Bad Luck...so far...

[romeo-1]

I've been spending some time knocking on doors looking for old sites...I have been getting the permission but not the targets. Some of the fields I am hunting are quite large and takes a good part of a day to ascertain that there are no sites. I have been hitting on the odd doodad but nothing to lead me to believe that I am on an early site. It's somewhat frustrating due to the lack of maps for that particular era and erea. The sites I am looking at all have everything an early settler would need...just no settlement...yet.

The crotal bell is the smallest one I have dug. It is also the first numbered bell. It is numbered "0". I assume this is the size. I kept the brass buckle due to the brilliant patina. The eagle medallion gave me hope but a quick Google determined it to be a hand saw medallion...still cool though. Thanks for looking!

 

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[goldencoin]

thats a neat bell

BTW, i just noticed your funny signature

HH
-GC

 

[tymcmurray]

I know how you feel.
We had a 12 hour hunt a few weeks ago and
came up with not much at all, but the very next
site is still producing. So, hang in there.
Very nice bell!

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Nice relics, but wouoldn't that buckle be copper and not brass with that bright blue patina?

 

[Jim West Pa]

BAD LUCK ?!?!?!? Geeesh romeo, that crotal is real sweeeet !!!! That one is a good oldie. I'd be very pleased with jist that fer a day.

 

[JOe L]

Sweet Bell, What put you on that area in the first place? The reason I ask is I'm trying to do more reasearch on an area before the hunt and interested in why MD'ers choose an area.

 

[Cubfan64]

We've all had worse days than that one That bell is really nice!

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Keep hitting this site. There is a coppa there!

 

[artemis moon]

That's a lovely bell-I don't think you've had such bad luck at all!

 

[romeo-1]

I haven't really even scratched the surface of this site but all I have found so far are harness accoutrements. Everything from the buckles to the bells to the mouth bit and stirrups.

Yeah, I would say that the buckle is copper.

Kirk...not one coin here...yet!

 

[romeo-1]

BAD LUCK ?!?!?!? Geeesh romeo, that crotal is real sweeeet !!!! That one is a good oldie. I'd be very pleased with jist that fer a day.

This is a large field with three outcroppings of trees spread throughout the field. Two of these look like old foundations, 1700 era, but so far the finds do not support this. Still looking though!

 

[sparkymaster]

I also like the bell.

Nice finds!

HH

sparkymaster

 

[haboo]

I like the bell also... Keep hammering the site, their are bound to be more goodies in the ground. I know what u mean (lots of area to cover) My first colonial site I found was by a spring with no indication anyone or anything was ever their.

 

[Evolution]

I've never seen a patina so bright. Very nice buckle.

 

[CRUSADER]

You make your own luck & your making it. So keep trying I know your hit something good soon 8)

 

[cwdigger]

I think that you have had very good luck as I went hunting today and found a person that apparentley was obsessed with aluminum can tops, so the bell would have put a yeaaa in my day

HH

 

[birdman]

You have a pretty old history there and by the process of elimination you will find more good spots. The oldest coin that I have dug here has only been 1885. I wish I was in an older area but as long as I can find a keeper a hunt I am happy.

 

[Ridley]

Have you tried to Google Earth the area? That might show some faint clues as to old clearings or discolored soil.

Nice buckle and bell!




Congratulations!




Ridley

 

[romeo-1]

Google Earth is low res in my area...hopefully it will upgrade to high res soon.

 

[piggman1]

Nice finds, I like that bell.