Fun Finds From the Weekend

[Ill Digger]

Saturday we headed out of town to check out a nice big old park I spotted on Google maps. It turns out others have checked out this park before too. :rolleyes: lol
The finds were few and far in-between. I managed to get a wheat and a little while later a 1926 Buff. It was getting late and the sun was slowly setting so I moved to the other end of the park and decided to hunt the edges. Hoping to find a area that may have been over looked. I soon got a wheatie with a lightbulb base in the same hole. So the area had promise. While hunting right next to the bases of some BIG OLD oak trees. I finally got a screaming 12-43 at what showed to be 2 inches deep. :shocked01: :drool: The dirt was soft, black, sandy ground. So I started to dig down with just my fingers and the pin pointer was still screaming like it was on the surface. :confused: Finally at the 3 inch or so mark I seen this.
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/Metal%20Detectin%202012/pennytree.jpg
Here's a close up of what really got the blood flowing! :drool: lol
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/Metal%20Detectin%202012/penny.jpg
Here it is out of the ground.
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/Metal%20Detectin%202012/penny3.jpg
The other side. Whats up with the 44 punched in his head!?! :confused: lol
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/Metal%20Detectin%202012/penny2.jpg
Saturdays goodies.
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/1.jpg
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/2.jpg

Sunday we hit a old favorite.
Within the first 5 minutes I found a 1918 Buff! Good way to start a hunt! |:cheering:
I managed my 58 silver of the year 3 more IH's a 1910 wheat. But !! The find of the day was a 1926 Illinois Chauffeurs License!
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/3.jpg
A couple of buddies have each found one and I've been hoping to find one some day!
It's a little rough but here she is! :smitten:
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/4.jpg
It was just nice to get out and make a few nice finds. :daydream: And we even had some descent weather too! |:cheering:
Thanks for lookin' & HH !! :grin:

[dalewestaby]

half your photos arent showing, nice finds though

[Full Metal Digger]

half your photos arent showing, nice finds though


That's okay they were just pics of him modeling his new mankini!

Nice finds Tim! The counterstamped 1919 coin is really cool. Best wishes and HH, Dave.

[aloldstuff]

Tim, nice going on the chauffeurs badge. It's nice to get something that you really wanted. That counterstamped coin...:huh: Possibly done during the war.

[Ill Digger]

half your photos arent showing, nice finds though
Sorry about that. :embarrassed: They were showing up when I posted them last night :dontknow: Those are all the pictures I took with my phone and had to transfer them all. :hairpulling: Now they're there! thumbsup01
Thanks Dale :grin:



That's okay they were just pics of him modeling his new mankini!
Shhhh!! :rolleyes: Man! 8/ You ruin all my surprises! >:/ :dontknow:
Oh and thanks for taking them for me. |:confused:)........ :poke: lol


Nice finds Tim! The counterstamped 1919 coin is really cool. Best wishes and HH, Dave.
Thanks Dave! I thought the counterstamped coin was pretty cool too. :cool:
First one (coin) I've ever found with stamping on it. thumbsup01


Tim, nice going on the chauffeurs badge. It's nice to get something that you really wanted.
Thanks Al! :yes: Yeah it was pretty exciting once I figured out what it was lol When I first found it I was holding it upside-down :confused:
It looked like a big arrowhead :thinkingabout: But once I turned it around and seen what it was i was like :drool: :happydance01:...... lol

That counterstamped coin...:huh: Possibly done during the war.
Thats as good as a guess as any Al. :dontknow: It looks like it was done way more recently than 1919 :yes: lol
Maybe it was done in 1944 :dontknow: But we'll never know .....WHY!?! :confused: :shocked01: lol
I still love it! :smitten:

[CODY]

Wow, great finds, congrats.

[silver star]

Big congrats on your finds Timmy thumbsup01. I like that chauffeurs badge :yes: Have a great Thanksgiving Day. HH Mike

[JTGOLD]

nice keepers,wtg.

[jkress]

Great digging Tim!! :peace:

You saved many nice ones this weekend. :yes: The 1919 penny is a very cool find. I can see why it got your
blood pumping when it was in the hole.

The chauffeurs badge is a nice addition for your collection. Congrats on the silver and IH's too.

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on some nice digs Tim, WTG |:cheering: it seems like there are a lot of Canadian LC coming out of the ground lately. When you sent me the text I thought you had a silver dollar in the hole. The tag is a very cool find.

