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BTV Digger
04-23-2016, 11:15 AM
Had a chance to get out a bit over the past few days, doing a 2 hour hunt this past Wednesday morning, and another few hours Thursday evening. On a bit of a coin drought in the past week or so, but did manage two nice crotals and several buckles. Did electrolysis on the buckle at right in the wide shot and the results were quite good imo. Also pulled a Model-T hub cap, reigns guide and what I believe are a whistle and a carriage skein/brake. Items nicely date the site (1870-1925). Thanks for looking and HH.

John

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Lodge Scent
04-23-2016, 11:54 AM
Nice bunch of finds John. Two good looking crotal bells. I can't seem to dig any whole ones.
aloldstuff
04-23-2016, 05:30 PM
Finds like those would keep bringing me back.....:congrats:It has been quite awhile since I've seen a crotal bell in the hole....:thumbsup02:
DavidGC
04-23-2016, 06:21 PM
Saw the video, John.
Great finds!
del
04-23-2016, 08:06 PM
Great crotal bells John :smitten:, the whistle looks old is it pewter ??
OxShoeDrew
04-24-2016, 08:23 AM
Very interesting whistle John! Two crotals?! :shocked03: Big congrats!
BTV Digger
04-24-2016, 09:13 AM
Finds like those would keep bringing me back.....:congrats:It has been quite awhile since I've seen a crotal bell in the hole....:thumbsup02:

Thanks Al. Been fortunate to find 6 crotals in the past year. All on the small side as shown.

John
BTV Digger
04-24-2016, 09:14 AM
Nice bunch of finds John. Two good looking crotal bells. I can't seem to dig any whole ones.

Thanks much Jeff.
BTV Digger
04-24-2016, 09:17 AM
Great crotal bells John :smitten:, the whistle looks old is it pewter ??

Not sure Dan, and yes, I thought it looked quite old as well but wasn't positive. How do you tell whether pewter or not? School site dates from the earlier half of the 1800s, and the VDI numbers were in the 45 to 60 range.

John
del
04-24-2016, 03:38 PM
Not sure Dan, and yes, I thought it looked quite old as well but wasn't positive. How do you tell whether pewter or not? School site dates from the earlier half of the 1800s, and the VDI numbers were in the 45 to 60 range.

John

John , old pewter tends to crumble and be flaky when it drys out on the edges . I would bet the whistle is at least mid 1800's or older .

Because pewter does what i mentioned earlier i carry a small plastic ziploc to pack my pewter finds with the moist dirt , this keeps it from drying out and crumbling apart until i clean it.

Dan
The Rebel
04-25-2016, 06:48 PM
Love the Bells & the whistle.