HomeGuardDan
Bronze Member
Got out today and swapped my webbed feet for my boots as Bill D and I got together for our first land hunt of the year.
This day was an odd one as we were super excited to get to a specific area that yielded some very early stuff a year earlier. Bill made the comment "We must be better than we thought as we left hardly anything behind." We gave it a good few hours with little to show (fired .70 musket ball, buckle pieces, tack, and a lead tag that has a nail pushed through it) and decided to head to another part of the county to find a new place to spend the remainder of the day and boy am I glad that we did. First, we realized that a new part of a current area we already have permission for will now be open to dig (an area previously off limits to us) and we feel good about it. Second, we scored some relics.
Working an area of iron and debris, I managed to first dig a two piece button and then a 1876 Indian Head cent out...it was odd as the debris showed a site from the 1600's & 1700's. Then finally a tombac showed up and followed quickly by another. With the day we were having, three buttons and a late IH actually would have made me happy. After some odds and ends (musket/pistol balls) misc. brass, etc. a nice treat surfaced when I unearthed an 1859 Indian Head "fatty." It is in nice shape and I was fairly content...that was until My loop was touched by Christ.
After digging another button and some other odds and ends, I came across a ratty but mixed-good signal. 12" later, the end to a copper Apostle Spoon surfaced (the Master or Christ). These date from the 1400s-1600's and this one (found it on UKFD) seems to date 1500s-1600s. This site dates to the 1630's so it is safe to say, this one is old. I was very pleased to find it, and was ready to head back, until...
As I worked a small slope and after digging another button, a nice solid cast 1600's nipple button surfaced and shortly after that, the trifecta happened when I dug a nice early 1-piece convex navy cuff button. This made 8 buttons for the day and all came in the final 2 hours at a new location...not a bad way to salvage the trip!
1859 IH fatty
Early US Navy
1500-1600's Apostle Spoon End
It was a successful start for the season indeed. For those who wonder why we call the 1859-1862 IH "fatties" I included a photo to show the difference.
Looking forward to some silver, but I will take this start any day!
HH
Dan
This day was an odd one as we were super excited to get to a specific area that yielded some very early stuff a year earlier. Bill made the comment "We must be better than we thought as we left hardly anything behind." We gave it a good few hours with little to show (fired .70 musket ball, buckle pieces, tack, and a lead tag that has a nail pushed through it) and decided to head to another part of the county to find a new place to spend the remainder of the day and boy am I glad that we did. First, we realized that a new part of a current area we already have permission for will now be open to dig (an area previously off limits to us) and we feel good about it. Second, we scored some relics.
Working an area of iron and debris, I managed to first dig a two piece button and then a 1876 Indian Head cent out...it was odd as the debris showed a site from the 1600's & 1700's. Then finally a tombac showed up and followed quickly by another. With the day we were having, three buttons and a late IH actually would have made me happy. After some odds and ends (musket/pistol balls) misc. brass, etc. a nice treat surfaced when I unearthed an 1859 Indian Head "fatty." It is in nice shape and I was fairly content...that was until My loop was touched by Christ.
After digging another button and some other odds and ends, I came across a ratty but mixed-good signal. 12" later, the end to a copper Apostle Spoon surfaced (the Master or Christ). These date from the 1400s-1600's and this one (found it on UKFD) seems to date 1500s-1600s. This site dates to the 1630's so it is safe to say, this one is old. I was very pleased to find it, and was ready to head back, until...
As I worked a small slope and after digging another button, a nice solid cast 1600's nipple button surfaced and shortly after that, the trifecta happened when I dug a nice early 1-piece convex navy cuff button. This made 8 buttons for the day and all came in the final 2 hours at a new location...not a bad way to salvage the trip!
1859 IH fatty
Early US Navy
1500-1600's Apostle Spoon End
It was a successful start for the season indeed. For those who wonder why we call the 1859-1862 IH "fatties" I included a photo to show the difference.
Looking forward to some silver, but I will take this start any day!
HH
Dan
Amazon Forum Fav 👍
Attachments
Upvote
22
I look forward to seeing what you and Bill produce this fall.
