Colonial site

[collector01]

Went out this morning to one of my hunted out woods sites. Wanted to try my new detector there. Ended up with several buttons a musket ball. Buckle and buckle pieces. Wanted to keep going and get a coin but detected so hard I flung off my coil lol. Added pic of my usa button I just got. Was don troianis. Can't wait to get my new display case finished so I can display it. And pic from last week my friend from wv came down and found a 1808 half cent.

 

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[Steve in PA]

Nice finds! Wouldn't mind seeing close ups of the big tombac dandy button and the little buckle.

 

[Scrappy]

That buckle is killer - probably dates early 18th C or earlier. Very nice!

 

[CRUSADER]

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice finds! Wouldn't mind seeing close ups of the big tombac dandy button and the little buckle.

The little buckle looks a lot like this one I found at a site that dates back to the 1740s. I have seen a few posted from early sites. I have heard they are spur buckles.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Is that a little clay marble or a musket ball? Either way, congrats on some really great finds!

 

[collector01]

Yeah, tombac was the find of the day.

 

[collector01]

Thanks for info on buckle I'll have to do some research

 

[Phishfindr]

Really nice finds. Congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeah, tombac was the find of the day.

Personally I think the circa 1690-1720 buckle was the best find.

 

[nsdq]

All killer finds

 

[toasted]

Nice tombac but everybody that digs colonial sites finds them. Far fewer find buckles like that.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the buckle and other nice finds

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice relic hunt!

 

[Scrappy]

Personally I think the circa 1690-1720 buckle was the best find.

Nice tombac but everybody that digs colonial sites finds them. Far fewer find buckles like that.

Agreed. I was thinking somewhere In the number of 100 engine tombacs before I dug an asymmetrical.

 

[redbeardrelics]

I like the tombac and the early buckle, but I am most tickled that you posted photographs of the early Handy gravestones. I descend through the Somerset County, MD Handy family, and will add those photos to my family tree database. Can you tell me (without giving away any of your site info) if they in an old overgrown family farm plot like they appear to be, or if they are in a known "public" cemetery? Thank you

 

[port ewen ace]

the tube shape brass is likely a tip for a buggy pole.

the skinny curved brass is the center paddle of a shoe buckle.

got a similar Tombac dandy at my 1723 Colonial in Ulster County, NY. mine had the flower "sunburst" that reached to the edge of button. sold it for about $20

DO NOT overlook ANY hit there--- even the iron will be awesome

 

[gwdigger]

Oh wow the age of that stuff. Beauties in there. I agree, the tombac is killer but no match for the buckle. Youre in my backyard! lol

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS

 

[coinman123]

Agreed. I was thinking somewhere In the number of 100 engine tombacs before I dug an asymmetrical.

Probably around 50-75 tombacs for me, and still no asymmetrical buckles! Congrats on some amazing finds, and nice USA button, that will look great in any collection!