Sometimes I get tired.

[2ndoldman]

Sometimes it has been a long day that gets to me.
Mainly it is trying to come up with a different title all of the time.
OH well enough of that on with the story.
This last weekend had it's ups and downs.
Saturday was almost a bust but Sunday was good.
Two days of trash.
A little bit of recyclables. And a crap load of pennies. The only keepers from Saturday were these buttons. Made by Samuel Brothers LTD
Established in 1830 Samuel Brothers (St Paul’s) Ltd are traditional bespoke & military specialist tailors.

http://www.samuelbrothers.co.uk/samuelszencart/index.php?main_page=page&id=1&chapter=10

They are likely underwear buttons, but I will let you folks be the judge here. Sunday also started out with a button. It required extra cleaning to bring out the details. That is the British coat of arms which was used from 1837 -1952.
Until 1906 the major military presence in Victoria was the British.
"The May 17, 1906 departure of the Royal Engineers and the Royal Garrison Artillery signaled the end of an era -
they were the last British troops stationed in Canada.More than 300 strong, the troops had been stationed at Fort Rodd Hill,
Esquimalt and along the coast to protect Esquimalt Harbour from naval attacks.
Their arrival in 1893 had marked the beginning of a new agreement between Canada and Britain
to share the cost of building modern, permanent artillery batteries."
I wish the back marks were a little better to be able a proper date range. The next keeper was a nice silver dime.

[2ndoldman]

After which I found this.
The signal was really mixed up but steady.
And when I saw the encrusted rusty iron I understood why. It would have been nice to save the green patina.
But after 18 hours soaking in Hydrogen Peroxide the embedded iron was still there.
Because of the opaque film I had to wet it down to get this pic. Into the reverse electrolysis it went.
And sadly still no date.
I was on my knee taking the initial picture of the Vickie LC when Jim from Duncan called to see if he could join me.
When he arrived I gave him some space and wondered around for an hour or so.
As I was walking away this popped up.

Somewhere alone the line of the day I picked this up.
And I'm glad that I didn't toss it out with the rest of the trash.
It was covered in thick black slime but had a hole in it,
so I tossed it into the tumbler with everything else.
This is after a partial cleaning. And the finished product.

[2ndoldman]

At this point in the day I decided to call it quits and headed back over to where I left Jim.
Happily he did manage to find a silver quarter.
Upon saying my goodbyes I started swinging to the car and finished off the day with a silver bobcat.

[Bone2stone]

Cool stuff.
The double dated "Bobcat" now that is coolerest.

[2ndoldman]

Thanks Jess.

[rmartin]

Cool stuff.
The double dated "Bobcat" now that is coolerest.

I agree. I have never seen this quarter before.

[2ndoldman]

I did post one other silver bobcat earlier Ray. But this is only the second one that I have found.

http://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/other-activities-hobbies-gc26/metal-detecting-gc29/151076-no-rest-for-the-wicked

[CMD]

Interesting assortment as always, Bruce. I know you'll keep finding the right titles!

[2ndoldman]

I try but when you make so many posts in a year it is hard to keep the titles interesting.
Even harder when there is not just one item to concentrate on.