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Well yesterday we went back to the site that Bill D and I have been having plenty of luck at with colonial silver and other finds. It did not disappoint on this day either. This time I invited Aquachigger to make the drive down south and check it out with us. (I will not steal his thunder, but boy did he have a heck of a trip...including a little side stop at one of my local sites on Friday while I was wasting away in the office.
Anyways, to the relics! I dug a TON of targets and had a blast. I ended up with 36 buttons, mostly all from the 1700s, some early 1800s (one was a script early US military button, but can hardly make out the detail). One of the buttons is a neat "Fleur de Lis" button, though mostly broken. Some of these are attributed to early French and Spanish military buttons, who knows. Also dug plenty or brass buckles, including a complete (though in 3 pieces) early shoe buckle. What was the best find of the day for me was actually something that I did not even have any thoughts about - Chinese Copper. When I dug it, I immediately figured WWII era or perhaps a little earlier...well to my astonishment when I got it home and looked it up none of the 20th century ones matched. There was a close one that dated to the late 1800s, and I had almost just agreed that it was so similar that it must be that era. THEN I stumbled onto the actual coin with the ID. It is a 1796-1820 Qing Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Jen (Ren) Tsung. Now this site has produced plenty of early coins from the old world...but this one has me in disbelief. They don't seem to be too rare, but I doubt I will ever dig one again, making me very happy.
I also managed another colonial matrix seal, early rosette, plenty of lead and other brass, and a tiny little thimble. Bill D also did fairly well, but again will let him post his. All in all, I did not grab any silver this time or a killer military button, but in the end, I am actually very happy with my little copper from the orient!
HH
Dan
Anyways, to the relics! I dug a TON of targets and had a blast. I ended up with 36 buttons, mostly all from the 1700s, some early 1800s (one was a script early US military button, but can hardly make out the detail). One of the buttons is a neat "Fleur de Lis" button, though mostly broken. Some of these are attributed to early French and Spanish military buttons, who knows. Also dug plenty or brass buckles, including a complete (though in 3 pieces) early shoe buckle. What was the best find of the day for me was actually something that I did not even have any thoughts about - Chinese Copper. When I dug it, I immediately figured WWII era or perhaps a little earlier...well to my astonishment when I got it home and looked it up none of the 20th century ones matched. There was a close one that dated to the late 1800s, and I had almost just agreed that it was so similar that it must be that era. THEN I stumbled onto the actual coin with the ID. It is a 1796-1820 Qing Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Jen (Ren) Tsung. Now this site has produced plenty of early coins from the old world...but this one has me in disbelief. They don't seem to be too rare, but I doubt I will ever dig one again, making me very happy.
I also managed another colonial matrix seal, early rosette, plenty of lead and other brass, and a tiny little thimble. Bill D also did fairly well, but again will let him post his. All in all, I did not grab any silver this time or a killer military button, but in the end, I am actually very happy with my little copper from the orient!
HH
Dan
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