Metal Detecting Finds, 2004.

Pictures on this page are of some of the items Suzanne and I have found during 2004.
Since getting our metal detectors in November of 2003 we have found an assortment of things
and had a lot of fun doing it. We joined the local metal detecting club,
The Rusk County Treasure Hunters Association, and have enjoyed getting to know the members
of this club and hunting with them from time to time.

I found this little 10K Gold Dove charm at one of the Henderson School play grounds.

I found this old brass name tag while detecting around an old house site in Henderson. After doing a little research on C.C. Vaiden I was able to locate a phone book listing of him in 1934. The listing stated, "Clarence C. Vaiden, Cattle Inspector, Tick Eradicator". The 1930 Federal Census listed him, his wife and two daughters. As far as I know, there are no Vaidens in the Henderson area today.

Suzanne found this little silver charm and the gold locket below in the yard of an old house in the Minden Community.

I found this old hoe head at an old house site in the Pinehill community.

I found this old Sheet Music Holder at the Henderson Middle School.

Suzanne found this big pocket knife at the Henderson Middle School. You just never know what you are going to find in a school yard.

Mr. Claude Gray lost this Silver and Turquoise Ring one afternoon while working on his car. He contacted Suzanne and I and ask if we would try to locate it for him. Mr. Gray had received the ring many years ago as a gift and was very happy to have it returned to him. Mr. Gray is a country and western singer. You can listen to some of his music on his web page.

Suzanne fond this silver and onyx ring at Lake Murval while detecting around one of the swimming areas. She also found a gold ear ring and a Peso Coin that someone had begun to make a ring out of that same day.

I found this little gold promise ring at a swimming area at Lake Tyler. It has three little diamonds in it.

Some old buttons I have found. They show up everywhere.

Suzanne found this item one day and we believe it may be an old hood ornament that held some kind of glass decoration that has since been broken and lost.

Suzanne found this old Zinc Fruit Jar lid at the same house site where I found the C.C. Vaiden Cattle Inspector tag. Don't see may of these that are not broken or cracked.

We didn't find this group of bullets, but they were found at the Mansfield Civil War Battle Ground.

OK, so Suzanne has found two silver dimes to my one... quit reminding me, she does plenty of that already.

These are the coins Suzanne has found in 2004. She has quite a collection of wheat pennies and TWO Silver Dimes.

These are the assorted coins and other goodies I have found in 2004.

This is a picture of my grandfather's old steamer trunk with my cat Sister checking it out. This old trunk had lots of old photographs and letters in it that I am still sorting through.

Suzanne found this Silver Ring while detecting one of the local school yards.

Old Saddle Ring Suzanne found on another school yard.

While Suzanne was finding jewlery I managed to find these coins. This Quarter is the second Silver Coin I have found since we started metal detecting. It sure looked nice coming up all clean and shiny out of the dirt. It was about 5 inches deep and gave a very soft signal in the head phones.

All these items were found in three differnt school yards in the course of a couple of days. The Pendant on the right is a Senior 1995 National Honor Socitey Pendant. The item on the bottom right is some kind of medallion Suzanne found. Looks like it got wacked by a lawnmower.