OutdoorAdv
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- Apr 16, 2013
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Last week I had some free time after work and was able to get out Wed (7/6) after work and Thurs (7/7) after work. Then Sat (7/9) for a few hours in the morning. I have been trying to get this post together, but every time I went out I found more iron to preserve. So I have been in a constant state of retaking pictures for this post every time I went out.
In the three partial day hunts, I totaled about 14 hours in the field sifting\detecting. My favorite finds.... MORE links, including my first ever complete linked set, and my new all time favorite pewter Paste link. I was also very happy with the iron buckle chape and frame, bone handle, marbles and pipe pieces. If you look closely you'll notice pretty much everything is a broken fragment, but I'm getting good at sprinkling in iron and pottery to make a relic mosaic and fool you guys into thinking I found good stuff.
I found an absurdly large horse shoe and a piece of a Wagon Trace Chain. There is also an odd dog thing which I believe might be a pocket knife. More on that down below.
These are the rest of the nails I tumbled so far (about half the nails I brought home)...
... and here is everything else.
I was taking a break from sifting before I filled a section in and I wandered around digging clicks and nail signals. This one was a click that disappeared when I popped the plug. These are almost always small nail pieces, so I was about to kick the plug back in the hole when I decided to remove all the loose dirt from the bottom. Once the loose dirt was out, there was a slamming signal in it. When I saw what it was laying in the dirt, I ran like a fool across the field to get my phone and take some in situ pictures. I have been wanting a complete set of links for so long. Once home, it was a little bitter sweet to see that there was some old damage done to them (bent) and they were too toasted to see what the design was (I think I see a bell). The dirt in the pit has been kinder to the links, so its a shame these were out in the field.
This incredible paste link came from Saturday mornings sunrise pit section. This and the bone handle were about all that was in that section. A lot of work, but this link made it worth my while. Once home I cleaned the pewter with a little Aluminum Jelly, soapy water and then Elmer's. The Paste stone is cracked, so to see the silver star design, it looked best running it under a steady stream of water for the photos.
Here it is with the other pewter paste link I dug a couple months ago (in another post on here) about 20 feet away. I found a 3rd pewter paste link a few weeks ago in another section (in another post on here), but it was missing its stone.
Unfortunately I chopped this bone handle in half. I was able to glue it back together and after cleaning it got a little mineral oil.
The iron buckle turned out great. I've dug lots of brass buckles, but in the past weeks I found an area of the pit that is producing pieces of iron ones. So far I have found at least pieces of two different iron frames, so there must be more somewhere.
I toss all my nails in the tumbler and pick out the hand forged ones when they're clean. When checking a batch, I noticed this was a dog and not a nail! So I took it out and put it in electrolysis. It was pretty far gone though. It's feet were separated and on the back side of it I see a piece of steel running down the length. I actually think this was a Dog Pocket Knife. I haven't had a chance to google it yet, so if anyone find a pocket knife with a running dog please share it. You can see the piece running down the middle on the right right picture.
A toasty pewter with a sun or starburst design turned up.
This pipe stem piece has a makers mark on it. Pretty cool since its my first with a mark like this.
This site has been and still is producing a large variety of stuff, but most of it is more of the same. I am starting to reach diminishing returns sifting this place. I need to find my next great site soon and move on to some different stuff.
Thanks for reading and happy hunting everyone.
In the three partial day hunts, I totaled about 14 hours in the field sifting\detecting. My favorite finds.... MORE links, including my first ever complete linked set, and my new all time favorite pewter Paste link. I was also very happy with the iron buckle chape and frame, bone handle, marbles and pipe pieces. If you look closely you'll notice pretty much everything is a broken fragment, but I'm getting good at sprinkling in iron and pottery to make a relic mosaic and fool you guys into thinking I found good stuff.
I found an absurdly large horse shoe and a piece of a Wagon Trace Chain. There is also an odd dog thing which I believe might be a pocket knife. More on that down below.
These are the rest of the nails I tumbled so far (about half the nails I brought home)...
... and here is everything else.
I was taking a break from sifting before I filled a section in and I wandered around digging clicks and nail signals. This one was a click that disappeared when I popped the plug. These are almost always small nail pieces, so I was about to kick the plug back in the hole when I decided to remove all the loose dirt from the bottom. Once the loose dirt was out, there was a slamming signal in it. When I saw what it was laying in the dirt, I ran like a fool across the field to get my phone and take some in situ pictures.
I have been wanting a complete set of links for so long. Once home, it was a little bitter sweet to see that there was some old damage done to them (bent) and they were too toasted to see what the design was (I think I see a bell). The dirt in the pit has been kinder to the links, so its a shame these were out in the field.
This incredible paste link came from Saturday mornings sunrise pit section. This and the bone handle were about all that was in that section. A lot of work, but this link made it worth my while. Once home I cleaned the pewter with a little Aluminum Jelly, soapy water and then Elmer's. The Paste stone is cracked, so to see the silver star design, it looked best running it under a steady stream of water for the photos.
Here it is with the other pewter paste link I dug a couple months ago (in another post on here) about 20 feet away. I found a 3rd pewter paste link a few weeks ago in another section (in another post on here), but it was missing its stone.
Unfortunately I chopped this bone handle in half. I was able to glue it back together and after cleaning it got a little mineral oil.
The iron buckle turned out great. I've dug lots of brass buckles, but in the past weeks I found an area of the pit that is producing pieces of iron ones. So far I have found at least pieces of two different iron frames, so there must be more somewhere.
I toss all my nails in the tumbler and pick out the hand forged ones when they're clean. When checking a batch, I noticed this was a dog and not a nail! So I took it out and put it in electrolysis. It was pretty far gone though. It's feet were separated and on the back side of it I see a piece of steel running down the length. I actually think this was a Dog Pocket Knife. I haven't had a chance to google it yet, so if anyone find a pocket knife with a running dog please share it. You can see the piece running down the middle on the right right picture.
A toasty pewter with a sun or starburst design turned up.
This pipe stem piece has a makers mark on it. Pretty cool since its my first with a mark like this.
This site has been and still is producing a large variety of stuff, but most of it is more of the same. I am starting to reach diminishing returns sifting this place. I need to find my next great site soon and move on to some different stuff.
Thanks for reading and happy hunting everyone.
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