Courthouse Hunt

[HotChevy396]

Not a bad day in the old west. Nice Weather good friends to hunt with and GOOD coins WOW. Dont get no better. 1885 indian head and a 1936 merc.A good way to start a new year. Happy new year to all and happy hunting. GGRREEAATT IN 08.

[Lou]

Atta boy, Chevy. Glad you found somethin' worthwhile.

[HotChevy396]

hey lou thanks iam new at the computar been detecting for about 15 years .I found my first dimond ring in garden last year.

[Detector]

Yup it was a great hunt. I managed to find a 1927 buffalo nickle, a 1910 wheatie, some token, an old 44 caliber dropped bullet a stamped brass leaf jewelry.

Looks like 1885 is the year to beat now.

Here are some pictures

HotChevy396's 1885 Indian Head before cleaning


HC396's 1936 mercury dime


My 1927 buffalo


My 1910 wheatie


My token

[Made in the USA]

Detector, how can you tell the nickel is a 1927? I can't even see a date on it anymore. But, maybe it looks different in person.

Good find guys!

[Detector]

Yea, the date is just readable under the glass.

We did some more hunting today and I hit the first gold of the year. A nice sized 14k bracelet. We are getting of to a great start again this year.

Here is a picture show the bracelet as I first found it still frozen in the ground at about 3". We worked for about 15 minutes trying to recover it without damaging it. Which we did.



Here again as a bit more came to light



Here it is cleaned up



Here is the 14k stamp on the back



After cleaning it looks like HotChevy396's Indian Head is a 1895.

[TexKan]

I knew you would find my bracelet!! Been lookin all over the place for it - I'll email ya with contact info - hey thanks again!! Can't wait to get it back!............ after I convert to Catholisism!!

Nice stuff ya found there!

[jeezeweeze]

Originally Posted by TexKan

Nice stuff ya found there!

[Detector]

It was a lot of fun. It was a perfect example of what makes metal detecting so exciting. I first uncovered a small 2" section of the chain and called over the rest of the crew. We knew we had a good find but at that point your imagination just runs wild.

Trying to determine which direction the chain runs, how big it might be and if there is more than just a chain all gets things pumped. Slowly you pry away at the frozen ground and as more chain is exposed the excitement grows. When the big solid part started to show things really got exciting. We then knew it did indeed have something besides the chain.

Once it was recovered and all the ooh's and ah's had finished, thoughts turned to the poor sole who had lost it.

[jeezeweeze]

Originally Posted by Detector

Once it was recovered and all the ooh's and ah's had finished, thoughts turned to the poor sole who had lost it.

Texie was devastated .....LOL