I,  myself,  have had only a few days that I was able to get out this last month,  so my finds are not near what I would like them to be.

That mentioned,  I did happen to find an old lead toy Indian,  and a 1963 bicycle license from Nampa Idaho.  Found some other miscellaneous items that date back to possibly the 1930′s,  that’s about it from me…
SO WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND????

17thC Charles II silver button found by Orvin Farmer Jr

I the president of this wonderful club took my third  trip across the big pond (The Atlantic Ocean) for my latest trip to detect U.K. dirt.   If you have ever wanted to find stuff so old that it almost compels you,   to turn into a history fanatic.  There is so much history in that country that it is mind boggling.

The finds that can be found on any given trip could just about be from every country around the world and can even have eyeball finds that date back 10,000years to the stone age.  Now!  That is old.

For this trip was a little different than my past two trips,  we had the rights to hunt some land that had not been detected before this year.  The finds that are coming out of the ground  from this land are amazing.   Even though I did not find anything gold,  I did manage to find some things made of silver,  mainly coins,  but I did manage to find a small button from the 17th Century,  a King Charles II button (pictured at the top of page).  Due to the treasure laws of Britain other than single coin finds (two or more of the same type of coin is deemed a hoard and falls under the treasury act),   anything man-made  that has 10% or more of noble metal and over 300 years old,  can be deemed as treasure.  So my button find,  falls under their treasure act.  It will be viewed by the people at the museum to see if they want to purchase this item at fair market value.   They have many Charles II buttons,  so I expect to get this one back.

One thing that I must mention is that when you go on these detecting trips,  you do get to keep most everything that you find,  unfortunately it stays there to get an export license.  And that takes time.  But,  it is worth the wait.

I did have a really good trip,  the weather was not the greatest but that does not bother me as long as I can stay dry and warm.   Seems that I had all of the seasons during the week,  multiple times even during the same day,  some days.  I had some horizontal rain,  to where I just detected back-wards into the wind.  But for the most part these endeavors usually did not too last long.   The worse thing is when it just rains just enough to get the top part of the soil wet and that is all,  some fields the clay content is real heavy and sticks to everything.  So just a little rain makes the soil  stick to your coil,  boots,  and shovel,   overall just makes a big mess.  When it just rains,  steady,  as amazing as it sounds,  is almost better due to the fact that it keeps the mud from building up on coil,  boot,  etc.

Enough of the babble….

I found some wonderful items including the following:
1485 -1509 Henry VII hammered silver groat
1247 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny
1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny -Cross
15thC Angel coin coin weight – bent right leg Circa 1493 – British
Snake clasp ? TD & C Patent 1546  (did research on this one and patent dates to 1780)
17thC clothing fastener
1550-1650 buckle
1845 Victorian milled silver groat
17th mount with 2 integral lug
17thC Charles II silver button – reported as treasure
1696 William III milled silver sixpence
1stC Roman fibular brooch fragment
Roman lead token
Roman writing stylus

And MY FAVORITE find,  a relic from the past that I will soon give a new home too.

Romano/British bronze razor back pig/hog offering - red emerald eyes – 65.56mm L x 39.9mm H 148g

The pig ….it is from the Roman period,  so most likely from 1stC through 6thC  AD.   Date not confirmed as of yet.

You can see pictures for all the finds listed

Romano/British bronze razor back pig/hog offering - top view
Romano/British bronze razor back pig/hog offering - front view 1485 -1509 Henry VII hammered silver groat

These are not near all that I found,  just a portion that got photographed.

Thanks for viewing,

Orv

President,  BBSRC

My first Indian Head cent of the year.

Not sure what this is off of.  Any ideas?

Front side and …………………………………………..backside,  two stuck together.

1912 C.E. Biggs MGR.  Middleton,  ID   Good for 10 in Merchandise  Token.

The top Ring is 10K white gold…the first white gold ring I have ever found.  I had to polish it of course.

This ‘WAS’  a 10K yellow gold ring ring with a marque cut Amethyst until I hit it with my digger.

But gold is good even broken.

This is a Procter and Gamble Token for 2 FREE cakes of white naphtha w/purchase of

1Pkg of Oxidol or 1Pkg. of Chipso   (large size)  from the 1920′s, 30′s,  or 40′s,  Maybe the 1950′s but most likely the 40′s.

It was folded over flat when found,  bent it to about 45deg. and did not to push my luck as I was thinking it was going to break.

I am here to let everyone know that this year we are going to have our first ‘members only’ club hunt,  that will be free of fees….auctions….meetings….and no other fund raisers to start the day out.  Just a good ol’ day of fun swinging a detector with friends.  And some chow afterward.

We raffled off a Metal detector last Fall just for this purpose.  To have a free hunt to all club members.

There is a catch though.  You must be a member in good standing before or by the end of the meeting on May 3, 2009.

All membership dues need to be paid current by this date or you will not be allowed to participate in the ‘free’ , ‘Members Only Hunt’.

We are asking everyone to bring a food dish of some sort,  along with that you need to bring utensils and a folding chair.  There are some Picnic tables where we will be holding this event,  but just in case…bring a chair.

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The date of the hunt is Sunday,  May 17th.   We will not accept dues to be paid the day of the hunt. If dues not paid by May 3rd…no hunting,  plain and simple.

If you need more information,  please contact,  Dan @ ( dlute@rmci.net )  or myself,  Orv Jr. @  (  Goldfever2000@yahoo.com ).  Or give me a call at 921-0033.

Thank you very much,

Orvin (Orv Jr.) Farmer Jr.

President,   Boise Basin Search and Recovery Club