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- Apr 16, 2013
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It had been over a month since I was able to sift and detect at my site and I finally got a chance to spend a few hours back there. I had finished my new sifter last week after giving my old sifter away, so I was anxious to give it a try. In the winter I marked off a few areas away from the main pit, where I dug plugs and found a concentration of items that made me want to sift it. So I decided to open up one of these areas and I found my favorite cufflink yet. Its a Tallio (Tally-Ho) Fox Hunting cufflink. In addition, I got my first iron shoe buckle frame piece, some pipe bowl fragments and another Jaw Harp.
I have seen these Tallio links and buttons posted on here from time to time. I am in a very equestrian area and have friends who fox hunt, so I always thought these links were awesome, but never imagined I'd find one. I had read how the British introduced fox hunting in the colonies and affluent colonials would often hunt. So historically, this link is very special to me. For those who have been following, the number of links I have found this year is obnoxious and it's only because I am sifting that most of these are turning up. Almost all my links lately have been located in the clay layer about 10-12" deep at the bottom of the pit. They are so thin and small that the machine cant detect them past a few inches. So the only way to get at these tiny items, is to move tons of dirt manually. When this link turned up I could tell it had a design, but put it in my cotton ball case. An hour or so later, I needed a break from moving dirt so I picked at it a bit and saw "TALLIO" across the top... that made me sit there and smile for a solid 10 minutes
The shank from the other link is sheared off and attached to the loop. So perhaps it will show up in an adjoining section.
Most of my non-ferrous items were very small and I kept getting broken tombac button fragments. Two of them fit together and have a nice etched design on them. Too bad it is broken and missing most of it.
The iron shoe buckle fragment was a unexpected find. I have dozens of brass buckle frames and fragments, but this was my first iron one.
Here are the links that I have pulled from the pit area this year. There are 8 of them, however the Louis XVII is most likely a button. I have two other oval links in the case, but not in this picture that I found last year at this site. Both of those are toasted and not nearly as nice to look at as these. I also dug a link in Maine and another link over the winter, so this has been the season for cufflinks for me.
This was the 4th Jaw Harp I dug here. I always wanted one, and after I found the first one over the winter, they seem to be turning up regularly.
I try to eyeball anything unusual in the sifter, including odd rocks which has gotten me 4 musket flints. This rock had a edge on it that looks like it might have been knapped to create a serration. I'm actually not confident that it is knapped, but I wanted to post it on here to see if anyone could verify. I've never found a Native American artifact so I know nothing about them at all... so most likely, this is just a broken rock. ha
And my new sifter... painted and with ball bearing legs. It looks a little beat up now that I've had it in the field. I was very impressed with the amount of dirt this can move.
I have seen these Tallio links and buttons posted on here from time to time. I am in a very equestrian area and have friends who fox hunt, so I always thought these links were awesome, but never imagined I'd find one. I had read how the British introduced fox hunting in the colonies and affluent colonials would often hunt. So historically, this link is very special to me. For those who have been following, the number of links I have found this year is obnoxious and it's only because I am sifting that most of these are turning up. Almost all my links lately have been located in the clay layer about 10-12" deep at the bottom of the pit. They are so thin and small that the machine cant detect them past a few inches. So the only way to get at these tiny items, is to move tons of dirt manually. When this link turned up I could tell it had a design, but put it in my cotton ball case. An hour or so later, I needed a break from moving dirt so I picked at it a bit and saw "TALLIO" across the top... that made me sit there and smile for a solid 10 minutes
The shank from the other link is sheared off and attached to the loop. So perhaps it will show up in an adjoining section.
Most of my non-ferrous items were very small and I kept getting broken tombac button fragments. Two of them fit together and have a nice etched design on them. Too bad it is broken and missing most of it.
The iron shoe buckle fragment was a unexpected find. I have dozens of brass buckle frames and fragments, but this was my first iron one.
Here are the links that I have pulled from the pit area this year. There are 8 of them, however the Louis XVII is most likely a button. I have two other oval links in the case, but not in this picture that I found last year at this site. Both of those are toasted and not nearly as nice to look at as these. I also dug a link in Maine and another link over the winter, so this has been the season for cufflinks for me.
This was the 4th Jaw Harp I dug here. I always wanted one, and after I found the first one over the winter, they seem to be turning up regularly.
I try to eyeball anything unusual in the sifter, including odd rocks which has gotten me 4 musket flints. This rock had a edge on it that looks like it might have been knapped to create a serration. I'm actually not confident that it is knapped, but I wanted to post it on here to see if anyone could verify. I've never found a Native American artifact so I know nothing about them at all... so most likely, this is just a broken rock. ha
And my new sifter... painted and with ball bearing legs. It looks a little beat up now that I've had it in the field. I was very impressed with the amount of dirt this can move.
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I just went to take everything off my black mat and let it be absorbed into the display case, and I noticed a lump on the oyster shell. I googled a bit and asked a knowledgeable buddy and he confirmed it. I was about to toss the shell back into the pottery box with the rest of them, but I think this one will go into the display case now. haha
