Gorgeous 1749 Farthing, musket flints & roundball spill, colonial pewter plate, shoe

[Scrappy]

Gorgeous 1749 Farthing, musket flints & roundball spill, colonial pewter plate, shoe

What an excellent trip I had! My buddy, and Tnet member Ahab8, was kind enough to invite OutdoorAdv and myself to his area for a weekend of nonstop colonial digs.

The hunt included some Camping and lobster, boat rides, and of course some goodies.



We started with an 1812 site where I dug a lot of musketballs and a beautiful pewter infantry button.



I spent a large part of my time there at a nearby colonial foundation. Arguably my best find was a pewter plate, complete with knife scores left by some colonist chopping up his vittles.




I did some test holes sifting, and found a few old things.

Later we were hiking around looking for a fort used to ward off the Indians. I don't know if what I found was related, but I found a phenomenal roundball and gun flint spill. Brad helped me dig them all out. Wow!



(After this pic was taken we continued to find more)

Also dug was a shoe buckle and a KG2 young head.



Our final stop produced a big shocker - although pounded, I was able to unearth the nicest condition copper I've ever dug - a 1749 KG II Farthing!



Here is the War of 1812/colonial sifting finds. Note the cartridge box finial



The musketball/flint spill. Super rare to find flint!!!



A few quickly processed iron pieces....

The keepers:



1749 Farthing



Young Head KG II



War of 1812 pewter Infantry button. Killer shape too...



And the colonial pewter plate. These are rarely dug.

A highly regarded expert said, " Very cool and unusual find! Those were so hard to damage or destroy that they were almost never discarded"....



And the memories...







A big thanks to Abe (AHAB8) for being about as good of a host and friend a person could ask for. He's a top notch hunter and a great fella. He put us on some great sites and we all had some crazy good finds. We all had a blast and I will venture to say Brad (OutdoorAdv) is one of the nicest people one could know. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy!

Steve

 

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[crabstang44]

What an excellent trip I had! My buddy, and Tnet member Ahab8, was kind enough to invite OutdoorAdv and myself to his area for a weekend of nonstop colonial digs.

The hunt included some Camping and lobster, boat rides, and of course some goodies.

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We started with an 1812 site where I dug a lot of musketballs and a beautiful pewter infantry button.

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I spent a large part of my time there at a nearby colonial foundation. Arguably my best find was a pewter plate, complete with knife scores left by some colonist chopping up his vittles.

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I did some test holes sifting, and found a few old things.

Later we were hiking around looking for a fort used to ward off the Indians. I don't know if what I found was related, but I found a phenomenal roundball and gun flint spill. Brad helped me dig them all out. Wow!

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(After this pic was taken we continued to find more)

Also dug was a shoe buckle and a KG2 young head.
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Our final stop produced a big shocker - although pounded, I was able to unearth the nicest condition copper I've ever dug - a 1749 KG II Farthing!

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Here is the War of 1812/colonial sifting finds. Note the cartridge box finial

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The musketball/flint spill. Super rare to find flint!!!

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A few quickly processed iron pieces.... View attachment 1446522

The keepers:

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1749 Farthing

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Young Head KG II

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War of 1812 pewter Infantry button. Killer shape too...

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And the colonial pewter plate. These are rarely dug.

A highly regarded expert said, " Very cool and unusual find! Those were so hard to damage or destroy that they were almost never discarded"....

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And the memories...

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A big thanks to Abe (AHAB8) for being about as good of a host and friend a person could ask for. He's a top notch hunter and a great fella. He put us on some great sites and we all had some crazy good finds. We all had a blast and I will venture to say Brad (OutdoorAdv) is one of the nicest people one could know. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy!

Steve

thats some really great stuff,awesome plate and button

 

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[Scrappy]

Gorgeous 1749 Farthing, musket flints & roundball spill, colonial pewter plat...

Sounds like & looks like a great time! Congrats

Great time, great friends, and some sweet digs. The regal farthing (or any denomination regal) on my side of the pond is a tough feat. We usually end up with the tin counterfeits

 

[toasted]

Nice work. The musketballs and flints spill is awesome

 

[pepperj]

Great post up Scrappy, you got over some nice keepers that's for sure. Good to see that you all found the time to hook up for a hunt.

 

[Derek752]

Some beautiful recoveries ! I'm patina green with envy.
Ahab8...Please invite me on one of these hunts !

 

[metalev4]

A fine post and even better finds Steve. Nothing like camping and digging. Variety of early digs is very impressive, even burned the plate is an excellent recovery. Did you dig out the rest of that firepit? Congrats on a killer hunt

 

[Scrappy]

Gorgeous 1749 Farthing, musket flints & roundball spill, colonial pewter plat...

thats some really great stuff,awesome plate and button

Thanks Crabby. Funny enough that button was found on a rocky shoreline. We're not sure how it didn't get banged into pieces.

 

[Scrappy]

A fine post and even better finds Steve. Nothing like camping and digging. Variety of early digs is very impressive, even burned the plate is an excellent recovery. Did you dig out the rest of that firepit? Congrats on a killer hunt

The Plate was found in a muddy tidal flat Evan. At first I thought he Plate had been leeched away by 200+ years in saltwater, but Brad corrected me. He's so smart

 

[Scrappy]

JUST ADDED some processed iron. The broken masons hammer is a favourite.




