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I spent 3 hours at this heavily pounded site today and managed to find an interesting early heavy piece of brass with an inscribed letter on it.
I first hunted this site in the spring of 2013 and found an 1808 – 1811 US Infantry Button here. I noticed a large stone close to the small road that runs along the water, I believe this was the entrance to a colonial house that stood on a little knoll at the edge of this field. Based on my finds I would say the building was torn down in the mid-1800's. I concentrated on that knoll quite a bit last year and never found anything more than early hand-made nails. I'm sure there has to be a few more goodies hidden in the iron there though. This I spring spoke with one of the locals walking his dog and was told that he had heard of 3 or 4 – 18thc coppers being found in the low ground, that's also where a Spanish silver 2-reale was found! I always wondered what else was found here … too bad I located this site a tad late! 
If you head over further along this field, it gets wet and there is a rise in the ground near another telephone pole. I understand a couple of LC’s were found over there but there’s a lot of iron … I have good reason to believe there was a late-1800's or early-1900's house there.
‘The finds’ …
Early hefty brass ‘shield’ with inscribed letter, Barbados One-Cent, 1940 Canadian Penny & a 1950 ‘Wheatie’. I've included pics of the 'shield' before and after I brushed it with a light coat of beeswax/silicone.
Let me know what date you all think the ‘brass shield’ is and what its original function may have been.
Thanks for looking and best of luck,
Dave
I spent 3 hours at this heavily pounded site today and managed to find an interesting early heavy piece of brass with an inscribed letter on it.
I first hunted this site in the spring of 2013 and found an 1808 – 1811 US Infantry Button here. I noticed a large stone close to the small road that runs along the water, I believe this was the entrance to a colonial house that stood on a little knoll at the edge of this field. Based on my finds I would say the building was torn down in the mid-1800's. I concentrated on that knoll quite a bit last year and never found anything more than early hand-made nails. I'm sure there has to be a few more goodies hidden in the iron there though. This I spring spoke with one of the locals walking his dog and was told that he had heard of 3 or 4 – 18thc coppers being found in the low ground, that's also where a Spanish silver 2-reale was found! I always wondered what else was found here … too bad I located this site a tad late! If you head over further along this field, it gets wet and there is a rise in the ground near another telephone pole. I understand a couple of LC’s were found over there but there’s a lot of iron … I have good reason to believe there was a late-1800's or early-1900's house there.
‘The finds’ …
Early hefty brass ‘shield’ with inscribed letter, Barbados One-Cent, 1940 Canadian Penny & a 1950 ‘Wheatie’. I've included pics of the 'shield' before and after I brushed it with a light coat of beeswax/silicone.
Let me know what date you all think the ‘brass shield’ is and what its original function may have been.
Thanks for looking and best of luck,
Dave
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