New colonial site finds, the silver hoarder property

cam9457

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Found a new site down the street from me that dates back to at least the very early 1700's, possibly 1600's. It was a beautiful day here for January in the burbs of Philly so baspinall and I decided to give the new spot a shot. The property owner had told me earlier that her Great Grandfather had been a silver hoarder and buried silver bars somewhere on the property but she had no clue where. Didn't find any of those but did find some nice silver. During part of the conversation with the property owner she informed us that the the lower house(which we haven't gotten too yet) was part of the under ground railroad! It was tough hunting because there was soooooooooo much iron in the ground. So my finds for the day include a 1923 Peace dollar, a 1917 Merc, a 1917 Buffalo nickel, an 1882 and 1901 Indian, 5 wheaties(1910, 1916, 1929, 1930 and and unreadable) and 5 LC's including an 1807 and 1817! Not a bad day.
 

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baspinall

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Nice going bud! Cool one of your LC's is a bust. That was a cool hunt. I'll post my finds as well.
Thanks for the invite.

Brian
 

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cam9457

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Thanks for comin out B! It was fun but there is still A LOT more there!
 

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That crotal bell appears to have been massive.

Nice finds. Get back there before the ground freezes too much :icon_thumright:
 

oldmaps

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Your not kiddin not a bad day at all A big hunk of silver and 5 LC's. Now thats how to start the new year right :icon_thumright:

HH
Tim
 

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Looks like a a dang good day to me... Congrats :icon_thumright: Looking forward to seeing what you guys pull out of that ground. Good Luck with the Silver Bars too!
 

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Wow great research pays off!
 

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wow what a super awesome plate full of finds! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
 

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sweet hunt all the way around!!!! MR TUFF
 

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Nice property and finds! Can you make out the variety on the draped bust?
 

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Fantastic hunt, I would love to see close ups of the older coins, those LC must be nice, also of the big silver

Congrats, and get back there as soon as possible, looks like an amazing hunt
 

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Outstanding finds! :o Congrats on the Peace dollar. :hello2: You dug some great old pieces there.
Thanks for the post,
MM
 

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Thanks everybody! Here's a few scans of the drapped bust
 

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The LC's and Indians scanned
 

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awesome finds! glad you guys got out! I miss hunting those old Philly properties!
 

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Some "enhanced" pics
 

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Super Nice, count your blessings to live right in the middle of all that history!!!! :icon_thumleft:
 

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