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Islandhunter
11-26-2009, 07:08 PM
Kinda drizzly day and the ground was all wet....perfect for detecting!!! ;) Hit an older house and had pounded this yard many times before. Today I found another Remington target slug, a 1918 wheatie and a button that raced my pulse for a minute when I saw the gold color, but was just a tease...backmark says Robinson and Co Extra Rich front is smooth. Also found a 1851 deux centimes Republic of Haiti Coin front of it I can;t read for now but do have it soaking. All in all a much better day than stuffing myself full of turkey!! thumbsup01

angellionel
11-26-2009, 07:13 PM
Some good stuff there. I would love to see a close up of the Republic of Haiti Coin. That's a nice old one.

catskillcomics
11-26-2009, 07:22 PM
Great hunt.. thumbsup01 I'll take a gold gilded button any day of the week

Islandhunter
11-26-2009, 08:48 PM
Some good stuff there. I would love to see a close up of the Republic of Haiti Coin. That's a nice old one.


Got it soaking now to see if it will clean up any and will post a close up of it after.



Great hunt.. thumbsup01 I'll take a gold gilded button any day of the week


Me too...this one bout gave me a heart attack when I saw the size and color and weight of it....my intial thought reaction was gold coin...but should have known better.... :crying02:

Epi-hunter
11-26-2009, 09:11 PM
Great stuff! I too will love to see a close up of that coin :)

Dave
11-26-2009, 09:43 PM
Nice digs!

MNDigger
11-26-2009, 09:53 PM
Good looking hunt! Congrats on the nice old foreign coin!

RWJR13
11-27-2009, 07:34 AM
Nice........was a good hunt... thumbsup01 thumbsup01

OkieDigger
11-27-2009, 11:27 AM
Nice finds! I'm glad you could get out.

coinnut
11-27-2009, 03:00 PM
Nice hunt. We get a good amount of those flat buttons, but rarely do you get them with that much gold color left. Kinda gives you an idea of what a jacket would have looked like with 6 of those lined up!! Nice coin also. thumbsup01

Bentfork
11-27-2009, 08:22 PM
That's a good day. thumbsup01

Krom
11-29-2009, 12:55 AM
You kick butt, you know that, Bill? 8)

Islandhunter
11-30-2009, 11:49 AM
Well this is the best I could get the Haiti coin cleaned up...not sure what is on the front of it...almost looks like some kind of anchor with a hat on top of it... :confused:

Islandhunter
11-30-2009, 01:33 PM
Got this from someone on antother forum....the image is a fasces with a liberty cap perched on it.
...below is what it would look like..

Fasces symbolize summary power and jurisdiction, and/or strength through unity. Fasces frequently occur as a charge in heraldry, and should not be confused with the related term, fess, which in French heraldry is called a fasce. The traditional Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of white birch rods, tied together with a red leather ribbon into a cylinder, and often including a bronze axe amongst the rods, with the blade on the side, projecting from the bundle. It was used as a symbol of the Roman Republic in many circumstances, including being carried in processions, much the way a :usaflag: might be carried today.

Stang1968
11-30-2009, 02:45 PM
Wow that haitian coin is a cool find. Sure beats my turkey day finds!