I was Hunting in an undisclosed location today (nearby and legal), and I have found my best find to date!
Beautiful weather today and I only had an hour to dig a few quick holes. The vegetation is still extremely thick where I was, but I tried my luck and scored big time!
I found, what I believe without doing any research, is a Nazi party campaign pin. There is no writing on it besides the year 1942, but I will look it up tonight and let you guys know.
When I found this my hands were shaking I was so excited. To me this is very interesting, because when I find a piece like this it really brings history alive and in a way you become part of the history.
The above photo is after I cleaned it up a little bit and now I have it soaking in vinegar. It is extremely fragile and I will definitely be waxing it and putting it in a display case for preservation. Please understand that I am in no way advocating hate or anything like that. I am honoring and preserving history. By deleting the past we will never advance as a species. I digress.
Here was the sum total of my finds today. For one hour not bad, plus I threw out the 15 or so nails I found. The coin in the picture is a 1 pfennig, which is also soaking in vinegar. It is the third coin I have ever found. I couldn’t read the date and I am not sure I will ever be able to. The coin was pretty damaged, but I would guess probably 1960s.
The rest was just a nut, a screw, and a metal shard. But this cool identification plate I found belongs to an old car.
When I found this with the detector it was screaming! I though for sure I found gold. It is still a cool piece of history though, here is the car it came off of.
I am still quite the amateur at this. If you remember I made a dtube video of my first hunt last summer, but every time I am out I learn more and get a little better at it! I can’t wait to find some more treasure and share it with all of you!
Have a good one!
