Bill D. (VA)
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This has been a season I've never seen the likes of for many years. Between health issues (back and neck problems), weather, winter wheat planted everywhere, uncooperative landowners, unproductive sites, etc, it's been extremely slow. Since early Oct I've only been out 4-5 times for mostly for half day hunts with Dan which is a small fraction of my usual swing time. Yesterday we walked a few new fields to see if we could stumble across any house sites, and 2 of them produced a few CW era finds plus a smattering of colonial. Near the end of searching one of the sites I came across a strong, shallow hit that I didn't think would be much of anything. But I was quite surprised when a nice little lined block I button popped out. That got the adrenaline flowing a bit, but soon we found ourselves moving on to another site we'd hit previously that contained a large iron patch and that had given up a few of the colonial finds we normally seek. I dug some buttons and buckle pieces, and also dug what appeared to be a folded silver coin. It certainly was reading in that range although no details could be seen. Once home I had a very difficult time prying it open, but after doing that I still couldn't tell what it was. It's the identical diameter and thickness of a half reale as can be seen in the comparison photo below, but there's no way to verify that's what it actually is. Also, what I though was a piece of aluminum trash turned out to be part of an 1857 half dime. In the last pic is another silver item I dug during the last trip to this site but never posted. Sadly to say, that's probably my best find of the season. Hopefully things will start looking up as we have a few prospects on the horizon.
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