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Gold jewelry, 4 big silver coins, CW eagle button
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Gold jewelry, 4 big silver coins, CW eagle button September 23, 2017 06:04PM |
Although the very good finds were spread out over the last 8 months of hunting, they were well worth it.
My favorite beach produced small broken gold jewelry (11 inch coil). The spring tides produced (with the 17 inch coil) my 4th Morgan dollar (1899-s), 2 Barber half dollars (both 1901-s), and my 3rd seated half dollar (a very worn 1857-s). I also got my 1st Civil War army eagle button out in the extreme low tide zone. Its condition was so good that when I dug it up, I was sure it was a modern button. But in the past, that location produced most of my oldest silver coins, dating from 1859 up to the 1870s, including an 1876 inscribed gold ring.
Did some detecting at my favorite park. The knee-high wheat-like grass caused the 17 inch coil to float around 4 inches above the ground. The 1st target dug that day was a weak signal that turned out to be a 10k gold 1982 class ring. That made the entire day. After that, must have dug every pull tab from then on.
Above are the gold finds. The small amethyst part and the broken gold ring on the right were found near the upper-middle tide line a couple of meters apart on the same day. A couple of weeks later, found the larger amethyst part in the same area.
Hoping to find the jewelry that was the source of the 14k amethyst parts (possibly Victorian era mourning jewelry), did a thorough search of the adjacent area in extreme low tide zone during the spring tides. Instead, found 3 silver halves and silver dollar.
The broken signet ring was found in the rocky area. Unfortunately, old 9k and 10k jewelry becomes quite brittle in seawater over time. It broke while in my finds pouch.
Here are photos of the gold jewelry before and after cleaning.
Here are the coins before cleaning. The condition of the silver coins found at the beach are almost always determined by the location where they were found.
Ultrasonic cleaning loosened up most of the ‘crusty’ corrosion layer on the 2 Barber half dollars and the Morgan dollar.
Here are the after cleaning photos.
Buffalo nickels: 1935, 1917-s
Half dollars: 1857-s, two 1901-s
Morgan dollar: 1899-s
Mercury dimes: 1942-d, 1941-d, 1917-d, 1919-d, 1938-s, 1923
Roosevelt dimes: 1957-d, 1953-s, 1956-d, 1954, an extremely corroded/worn dime, 1959-d
Quarters: 1958-d, 1943, 1937
Above are photos of mixed finds.
Civil War era Army Eagle button, 1917-s buffalo nickel, below the nickel is a jade-like figure with writing/symbols on both sides.
A comparative photo of previously found naval eagle buttons, both found at my favorite park in the same area, but at different times. I believe they are Civil War era Marine Corps buttons (Scovill MF’G Co. ?Waterbury).
Two silver pendants.
Silver jewelry before cleaning.
Front and back of the buffalo nickel and big silver coins. Both 1901-s half dollars still have stubborn crusty corrosion stuck on parts of both coins. Some of the other finds are in the bottom photo.
Detecting since Feb, 2010
E-trac with 18"x15" SEF, 13" Ultimate coil, Pro coil, Minelab 8" coil, 4.5"x7" SEF, Sunray target probe
CTX3030 with 17"x13" DD coil, 11" DD coil
My favorite beach produced small broken gold jewelry (11 inch coil). The spring tides produced (with the 17 inch coil) my 4th Morgan dollar (1899-s), 2 Barber half dollars (both 1901-s), and my 3rd seated half dollar (a very worn 1857-s). I also got my 1st Civil War army eagle button out in the extreme low tide zone. Its condition was so good that when I dug it up, I was sure it was a modern button. But in the past, that location produced most of my oldest silver coins, dating from 1859 up to the 1870s, including an 1876 inscribed gold ring.
Did some detecting at my favorite park. The knee-high wheat-like grass caused the 17 inch coil to float around 4 inches above the ground. The 1st target dug that day was a weak signal that turned out to be a 10k gold 1982 class ring. That made the entire day. After that, must have dug every pull tab from then on.
Above are the gold finds. The small amethyst part and the broken gold ring on the right were found near the upper-middle tide line a couple of meters apart on the same day. A couple of weeks later, found the larger amethyst part in the same area.
Hoping to find the jewelry that was the source of the 14k amethyst parts (possibly Victorian era mourning jewelry), did a thorough search of the adjacent area in extreme low tide zone during the spring tides. Instead, found 3 silver halves and silver dollar.
The broken signet ring was found in the rocky area. Unfortunately, old 9k and 10k jewelry becomes quite brittle in seawater over time. It broke while in my finds pouch.
Air-tested with: 11 coil Auto-sensitivity = 16 Noise Cancel #11 ID = inner diameter (in millimeters) Rings air-tested with ring parallel to coil, unless otherwise noted carat ID grams depth FE-CO max depth description 14k ---- .78 .75" 12-02 2" small amethyst stone part 14k ---- 1.75 2" 12-05 4" larger amethyst stone part 9k ---- .88 .75" 12-01 1.5" broken signet ring 10k ---- 1.29 .75" 12-01 1.5" broken ring missing stone 10k 17 7.45 4" 12-25 9" 1982 class ring
Here are photos of the gold jewelry before and after cleaning.
Here are the coins before cleaning. The condition of the silver coins found at the beach are almost always determined by the location where they were found.
Ultrasonic cleaning loosened up most of the ‘crusty’ corrosion layer on the 2 Barber half dollars and the Morgan dollar.
Here are the after cleaning photos.
Buffalo nickels: 1935, 1917-s
Half dollars: 1857-s, two 1901-s
Morgan dollar: 1899-s
Mercury dimes: 1942-d, 1941-d, 1917-d, 1919-d, 1938-s, 1923
Roosevelt dimes: 1957-d, 1953-s, 1956-d, 1954, an extremely corroded/worn dime, 1959-d
Quarters: 1958-d, 1943, 1937
Above are photos of mixed finds.
Civil War era Army Eagle button, 1917-s buffalo nickel, below the nickel is a jade-like figure with writing/symbols on both sides.
A comparative photo of previously found naval eagle buttons, both found at my favorite park in the same area, but at different times. I believe they are Civil War era Marine Corps buttons (Scovill MF’G Co. ?Waterbury).
Two silver pendants.
Silver jewelry before cleaning.
Front and back of the buffalo nickel and big silver coins. Both 1901-s half dollars still have stubborn crusty corrosion stuck on parts of both coins. Some of the other finds are in the bottom photo.
Detecting since Feb, 2010
E-trac with 18"x15" SEF, 13" Ultimate coil, Pro coil, Minelab 8" coil, 4.5"x7" SEF, Sunray target probe
CTX3030 with 17"x13" DD coil, 11" DD coil
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Re: Gold jewelry, 4 big silver coins, CW eagle button September 23, 2017 06:26PM |
Nice haul Digs_alot 
Some cool stuff in there!
Some cool stuff in there!
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Re: Gold jewelry, 4 big silver coins, CW eagle button September 24, 2017 08:29PM |
Digs_alot good post and nice job on all the photos and background info
I'll likely be doing a fair bit of beach detecting in HMB this fall/winter/spring, who knows, I may well run into you one of these days
hh,
Brian
I'll likely be doing a fair bit of beach detecting in HMB this fall/winter/spring, who knows, I may well run into you one of these days
hh,
Brian