1850s/60s Field Digs, Cows, Mud and the CTX w/6" Coil

Hey all,

the rain was relentless last night (must have rained an inch or more) and so the fields were muddy today!

Got out to one of the last fields I know that's not been planted yet (farmer dude is lazy)!

Met some cows and dug some goodies

I started out to make a video of the CTX w/6" coil in this machine-gun iron infested field site that I've hunted in the past but due to circumstances (the mud) it prevented me from doing much more than diggin and even that was extremely painful as you will see via the pics I managed below! lol

Pulled a few keepers in the 2 hrs I spent plodding thru the mud!

Best of the best = 1861 fatty, 1863 business card, and a eagle coat button

The rest is as shown/nothing too exciting...

Hope You'all are getting out and diggin too

Michigan, I really enjoy you posting your finds. I hope everyone here appreciates the time you take to snap the pics, download to your photo host and repost here.

Research is king there young man. You've got it dialed in! Good diggin's.

go-rebels Wrote:
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> Michigan, I really enjoy you posting your finds.
> I hope everyone here appreciates the time you take
> to snap the pics, download to your photo host and
> repost here.

Thanks Go-Reb

you forgot a step though = "editing" the pictures (resizing, adjustments of light, focus, etc) before uploading them to the hosting site and/but that's the REAL time consuming/work in all of it!

Jack Flynn Wrote:
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> Research is king there young man. You've got it
> dialed in! Good diggin's.


Yeah - don't know about that "young" thing there so much Jack!

I guess if being born in 1963 is "young" = then so be it! lol

Ahh yes... I should have remembered that given what we need to do to prepare photos for Ebay.

What I'd give to be that young again. The whole world would be in trouble LOL...... Energy is at a premium these days.

Dude! You shaving your legs and wearing ankle socks???? Haha, just messing with ya. That business card token thing is very cool, never seen nor heard of one before!

deathray Wrote:
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> Dude! You shaving your legs and wearing ankle
> socks???? Haha, just messing with ya. That
> business card token thing is very cool, never seen
> nor heard of one before!


Nah - don't shave too much other than the face here Ray (don't have to)

And yeah - I wear ankle socks and low cut boots cuz I don't have to deal with any of those fuggin snakes you'all have to deal with down south/out west

Here's the other side of the token (they were made/produced in 1863) as most other CW tokens were and/but are fairly common = Rarity: 2 -- J.W.Peirce was the son in law of Amos Roberts, issuer of the MI370K tokens, which shared many of the same scarce reverses, but not this one. And as "dug" = they're not worth much -- maybe $10 for a decent looking one. Non dug in xf/au cond. maybe $35/$45

We find these in fields/etc. around here occasionally (I find at least 1 per yr on avg.) of THIS particular issue/type...

I like to find tokens, moreso than a lot of coins. Good finds MRH.

tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> I like to find tokens, moreso than a lot of coins.
> Good finds MRH.


Me too TNSS

I like to find Tokens and Buttons "especially" more than anything -- with buckles coming in a close 2nd

Thanks

Man,... that huge field in the back round with that little coil.
I like when you include pieces of glass and pottery in your pics....nice finds!

Very cool digs!