A rare winter hunt with Spanish, W&M, and KGiii gaming tokens

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A rare winter hunt with Spanish, W&M, and KGiii gaming tokens

It’s been quite a while since I’ve tuned into Tnet. I haven’t been out hunting due to working away, putting family first, and just life’s crap in general.

I decided to put some new life into an old site by digging out a pile resulting from a collapsed chimney. I’ve avoided it for quite a while but it was time to dig. Helping me were my two kiddos today. We had a great time, moved about a half ton of stone, and scored some keepers.

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The first decent tone was turned out to be a 1/2 reale, 178X.

Then a few tokens popped out, after chasing some mid tones through the iron.
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They seemed to be cast in a tin/lead alloy.
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Some usually bits and bobs. And what I think to be a William and Mary 1/2 penny. Quite the patina ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1581716129.629235.jpg
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In all it was a fun day with the kids. It was in the high 20’s so the weather was cooperating. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1581716279.484209.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1581716317.554093.jpg

Hopefully I’ll get out a bit more now that life has settled out again. I’ll be doing a trip in March with my detecting group Basstards of Bramble. Maybe there will be something to post then.
I’ve dug quite a lot of good stuff early in the winter including lots of state coppers I never posted. Maybe I’ll make a recap post on a down day.


Enjoy and good hunts,

Steve
 

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Coinboy

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Awesome finds Scrappy! Lucky to get out in the winter
 

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Nice! Your smaller one looks like he's half frozen!
 

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Good times! Congrats!
 

Steve in PA

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Nice digs Steve! Nice to get the young-uns involved.
 

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A good and productive day and one I think all of you will cherish as time goes by.
 

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Scrappy

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Nice digs Steve! Nice to get the young-uns involved.

Thanks Steve. They usually have 100 other things they want to do instead of going detecting with me. The stars did align today
 

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A good and productive day and one I think all of you will cherish as time goes by.

I bundled the coins with some fishing line, labels and dated them for when they ask about them in 20 years.
 

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Nice hunt. They grow up too fast
 

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What up....scrappy steve ? Nice to see you posting. You gotta put family first....I'm at sea too....your favorite spot "spanish wells" !! Stop by when your on the southern seas !!
 

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Looks like a great time was had by all- Great looking family- Congrats!
 

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Nice to hear from you Steve. Best Wishes for 2020!

Thanks. It was nice to get back out. With everything else going on I’d forgotten how much I enjoy detecting
 

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What up....scrappy steve ? Nice to see you posting. You gotta put family first....I'm at sea too....your favorite spot "spanish wells" !! Stop by when your on the southern seas !!

Hey Bud! My ship traveling days are on hold for a while so I can stay close to home. Enjoy Spanish Wells for me. Stop by The Gap for a beer. But I heard from someone recently they’re no longer a bar?
 

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Nice work buddy, I look forward to limping around with ya. If you guys want come on down for the day and we'll hit some of my spots?
 

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Great posts your a good Dad Ive been not hunting for a while as well 3 jobs kids in College good to get back out Im sure those are some sweet finds I love tokens wow you did well better star saving for some more detecters lol Well done
 

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Nice work buddy, I look forward to limping around with ya. If you guys want come on down for the day and we'll hit some of my spots?

Thanks Brad. I’m always ready for a Hunt in your neck of the woods. Maybe we can plan one in on our way down. Totally stoked
 

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Hey Bud! My ship traveling days are on hold for a while so I can stay close to home. Enjoy Spanish Wells for me. Stop by The Gap for a beer. But I heard from someone recently they’re no longer a bar?

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Steve I'm right across the street from the gap....no more beer but great food. There are 3 bars on this formerly dry island !! There slowly catching up to the 20 first century.
 

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