Scrappy
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- Mar 6, 2014
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Between all the glory finds is hard work and learning. This is my first attempt at sifting a known pit so it's A lot of uphill work. Here's the spot with the marker I left two months ago!
The story behind this is about two months ago I dug about a dozen buttons and a seated quarter. Lots of iron and some pontiled bottles in some dug dirt. So I returned with some advise from Brad and Company.
All the button signals were masked, as well as much of the other non-ferrous finds.
I found a lot of hand blown glass and clam shells. On Eastern Long Island as well as many other places, shellfish was a major (fresh) food source of colonists. One of the earlier items I was very excited to dig was the mold poured spoon handle made of pewter.
Found a good amount of iron too. A great early hand wrought axe head, some buckles, and lots of nails.
They can't all be winners but it was great getting out. I'll continue to dig the pit but I suspect it was disturbed many years ago when the house was razed. Enjoy
The story behind this is about two months ago I dug about a dozen buttons and a seated quarter. Lots of iron and some pontiled bottles in some dug dirt. So I returned with some advise from Brad and Company.
All the button signals were masked, as well as much of the other non-ferrous finds.
I found a lot of hand blown glass and clam shells. On Eastern Long Island as well as many other places, shellfish was a major (fresh) food source of colonists. One of the earlier items I was very excited to dig was the mold poured spoon handle made of pewter.
Found a good amount of iron too. A great early hand wrought axe head, some buckles, and lots of nails.
They can't all be winners but it was great getting out. I'll continue to dig the pit but I suspect it was disturbed many years ago when the house was razed. Enjoy
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