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Yesterday's colonial digs...all I can say is...I've got a lot of BRASS!
Bill D. and I got out yesterday on another EXCELLENT adventure (sorry I had to do it)!
We went back to the site where both of our recent cobs came from (some more diminutive than others
, right Bill?)
As we both have said over the last few posts, this site has been pounded over the years and while it does not look like it with the number of targets I recovered, I have never worked harder for what I have. This is the result of over 8 miles of walking over 9 hours of detecting. Slow and steady was the day and it started out that way with a target here and a relic there.
With so many iffy signals, and a couple of hundred holes I was certain another colonial silver would come to light though it was not to be. Things got a little exciting when I thought we got into a good pit, but it ran out as quickly as it got started. I almost dug as many tacks as I did buttons (three additional ones did not make it into the picture as I left them out by accident) but they totaled 14 of various sizes.
My take for the day was 19 colonial and early 1800s button. One might have been a regimental button (partially broken) as it is pewter and when cleaning I thought I saw numbers on the face, though now all I can see is a ring around the edge. I also managed a nice colonial buckle and a few pieces along with a part to a candle snuffer and a broken key of some sort along with other odds and ends. The odd-ball find was the civil war era pewter canteen spout. There have been a sparse pattern of civil war finds on this farm and troops did camp there during the war. A nice and large brass find was the early leather adornment. I've found a few of these large suckers over the years and they always give you a thrill when digging them. The small brass item is a "what is it" that looks like a knob for something as there is a hole to accept a stem.
I dug a pile of lead too (3Xs as much that is not pictured as they were modern shot (.22s .32s, buckshot, etc.) But the ones pictured are cool examples of early molding, including the glob of shot still attached to the mold bar and folded together.
One last bit of excitement came at the end of the day when I had a nice solid high-tone that I thought was going to be a silver coin and it was...just a hundred years too late (1944 merc dime). That along with three wheat pennies made for a day of coin letdowns.
Oh well - coins were not to be this time - but there is always next time.
HH
Dan
Forgot to attach a pic of the pit and brass knob
Bill D. and I got out yesterday on another EXCELLENT adventure (sorry I had to do it)!
We went back to the site where both of our recent cobs came from (some more diminutive than others
, right Bill?)As we both have said over the last few posts, this site has been pounded over the years and while it does not look like it with the number of targets I recovered, I have never worked harder for what I have. This is the result of over 8 miles of walking over 9 hours of detecting. Slow and steady was the day and it started out that way with a target here and a relic there.
With so many iffy signals, and a couple of hundred holes I was certain another colonial silver would come to light though it was not to be. Things got a little exciting when I thought we got into a good pit, but it ran out as quickly as it got started. I almost dug as many tacks as I did buttons (three additional ones did not make it into the picture as I left them out by accident) but they totaled 14 of various sizes.
My take for the day was 19 colonial and early 1800s button. One might have been a regimental button (partially broken) as it is pewter and when cleaning I thought I saw numbers on the face, though now all I can see is a ring around the edge. I also managed a nice colonial buckle and a few pieces along with a part to a candle snuffer and a broken key of some sort along with other odds and ends. The odd-ball find was the civil war era pewter canteen spout. There have been a sparse pattern of civil war finds on this farm and troops did camp there during the war. A nice and large brass find was the early leather adornment. I've found a few of these large suckers over the years and they always give you a thrill when digging them. The small brass item is a "what is it" that looks like a knob for something as there is a hole to accept a stem.
I dug a pile of lead too (3Xs as much that is not pictured as they were modern shot (.22s .32s, buckshot, etc.) But the ones pictured are cool examples of early molding, including the glob of shot still attached to the mold bar and folded together.
One last bit of excitement came at the end of the day when I had a nice solid high-tone that I thought was going to be a silver coin and it was...just a hundred years too late (1944 merc dime). That along with three wheat pennies made for a day of coin letdowns.
Oh well - coins were not to be this time - but there is always next time.
HH
Dan
Forgot to attach a pic of the pit and brass knob
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