My finds November 2025 and on
MtW124
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I’m starting this so I don’t keep starting new discussions. There not as good as most on here but I’m going to share what I find.
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That's a huge nail and a nice assortment of things
Cool finds! I really like the large horse harness ring. Is it made from brass?
Thanks @johnny9434 @Göttinger That nail is very light so I’m thinking aluminum. It came up loud and on the conductor line so I dug it. I like odd nails so that was a good find in my book too. On my manticore I have been using the 2 tone mode because my hearing isn’t the best do to working in a loud environment my whole life. The ringing is insane. I’ve been trying to use the 5 tone setting more. The horse ring is steel. After cleaning it off, I found that its plated. I found the weld and filed it a bit just to make sure. They must have dumped old home debris in this park that I was hunting because my old maps don’t show a home here. The head stamps are from the 1915-1942 range. I found them on the cartridge identification site for Union Metallic Cartridge company after their merger with Remington arms in 1912. Anyway I think I got the year right.
The WWII lipstick was the best find I had today.
The rest that came out today.
That nail is probably a gutter spike
Lafayette Grading Set
That makes sense @pocketpiececommems
Thawed enough to get out! What a great day. The square item is a 1935 tax token made of aluminum. 1.5 mill
I've found a couple of those sales tax tokens over the years, although none recently. I would return to wherever that came from and search for silver coins.
I'll do that @Bayard1908. I was able to get out yesterday as the weather allowed the ground to thaw enough. I found this Skeleton key at another park about a mile away from the park that I found the Tax Token.
I'm not sure what this rock is that I found near the key. Anyway I think it's a rock. It is twice the weight of the granite rocks on my yard. Files very easily. But doesn't look like lead. I'm stumped.
Looks like field-cast lead with a thick white oxide layer to me
I appreciate the input @Göttinger. I'm going to go with your information as being the best choice. Picking it up and feeling the weight of it took me right to a lead item. It came up at 95-96 on my Minelab Manticore in the ground. Then I second guessed myself after looking at it closer through my microscope. I didn't put a torch to it to see what it's melting point was but I was checking all of the different specific gravity charts and nothing made sense . It's not porous and It is soft using a file and my nail doesn't put a scratch on it .
I was able to get out to a park yesterday. The two hours I was out didn't produce much more than some clad quarters and 4 memorial cents until I was walking out to leave. I always swing the coil all the way to the car and in this instance I was glad I did. I dug this wheat cent. It was unexpected and made my day. Winter is back and that's it until it thaws again.
Hey, its a start for sure 👍
The ground finally thawed enough to get out to a local park. An area I haven’t hunted next to a fence line separating a farmers field. I was glad to get out as everyday for a week I have been checking the ground to see if it had thawed enough. Just a bunch of modern but boy was it fun!
Cool that you've made it out again. Spendable coins are always a welcome find.
I'm hoping for warmer weather next week, the ground is still frozen solid in my area.
Thanks, can’t wait to see your finds this year @Göttinger
The bug hit hard once I saw the ground would allow me to dig. I went out again today and got my first Silver coin of any kind in the wild. Knew it would happen I just was not expecting it at this park. And the ground hasn’t been getting enough sun to completely thaw so in the process of getting to the Roosevelt dime, I hit the darn thing! But I got my first silver coin after 15 years of detecting. It’s not for a lack of trying.
Don't know why it took 15 years, but, better late than never. A Manticore should be capable of finding silver, although the Manticore I owned badly falsed on iron in the all terrain high conductor setting.
That's awesome! Congratulations on your first silver coin!
It took me pretty long to find my first silver coin aswell - and for some reason it's still a challenge to find some.
Fingers crossed you'll find some more silver coins, soon.
@Bayard1908 i got my manticore in late December 2023 and seeded hunts have produced silver over and over again. I think my issue was not swinging the coil over a silver coin or not understanding what I’m hearing because it’s masked with a lot of other items. With both my white and the manticore I have pickle jars full of Clad and copper coins. I’m still learning and have had a blast detecting ever since the first time out. 😃
Thanks @Göttinger