More All Things Metal Detecting.

Some Gold nuggets found while out prospecting. "There's Gold in them thar hills"......

Denver Motor Club Badge #61 from 1910! This is a very unusual piece and is in pretty good condition.

The first item is a 1906 Canadian Quarter, which I found in a park in Wichita, Kansas. There are two varieties of this coin year issue. A large crown, and a small crown types. The small crown type being the much rarer. If you happen to have any information about what to look for in determining the differences between these two types, I would certainly appreciate a message about that information. Seems as though the small crown type is worth several thousands of dollars, at least that is what I have been able to find out so far.

The second item, which is a $5 California Republic private issue coin has a current value of over $150,000! Unfortunately, the piece that I found is only gold plated and is of course a fake! But still, it is an interesting piece.

The third item, is from Liberty Metals, and is .999 ounce pure silver. I have tried to locate some information about this issue, but so far have been unsuccessful. If you have any information about this item, I would appreciate an update. 

The reverse of the 3 items listed above. The inscription on the silver medallion reads "We May Acquire Liberty But It Is Never Recovered If It Is Once Lost" - ROUSSEAU

This item is a key fob. It is in color. It says Jap Rose Soap and had a Geisha Girl on the obverse (front). Its from the 1940's.

This is the reverse of the Jap Rose Soap key fob. It was made by the Kirk Company out of Chicago in the 1940's from what I can ascertain.

The thrill of finding a target and the anticipation of the unknown!

Some interesting Dairy Tokens. "Good For One Quart of Milk". 3 of them, all the same, from around the 1920's in a small town in South Dakota.

The reverse of the Denver Motor Club Badge. It is missing the stick pin, but still is in pretty good shape!

When this ring (above image) popped out of the ground, I nearly had a heart attack! I just couldn't imagine that anyone would lose this valuable of a ring. It has real diamonds, and the coin is a $2.50 Indian Head. It has a value of nearly $2,000.00! I often wonder who these people are that have lost so many things. I did try and locate the owner, but there is no inscription on the ring and no one has stepped forward to claim it from the area where it was found. Is it yours?

Its always interesting! For example, in the image above, just uncovered is a "Mercury Dime", which still has dirt on it so I cannot know if if might be the "Key" to the series! That Key is the 1916 D, which in any grade is worth a lot of money. Turned out that this particular find was not the 1916 D, but maybe next time!

In this image, the upper bracelet is solid silver, but has no inscription on it. The lower bracelet is very interesting! It was found about 8 inches deep. It has an inscription on the back which says that it was given to a young girl on her 15th birthday by her Aunt. This was given as a birthday gift in 1917. I beleive that it is a "Forget Me Not" style of bracelet and is solid silver. It came out of the ground in nearly perfect condition. I imagine that it was lost shortly after it was given to this young girl. Its a wonderful find and my own daughter now claims it as her own.

The items in the image above were all found in one morning at a park in Kansas. I had gone to a local library and found an 1867 map of this park area and superimposed it over a current map.

From the old map, I could see that there was a horse trotting race track and it showed where the grandstand areas were. I located the places on the new map and started detecting there.

I immediately began finding things in these "researched" 'areas. Interestingly enough, in the next few days of detecting in this park, I found many old coins, including a beautiful 1914 D Barber dime that looked like it just came from the mint. Also, an 1866 Shield nickel (with rays).

There was even an 1896 Barber quarter. Several Mercury dimes, a couple of buffalo nickels, and many Indian Head Cents. So many of these along this particular ridge, that I stated calling this ridge "Indian Head Ridge", as it was the area directly under and behind the old grandstand on the old map.

It pays quite well to research an area before detecting. Especially in some of these large areas. I had been detecting in other areas of this park without to much luck, but after comparing the two maps, I began to find lots of the old stuff. Its always FUN!

Hunting up some finds out on the trail at Horsethief Canyon with the Minelab Explorer XS.