[milco]

Sweet finds there Tim! Glad to see you made it out over the weekend! The Chauffeur's badge is awesome! :peace: And the counterstruck British penny is a cool finds as well! Keep on hitting it hard while we have this weather!

[tech125]

Nice finds Tim, Congrats on the chauffeurs badge, thats a nice one!

[Ill Digger]

Wow, great finds, congrats.
Thanks Cody! :grin:



Big congrats on your finds Timmy thumbsup01. I like that chauffeurs badge :yes: Have a great Thanksgiving Day. HH Mike
Thanks Mikey! :grin:
I like it a lot too! :smitten:
You and your family have a nice Thanksgiving too! :grouphug:



nice keepers,wtg.
Thanks Terry! :grin:



The 1919 penny is a very cool find. I can see why it got your
blood pumping when it was in the hole.

The chauffeurs badge is a nice addition for your collection. Congrats on the silver and IH's too.
Thanks Joe! :grin: I didn't know what it was for sure at first :confused: But I knew it was something good! :drool: lol
Ans yes :yes: The badge is a nice addition to the collection. It's already in this years display case! thumbsup01 Almost front and center. ;)



Congrats on some nice digs Tim, WTG |:cheering: When you sent me the text I thought you had a silver dollar in the hole.
Thanks Jeff! :grin:
I wish it was a silver dollar :yes: :drool: I didn't mean to interrupt your dinner. :blush: But I had to show someone! lol



Sweet finds there Tim! Glad to see you made it out over the weekend! The Chauffeur's badge is awesome! :peace: And the counterstruck British penny is a cool finds as well! Keep on hitting it hard while we have this weather!
Thanks Darren! :grin: Yeah, I'm tickled with both of the finds! |:cheering:
I can't complain. \:hammer: Like you said, it might not be long and this nice weather ain't going to be so nice. >:\ :frozen: :thumbsdown:



Nice finds Tim, Congrats on the chauffeurs badge, thats a nice one!
Thanks Rob! :grin:
I'm so happy with it! I'm debating weather I should try and clean it some more? :thinkingabout:
And if so how? :dontknow: An with what? :dontknow:
It still has some of the chrome plating left. I don't want to lose any of that. But get rid of the green gunk and stuff. :confused: lol

[tanacat]

Well you definately got the corn Tim :happydance01: :perfect10: :clapping: Great pics!


Such a nice touch to the banner |:cheering:

I bet you were running around like this after you found that LC :happy:

[Tony Two-Cent]

Terrific finds, Tim! I love the 1919 British Penny and the chauffeur's license! That 1923 Merc is really sharp too!

Those chauffeur's badges were originally silver plated. I found one from 1921 earlier this year.

Great bunch of finds! :perfect10:

[tanacat]

:confused: Finally at the 3 inch or so mark I seen this.
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx310/IllDigger/Metal%20Detectin%202012/pennytree.jpg


:thinkingabout: I've found a few amazingly shallow items too. I think it's neat how soil conditions and types of plants vary for the depth of items. I found my oldest coin 1820 LC if I remember correctly at about 2 or 3 inches on top of a root of huge tree where there wasn't much grass/decomposition going on over the years and also the huge root must've pushed the LC upwards as well. And I found an 1890 IH about an inch deep under old cedar tree on bare compact soil in yard of Victorian home turned into college student housing- lots of erosion and compaction from cutting across that yard I surmised...

Btw the latter is now a sorority house and those girls thought I was nuts :crazy: the looks I got from them as they walked past me to go to their classes lol I held up the IH and showed one of them and she was like ooh wow neato and rolled her eyes. Some people just don't understand our passion (and I don't really care) :rolleyes: Getting off subject now aren't I? :interesting: lol


Anyway, congrats again Tim!

[dalewestaby]

tell me about it tancat... Ill hunted near a college a week ago and found a shield nickel so i did a happy dance. People approached me and asked me if i found gold. I showed them the nickel and they laughed and walked away :rolleyes:

[tanacat]

tell me about it tancat... Ill hunted near a college a week ago and found a shield nickel so i did a happy dance. People approached me and asked me if i found gold. I showed them the nickel and they laughed and walked away :rolleyes:


I started a funny thread a while back I think it was titled comments you've heard while hunting' maybe I should bump it for a good laugh and get some new stories... :) We are such a misunderstood group to some lol

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

awesome badge! and a cool counter stamped coin! sweet hunt!