Ghost Town Hunt

[Keith / Kirkpa / Steelers1985]

Blitz, Zoyboy, and I got out to the ghost town today. I wanted to detect in an area that looked promising. After reading the map of the town from Zoyboy's research folder, I came to the conclusion that there was a home where I was going to be. This area is all totally wooded over now. So, while swinging for about 30 minutes with no finds, I happened to notice a small pathway that led down to a small stream. I started to detect it, and once it started to slope down, I soon got a nice 50 VDI reading that sounded nicely through my headphones. The target pinpointed at 1.5". I dug a small hole and was happy to see a coin in the soil. It turned out to be a 1903 Indian Head (33rd of the year). This coin was probably lost by a person that was sitting on the slope under the shade of the trees.

About an hour later, I got a 40-42 VDI reading that pinpointed at 2.5". It turned out to be an military buckle or pin. Does anyone know what timeframe this is from? It looks to be old, but I have no clue to the origin. HH!

[INDY]

You guys rock! Nice finds!!
I haven't been out in a few days, so tomorrow I'm hitting an empty lot, hopefully I'll find something good!
Bobbi

[ROOT66]

GREAT FIND KEITH, BUT NO CLUE AS TO WHAT IT IS SORRY. NOTHING BEATS GOING OUT INTO THE WOODS FOR THE GOOD OLD STUFF

[Keith / Kirkpa / Steelers1985]

I cleaned the relic up more and under the U.S. it says, "6 BW 4 C." What does that mean? 6th Brigade-4th company? It looks to be from WWI. It defintely was rough detecting today. But, it was fun being in nature!

[j.d. in missouri]

good job bud!! cool finds... i love stuff like that!