A few nice 18th century roseheads


I'm thinking it's either a masons hammer or possibly an Adz.


I would have added this to the top post but the edit policy on posts has been changed.

Enjoy.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Awesome job preserving that iron man. It looks great. That edit policy is dumb... You should be able to add these to your original post... not as many people get to see it way down here buried on page 4. Iron always takes time to process so it's typically not ready when you do the post.

 

[DownNDirty]

Wow Steve, that is the best-looking old copper I have ever seen that came out of the ground-that is a thing of beauty. Sounds like y'all had a blast, and the quality and numbers of relics that you came home with is outstanding. Thanks for sharing these

 

[btjbtj]

Scrappy, love it all. Lots of detail on your finds. The pewter is great. We haven't seen Abe on here since we returned for the season. Wishing him the best. Glad you guys had fun. -Lisa & John

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

I thought this was a Brad post when I saw all the preserved iron and those roseheads . Looks like he's really rubbing off on you, but in a good way. Very nice job, but I'm sure you incorporated some useful tips from the Master ....

 

[Scrappy]

Awesome job preserving that iron man. It looks great. That edit policy is dumb... You should be able to add these to your original post... not as many people get to see it way down here buried on page 4. Iron always takes time to process so it's typically not ready when you do the post.

Thanks Brad. And thanks for the pointers - it's been a work in progress but I think I'm slowly becoming proficient.

 

[Scrappy]

Wow Steve, that is the best-looking old copper I have ever seen that came out of the ground-that is a thing of beauty. Sounds like y'all had a blast, and the quality and numbers of relics that you came home with is outstanding. Thanks for sharing these

Thx Glen. Funny enough is Abe found an equally beautiful Farthing 15' away. The ground was very kind. Cheers

 

[Scrappy]

I thought this was a Brad post when I saw all the preserved iron and those roseheads . Looks like he's really rubbing off on you, but in a good way. Very nice job, but I'm sure you incorporated some useful tips from the Master ....

My iron will never be as nice as the Master's, but he's certainly helped me. I'll be doing a post eventually featuring all the iron Brad processed for me. It's actually quite amazing. Thanks for looking Bill.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

I thought this was a Brad post when I saw all the preserved iron and those roseheads . Looks like he's really rubbing off on you, but in a good way. Very nice job, but I'm sure you incorporated some useful tips from the Master ....

My iron will never be as nice as the Master's, but he's certainly helped me. I'll be doing a post eventually featuring all the iron Brad processed for me. It's actually quite amazing. Thanks for looking Bill.

I like the sound of "The Iron Master".

Thanks Brad. And thanks for the pointers - it's been a work in progress but I think I'm slowly becoming proficient.

Are most of these nails from the pile I gave you from the pit? I had picked out a bunch with minimal oxidation that I knew would tumble great.

The one I circled is a "Type A cut nail" circa 1790-1820. It was the first type of cut nail as the transition from hand wrought (pre 1800) to machine cut. I typically dig loads of the rose head "hand wrought nails" (pre 1800) and loads of the "Type B cut nails" (1810 - late 1800's), but not as many of the Type A cuts (1790 - 1820). The chronology of each type overlaps about 10 years. Its nice to find a Type A like that one with the skinny round neck under the head.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Pewter plate, a fantastic King George copper, and a hard-to-find pewter plate - That's my idea of a vacation! The nicely preserved King George gives us all hope of getting such a coin - lots of eye appeal, and if we're real lucky, a nice state-issued copper or similar coinage.

 

[Ahab8]

Steve that's a fantastic pile of coins and relics! So happy for you finding some pieces in great condition. That button is killer and I know your goal was to find a non US General Service 1812 button. My favorite finds are the flints and that farthing. I was so psyched that one of you found a copper from the mill site. 70-80% of the 20+ coppers I pulled from there are in amazing condition. It's almost hard to believe until you pull one yourself. So congrats. As you know that's a special site for me. The shoe buckle is nice but those things are everywhere up here lol.
The best part of this trip was spending some time with a couple of great people and guys that have the same passion and respect for this history. Very few have it like we do my friend. Can't wait for another adventure.,

 

[Scrappy]

Gorgeous 1749 Farthing, musket flints & roundball spill, colonial pewter plat...

Steve that's a fantastic pile of coins and relics! So happy for you finding some pieces in great condition. That button is killer and I know your goal was to find a non US General Service 1812 button. My favorite finds are the flints and that farthing. I was so psyched that one of you found a copper from the mill site. 70-80% of the 20+ coppers I pulled from there are in amazing condition. It's almost hard to believe until you pull one yourself. So congrats. As you know that's a special site for me. The shoe buckle is nice but those things are everywhere up here lol.
The best part of this trip was spending some time with a couple of great people and guys that have the same passion and respect for this history. Very few have it like we do my friend. Can't wait for another adventure.,

Ah ha! There's the elusive Ahab! My hats off to you buddy for hosting the adventure. That mill site was special and we all had a great time there. It was frightening watching Brad dig a pewter spoon from 2 feet down. Of course the highlight was the company. We did it right and had quite a time. We laughed and joked, and all enjoyed watching each other dig some crazy stuff. It couldn't have gotten much better so we'll have a hell of a time topping this adventure...but we said that last time too!