Snowy
09-05-2010, 10:19 PM
Had a great day today... 7 hours detecting at my aunt and uncle's house that's over 200 years old. They live in the original house, which has been very well kept, and they mow the accompanying fields as part of their lawn.
I had some good finds today, but this one made my day. I was kinda all over the place, scanning areas I thought might have been active over the years.
When I headed for the front lawn I thought I'd get a larger amount of trash, but that wasn't the case. Signals were plentiful and the finds all over the place were enough to maintain interest.
I detected my way toward one of the trees in the front yard. Under the shade of one tree I got a solid silver signal. I pulled up a chain thing I thought might be a piece of wind chime from one of my uncle's bird feeders. I knew at a glance it was something else. I didn't dare to put it in a pocket and after a quick thought I headed for the house. I lifted the latch on the old refinished door and headed toward the bearclaw-style cookstove in the kitchen. Aunt Toddy met me at the table where Uncle Billy was sitting.
":grin:shocked04:es this look familiar?
Aunt Toddy took one look at the piece I had found and she gasped. It was a charm bracelet she bought during her class trip when she graduated high school in 1951. She was in awe and couldn't believe it was found. She said she had forgotten about the bracelet, but after some thought she was able to determine it was lost over 50 years ago.
After we chatted, I left the bracelet with her and she stopped me before I reached the door. Hey, finder's keepers! I told her no, it was hers. It's silver and will clean up nice. All it needed was a cleaning and the clasp replaced. There was a missing charm, but I didn't discuss that with her. I headed back to the hole I had dug under the old tree and scanned for another signal. There it was... solid silver. It was the missing charm. I scanned again, and there was yet another charm.
I was unable to recover the clasp, but brought the other two charms in to Aunt Toddy. By now Uncle Billy was amazed, shaking his head. He had put his pen and paper down, his attention drawn to the bracelet. All he could do was shake his head and look up at me. Aunt Toddy was equally in awe.
I wanted to bring the bracelet and detached charms with me today to have them cleaned, repaired and returned in new condition, but I couldn't bring myself to take them from the table.
All the flat buttons, Civil War button, silver and other items recovered from the ground today simply didn't compare.
I had some good finds today, but this one made my day. I was kinda all over the place, scanning areas I thought might have been active over the years.
When I headed for the front lawn I thought I'd get a larger amount of trash, but that wasn't the case. Signals were plentiful and the finds all over the place were enough to maintain interest.
I detected my way toward one of the trees in the front yard. Under the shade of one tree I got a solid silver signal. I pulled up a chain thing I thought might be a piece of wind chime from one of my uncle's bird feeders. I knew at a glance it was something else. I didn't dare to put it in a pocket and after a quick thought I headed for the house. I lifted the latch on the old refinished door and headed toward the bearclaw-style cookstove in the kitchen. Aunt Toddy met me at the table where Uncle Billy was sitting.
":grin:shocked04:es this look familiar?
Aunt Toddy took one look at the piece I had found and she gasped. It was a charm bracelet she bought during her class trip when she graduated high school in 1951. She was in awe and couldn't believe it was found. She said she had forgotten about the bracelet, but after some thought she was able to determine it was lost over 50 years ago.
After we chatted, I left the bracelet with her and she stopped me before I reached the door. Hey, finder's keepers! I told her no, it was hers. It's silver and will clean up nice. All it needed was a cleaning and the clasp replaced. There was a missing charm, but I didn't discuss that with her. I headed back to the hole I had dug under the old tree and scanned for another signal. There it was... solid silver. It was the missing charm. I scanned again, and there was yet another charm.
I was unable to recover the clasp, but brought the other two charms in to Aunt Toddy. By now Uncle Billy was amazed, shaking his head. He had put his pen and paper down, his attention drawn to the bracelet. All he could do was shake his head and look up at me. Aunt Toddy was equally in awe.
I wanted to bring the bracelet and detached charms with me today to have them cleaned, repaired and returned in new condition, but I couldn't bring myself to take them from the table.
All the flat buttons, Civil War button, silver and other items recovered from the ground today simply didn't compare.