Bill D. (VA)
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My season finally met its end last week as all my old and prospective sites are now planted or off limits. Was definitely a time of ups and downs. Between the cold and snowy weather, winter wheat being planted everywhere, hunting allowed on Sundays, difficulty making contact with key property owners, my partner Dan having a baby and Joey moving, along with a myriad of other issues, my time in the field was less than half of what I've been accustomed to the previous 3 years. But in spite of all that craziness, I was still able to salvage a pretty good year capped off with 3 banner finds along with 12 colonial silvers and an even greater number of coppers. The obvious highlight was the recovery of the incredible Lord Baltimore sixpence at the very beginning of the season. And the 17th century basket sword hilt and patriotic rattlesnake and stars button from the Rev War era weren't too shabby either. The 18th century sword guard I dug recently was a nice find too, but that's been sent off for some restoration work. I won't go into anymore detail here, but thought I'd just post a few pics of some of my finds from the 2014-15 season. As I usually do, I've put most of the better items in a nice wooden display case which is shown below along with a few close-ups. And BTW - the boxes pictured are finds grouped by individual site. Not sure how I'm going to survive the next 5-6 months, but hopefully between writing some articles, doing research, rearranging my displays, and getting out for a little water hunting, I should be able to keep myself occupied. Looking forward to getting back into the fields in the fall and continuing to pursue the discovery of undocumented colonial sites and revealing their secrets. HH to all.
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