I FOUND IT! My great great great grandfathers homestead!

[JDug]

I FOUND IT! My great great great grandfather's homestead!

Ok the best 1st. When searching for family history you want to find a personal item like a ring or something that is labeled , tying it to your ancestor. I find both. My 3rd target of the day was a token with my G, G, Great Grandfathers initials W. P. D. . I called my mom right away and she said there was a store on the property that workers or freed slaves bought supplies at. The 1860 census said there was 12 family members and 21 slaves living there, hmmmmm. My 6th target of the day was the ring with red stone. It's made of copper or brass and probably was a kids or a farm hands. Regardless I was super stoked to pull it out of the ground. I could of not dug anything else today but these 2 items and been extremely happy.











This item I've never seen before. It's lead with iron inside.











Thanks for looking.

 

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[DocBeav]

Is it possible that the "odd thing" in your post on the 20th could be part of an instrument like a saxaphone or something? Looks like "valve" covers...cold be off a machine too....any markings on it?

 

[CoinmasterIV]

Looks like a 'water key' (aka spit valve) for a brass instrument.....not sure which one/type had a dual setup like that.....

 

[JDug]

I put it on What is This and someone said it was from a saxophone.

 

[DocBeav]

Anyone in the family known to have played an instrument?

 

[dgaughan]

That is awesome! I was able to do something similiar very rewarding to find something an ancestor may have had in their pocket congrats!

 

[JDug]

Anyone in the family known to have played an instrument?

Not that I know of, and there's no one to ask.

 

[JDug]

Day 4... http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plcp&v=cW0eacpaBrQ

 

[Gunrunner61]

Amazing finds .......................HH

 

[silversurfer1111]

That is sp awesome!

 

[JT_hunter]

Very cool, I would go back and pound that place HH.

 

[JDug]

Day 5

 

[JDug]

Day 6 . Did a little sifting.

 

[Nitro2878]

Awesome finds man , I would love to do the same for my family tree HH!

 

[Petrie502]

Very cool!! I would love to find my ancestors home and search it

 

[geo4472]

wow congrats nice finds

 

[SilverDreams]

Very awesome!

 

[JDug]

Thank you gentlemen! HH

 

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