Bill D. (VA)
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Myself and my buddy Dan and his father teamed up for another trip to our colonial honey hole. It was in the teens when we hit the field about 7:30 this morning but at least the wind had died down. Dan and I were on a mission to dig out several potential colonial trash pits we had identified on previous hunts. The first and most promising one turned out to be the brick foundation for one of the many structures that are scattered about in this field. The other pits were almost devoid of the pottery and glass we were seeking, but we did scrounge out a few brass items. While Dan and I were toiling away John was having a great day in the coin department, and Dan followed suit late in the day to keep our coin streak alive. I'll let Dan give you the details on those finds, but by the end of the day our total colonial silver count for this site had jumped to 16. I spent the remaining time after the pit digs roaming around trying to find another hotspot. Wasn't very successful with that, but did find a very interesting and unique item that was partially exposed on top of the ground. It was a colonial ring with a nice green patina and a 3-masted tall ship design etched into its face. This ring appears to be made in a very similar manner to the 1600s signet ring I found last year, but not sure its quite that old. But it should definitely be pre-1800. I also dug what may be a colonial copper coin of some sort. At first it looked like a flat button, but upon closer inspection it does not have any indication of a shank, and its holed and a little irregular in shape. My only real killer signal all day turned out to be big silver, but unfortunately it was a barber quarter. I knew it wasn't colonial as soon as I saw the reeded edge, but I'll take it just the same. We called it a day by early afternoon, but we'll be back again soon I'm sure.
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