Bell-Two
10-18-2012, 03:38 PM
Week Two In The Field
Our second week hunting the field has been productive as well. We did not find the quantity of coins as last week but we did make some nice finds. We were checking out another home site that was about ˝ mile across this large field. We probably did not find the exact site but will check it out again. We went back to the other site that has been kind to us. Paul added to his Fatty Indian collection that he has found in the field this time with the initial one, an 1859! Also he found an 1864 Indian. Diane also found an Indian an 1880. I found the first silver that this field has given up a first for me, a sterling silver thimble, squashed as usual but I was happy. I also found a cylinder for a .22 caliber revolver and the wick adjuster part of an oil lamp. We went back Tuesday and Wednesday, Diane and I did not find much a couple of buttons and a few artifacts, Paul did get an 1866 Two Cent piece and a nice button. Wednesday Diane and I went to a different area to try, found several artifacts including a rein guide and a few whatsits plus a large axe head. I was finding these artifacts and Diane was not having many signals at all in the spot she was so I called her over and when she came over and got about 5 feet from me she got a hit and on the surface she found a John Tyler Presidential Token! I found a description of this token in a book by Alfred H. Satterlee published in 1862 a book about Presidential Tokens and Medals. I have not found much else on it as of yet. Any help on this would be appreciated. We still have much to do in this large field and have hopes of more good finds.
Our second week hunting the field has been productive as well. We did not find the quantity of coins as last week but we did make some nice finds. We were checking out another home site that was about ˝ mile across this large field. We probably did not find the exact site but will check it out again. We went back to the other site that has been kind to us. Paul added to his Fatty Indian collection that he has found in the field this time with the initial one, an 1859! Also he found an 1864 Indian. Diane also found an Indian an 1880. I found the first silver that this field has given up a first for me, a sterling silver thimble, squashed as usual but I was happy. I also found a cylinder for a .22 caliber revolver and the wick adjuster part of an oil lamp. We went back Tuesday and Wednesday, Diane and I did not find much a couple of buttons and a few artifacts, Paul did get an 1866 Two Cent piece and a nice button. Wednesday Diane and I went to a different area to try, found several artifacts including a rein guide and a few whatsits plus a large axe head. I was finding these artifacts and Diane was not having many signals at all in the spot she was so I called her over and when she came over and got about 5 feet from me she got a hit and on the surface she found a John Tyler Presidential Token! I found a description of this token in a book by Alfred H. Satterlee published in 1862 a book about Presidential Tokens and Medals. I have not found much else on it as of yet. Any help on this would be appreciated. We still have much to do in this large field and have hopes of more good finds.