2 Colonial silver Rings, Gem Cuff, Rosette Thingy, French Billon (?) 3 Thimbles ETC

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Got back on the colonial. Never found colonial silver rings then bam, 2 on one site. Both have hand engraved designs but no inner hallmarks or identifying markings. One has a fairly thick oxidation on the outside. Maybe electrolysis will remove? Or destroy? These things sounded like cut reales. Beautiful sounding tones on the Deus, both of em. I got a pretty blue & white gem linked button and some cool buckle pieces and a couple nice buttons. Wish that one gold plated shoe buckle was complete. Wife got a complete buckle frame. She also got some kind of relic with hand stamped leaves. Maybe a rosette? Thats my favorite find of the hunt. Also got 3 thimbles. She got another round leather ornamental. I got some kind of nasty coin. Looks like billon so my guess is French. Maybe someone can make out what it is. I see a few letters but thats about it. I found the tops of 3 or 4 more buttons and a heart breaker of a dandy that is nearly split in too. Has a pretty design.

It was 72 degrees when we left at 4pm so it must've made it into the mid 70s at least. Good thing we had heavy wind to keep us cool.
 

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Those are some really cool finds! I have not yet found a complete shoe buckle with the ornate design like that, just pieces/part buckles. Nice blowhole button.
 

Nice haul of colonial goodies! Love the complete buckle frame, the glass gem cufflink and the two rings. I have never seen a gold plated shoe buckle before!
 

Congrats on your finds.
 

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Oh man that shoe buckle frag is stunning buddy! Very cool coin find as well. I love love love your finds every time my friend
 

Most of the actual site is either 4-6" stubble (corn, soybeans & wheat - the farmer never seems to even disc anymore leaving the stalks to just build up) or rows of sunflowers. There must be lots of finds still here but it'll take time to get to them. We're going to investigate some adjoining fields next time we head back here. Gotta be more sites in all these fields along the bay.
 

Its like a vortex of metal detecting awesomeness on here right now :laughing7: Its unbelieveable the stuff thats turning up... I too have had some sick luck the last two weeks as well. ha

Awesome hunt gwdigger :thumbsup: Thimbles, buckles, buttons, rings and a copper... wow! I do a LOT of iron electrolysis, but had never wanted to, or done any on silver. This past spring I dug a Bust Half, 1 reale and 2 reale in some soil that was not too kind to them. They had a black scale on them that was hard as concrete. I tried the aluminum foil, baking soda w/boiling water method in case it was black silver oxide on them... but it wast... it was a scale. A VERY experienced member on here advised me to try electrolysis on them... I did with a SS spoon anode, phone charger, in a small dish... in 30 second bursts at a time. Between bursts I checked each time and the black scale began to break away. I stopped as soon as the scale was removed and left the tarnish on the coins... just because I like them to look dirty and dug (since they are) The result was 3 coins that displayed MUCH better than they did with the black scale. That was my experience with electrolysis on dug silver... and if I dug another object had a similar scale issue, I wouldnt hesitate to do it again.

Brad
 

Great hunt Gary,
The find of the day for me is the gold gilded shoe frag.
Never seen one of them.
Man I wish it was complete.
Killer hunt as usual.
 

Amazing hunt there man... love the silver rings and the shoe buckle frame is sweet. Congrats!
 

Awesome finds!!!

That coin may be a Bristol Farthing - like this:


Image and description of Gloucestershire-0020, 17th-Century Token of Bristol in Gloucestershire

W20: Gloucestershire, Bristol (Farthing): (1670)
O C B 1670
A BRISTOLL FARTHING C B 1670
R Arms of Bristol; a ship issuing from a castle
THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL
This is also known, struck as a very thick token, and larger than the above


​Is it around 20mm or so?

Think you got it with the "RIS" plus even billion wouldn't likely look like that.
 

I personally like the first "thick" buckle best, sure the frags. are nice, but VS. complete ?
 

. She also got some kind of relic with hand stamped leaves. Maybe a rosette? Thats my favorite find of the hunt.

Some really great finds GW. I found that same "rosette" at a colonial site here in MA. I always wondered if it was something other than a rosette?


 

Some really great finds GW. I found that same "rosette" at a colonial site here in MA. I always wondered if it was something other than a rosette?



Thanks for posting this. I too think "something else" but no idea what. Maybe someone else has an idea.
 

Love those rings. Definitely would NOT do electrolysis on them. Perhaps put in an ultrasonic jewellery cleaner.
 

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