HomeGuardDan
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I have not been able to venture out in the past couple of weeks due to responsibilities at home, but boy was I glad that I fought the rain showers this morning and headed out for a couple of hours.
My second find of the morning was the 1600's I cob, this makes my fourth from this site this summer along with a grouping of other nice keeper coins from the 1700s, 1600s, and even 230s (the roman coin).
I must have done a good job cleaning out all the large caliber musket balls as I could not find one, but I did miss the nice 1700's cut pistareen as that one surfaced right in the thick of the hardest hit area...still plenty of targets to investigate. I did find a little Civil War spot mixed in as the two three ringers and the eagle button were found basically together and a little bit away from where the colonial stuff was coming from.
I seem to be finding plenty of lead and brass items that were used as a washer or fastener for early square nails, each trip I find probably a half dozen or so. Just a great example of early workmanship.
My favorite two non-coin finds of the day was the tombac button with a carved J. H. on the face and the Whirligig Buzzer - you hardly ever find them intact and I was glad to have done so. I dug a total of 7 buttons, 2 three ringers, a handful of early pistol and round shot, and the two coins in just under 2.5 hours...can't wait to go back.
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Dan
My second find of the morning was the 1600's I cob, this makes my fourth from this site this summer along with a grouping of other nice keeper coins from the 1700s, 1600s, and even 230s (the roman coin).
I must have done a good job cleaning out all the large caliber musket balls as I could not find one, but I did miss the nice 1700's cut pistareen as that one surfaced right in the thick of the hardest hit area...still plenty of targets to investigate. I did find a little Civil War spot mixed in as the two three ringers and the eagle button were found basically together and a little bit away from where the colonial stuff was coming from.
I seem to be finding plenty of lead and brass items that were used as a washer or fastener for early square nails, each trip I find probably a half dozen or so. Just a great example of early workmanship.
My favorite two non-coin finds of the day was the tombac button with a carved J. H. on the face and the Whirligig Buzzer - you hardly ever find them intact and I was glad to have done so. I dug a total of 7 buttons, 2 three ringers, a handful of early pistol and round shot, and the two coins in just under 2.5 hours...can't wait to go back.
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