my first Legend outing, I pulled out a clock winder with no writing on it and quietly wished it was a pocket watch winder, then found one of those about 2 minutes later... "T.H. SLATER ALBURY", searching for advertising on Trove actually gives a really narrow window of activity for that business, about 1885-1890. Also got a random 1876 half penny with a shiny patina on my way out that I've walked over many times.
Here's the last find I had with the E-TRAC, another Yolkova thimble. Didn't see the tiny "GERMAN MAKE" until I photographed it for this post.
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Not very clean but is definitely threaded, any thoughts about what it might have been for?
Some sort of adjustable fastener, I think. Screw it in tight, to lock something in place; back off to adjust the something, then tighten it down again to re-lock the something in the new position. What that 'something' might be, I have no idea.
