FoundInNC
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Colonial Hillsborough, NC home yields 18th century relics!!
Hey guys!
Let me begin by saying please excuse the TYPO in the title; should be "Hillsborough" not "Hillsboro".
I had a KILLER day today. My friend Evan and I stumbled upon a GREAT site while attempting to locate a colonial era schoolhouse. We believe we located the site today! We drove out to the field of question, which is well over 20 acres, and started digging. Evan began finding buckle fragments, then complete buckles, and then he dug a flat button. At that point, I had found nothing and was starting to get discouraged. A few minutes passed by and I found a spot with lots of iron. I was digging these OLD hand made nails, that had very little rust. That was when I dug my first flat button(actually half a flat button
). After the first, they just seemed to flow steadily for a few hours until dark. At the end of the hunt, I had dug ten flat buttons, including 3 made of "TOMBAC" and one silverplated one, which was a first for me. I had dug 4 EARLY buckles, and one of which I have definitely seen online before(the roundish one with the two spurs). Ten flat buttons is a record number for me in one hunt. I am going to make a display of all the things I found today and hopefully we can go back soon. These finds mean much more to me because of the history of the town where the items were found. Hillsborough, NC was the capital of North Carolina during the colonial times, so there is LOTS of early history tied to the area.
For you colonial experts, I would appreciate you guys letting me know if you see anything that is for certain colonial, because at this point all I know of is the one buckle, and the three tombacs.
Thanks guys! Enjoy the pictures, and check out Evan's finds at the bottom(two pictures)!
Everything together
The buckle I believe to be colonial^
reference:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/Mar/18th/3182012_Buckle_Top.jpg
Half of an early 1800s possible colonial buckle^
Back of same^
Buckle fragment and early tack buckle or other
Ten flat buttons^
Front view of flat buttons, notice reeding on big boy, and the THICK silver plate on the bottom right^
^back view of flat buttons, same orientation as above picture, and three right most are TOMBAC
^three early 1800s .50 Caliber musket balls, Fired
These next two pictures are Evan's finds. He found 7 flat buttons(two of which are TOMBAC, two buckles and some sort of brass tack. The nail in the middle is interesting because it has no oxidation at all, and is hand forged. We are not sure why it is showing no rust, but it must be the nicest colonial nail ever dug lol!
Hey guys!
Let me begin by saying please excuse the TYPO in the title; should be "Hillsborough" not "Hillsboro".
I had a KILLER day today. My friend Evan and I stumbled upon a GREAT site while attempting to locate a colonial era schoolhouse. We believe we located the site today! We drove out to the field of question, which is well over 20 acres, and started digging. Evan began finding buckle fragments, then complete buckles, and then he dug a flat button. At that point, I had found nothing and was starting to get discouraged. A few minutes passed by and I found a spot with lots of iron. I was digging these OLD hand made nails, that had very little rust. That was when I dug my first flat button(actually half a flat button
). After the first, they just seemed to flow steadily for a few hours until dark. At the end of the hunt, I had dug ten flat buttons, including 3 made of "TOMBAC" and one silverplated one, which was a first for me. I had dug 4 EARLY buckles, and one of which I have definitely seen online before(the roundish one with the two spurs). Ten flat buttons is a record number for me in one hunt. I am going to make a display of all the things I found today and hopefully we can go back soon. These finds mean much more to me because of the history of the town where the items were found. Hillsborough, NC was the capital of North Carolina during the colonial times, so there is LOTS of early history tied to the area. For you colonial experts, I would appreciate you guys letting me know if you see anything that is for certain colonial, because at this point all I know of is the one buckle, and the three tombacs.
Thanks guys! Enjoy the pictures, and check out Evan's finds at the bottom(two pictures)!
Everything together
The buckle I believe to be colonial^
reference:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/Mar/18th/3182012_Buckle_Top.jpg
Half of an early 1800s possible colonial buckle^
Back of same^
Buckle fragment and early tack buckle or other
Ten flat buttons^
Front view of flat buttons, notice reeding on big boy, and the THICK silver plate on the bottom right^
^back view of flat buttons, same orientation as above picture, and three right most are TOMBAC
^three early 1800s .50 Caliber musket balls, Fired
These next two pictures are Evan's finds. He found 7 flat buttons(two of which are TOMBAC, two buckles and some sort of brass tack. The nail in the middle is interesting because it has no oxidation at all, and is hand forged. We are not sure why it is showing no rust, but it must be the nicest colonial nail ever dug lol!
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