Published by Whites
Published by Whites Electronics Jan. 2006
I thought I would share with other White Detector owners some of my finds. My
friend Kevin told me his mother lost her diamond wedding ring last winter and
then had passed away. It took a couple hours but I did find it and it was given
back to the family. That was something that made me feel really nice.
Then I was detecting at a old site and found a 14k white gold wedding ring. It
was about 4 inches deep and shined like it was brand new.
About 2 weeks later I found a yellow gold wedding ring at 10" deep, in the same
hole was this 1901 Barber dime. Up until then that was my best day with the
DFX. My wife now has it in her jewelry chest. It fits her just right. Now she
doesn't say anything when I am going out to enjoy this great hobby.
I have found bunches of old coins and relics but my very best day was this past
Sunday 11-06-05. My friend Harry N. of the FMDAC and I went to a place just for
the heck of it. It dates back to the early 1800's.. Harry is a very good person
and usually does better than me. BTW, he also uses a Whites machine so that
tells you he knows what he is doing. We met around 9am and walked up to the
site without our machines. We decided to drive up to the top of the hill and
start there. Well we found a lot of normal trash and a couple clads. He was
near the top of the hill while I searched the hillside. Then it happened. I
found a 1877 seated quarter in mint condition. Boy was I excited.
Then in about 15 minutes I got another loud beep at 6 inches. I started digging
with my Predator tool and uncovered a 1849 large penny. It was the first one I
ever found. Now I was really ecstatic. My DFX was treating me great.
In a few moments I got a rather unusual beep but decided to check it out.. It
was also at 6 inches. I didn't know what it was then so I just put it in my
Whites pouch and kept on hunting.
About a half hour later I got a VERY loud beep and dug my hole and there was
what I thought was another large penny but it turned out to be a 1837 colonial
coin.
This is what I found out about it.
The chronic shortage of small coins during the first half of the 19th century
gave rise to a series of attractive copper tokens known as "bouquet sous." In
1835 the Governor of Lower Canada granted the Bank of Montreal the authority to
issue copper tokens of good weight to meet the need for small change. The front
side of the tokens showed a bouquet of roses, thistles, shamrocks and wheat and
the reverse carried the denomination, "Un Sou," hence the name "bouquet sous."
In 1836 the Bank of Montreal was permitted to add its name to the legend on the
reverse. In 1837 La Banque du Peuple was also authorized to issue "bouquet
sous." These tokens became so popular that many lightweight imitations in both
copper and brass were soon put into circulation by unscrupulous individuals.
The genuine tokens were manufactured in England and in the United States, but
the counterfeit pieces were strictly a Canadian product. Altogether there are
over fifty varieties of these tokens, several, both genuine and counterfeit,
showing the denomination in the very ungrammatical form of "Un Sous." Since
these tokens were produced in England this was obviously the work of a
non-bilingual die cutter.
By now I was so happy I could have shouted it to the world. But I kept my cool
since Harry wasn't doing any good at all, except for trash and some new pennies
and clad.
We hunted some more and I got two Indian heads and two wheaties. Now it was
time to get something to eat so we went to a diner and while I was standing in
line Harry was at a table and said "You have no idea what you found do you? I
said no. Then he told me the coin I put in my pouch was a flying eagle one cent
piece. In total that day I found three rare coins that I never would have
dreamed I would ever find, but I did that Sunday. I also found my very first 58
caliber musket ball. WHAT A DAY I HAD WITH MY DFX. After we ate, we drove down
to the bottom of the hill and tried it down there. But all we found for the
next 3 or so hours were some new pennies and a lot of trash. When the day was
over he said to me, "Today was your shinning hour, congratulations". I found
this B.V.T.Co. Xmas 1912 token on the way back to the car at the end of a great
DFX day. I like it because I live in Beaver County and it has the head of a
Beaver in the center of it.
I can tell you we are going back to that place very soon.
