Yesterdays Dig Gives me my First Whole French Coin.

[timekiller]

Other then a snaped piece of a French coin from 1692 this is the only other French coin I've found so far in my diggings here on the coast.Yesterday day was a good day to do some looking other then the heat.The tide was good and low so I gave it a shot & found what you see below.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[ce550av8r]

Nice finds! What are the teeth from? Any idea?

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice to see you back.

Always good to add one to the collection!

 

[cntrydncr1]

and a flying eagle!!! congrats on the nice coins!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds timekiller.

 

[park pirate]

Nice hunt.....

 

[timekiller]

Thanks everyone, I guess if I'm seeing right it's a B for the mint mark & would be like this one..........................France 1 / 4 francs 1843 B France - coins - Catawiki
You folks Take Care,
Pete,

 

[warrantofficer3]

Wow. Looks like you have some great finds and lots of bone and teeth. The pottery shards are very similar to shards I have found in LA (Lower Alabama) along the coast. Those shards are of archaic Native American artifacts. We have a lot of French history in this area.

 

[davinci]

Wow very nice finds!

 

[artyfacts]

Nice finds as always Pete, 1692, sweet. I just dug a 1858 flying last week. Killer site, and your going to need more paper plates...

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your finds Pete, you got something to sink your teeth into right there!

Dave

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice going Pete. Those finds are similar to my colonial creekfront site up here in SE Virginia. Isn't that some Native American pottery I see mixed in with the teeth? And that looks like a piece of an NA pipe in the last pic. A good assortment of early finds, and congrats on your frenchie.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice finds! What are the teeth from? Any idea?

Those are very likely from a wild boar which was a staple in the diet of the early settlers, and the Indians as well. I find teeth and bones from these animals in just about every early trash pit I dig.

 

[GatorBoy]

Nope..they are bison or cow.
Looks like Seminole War fort related artifacts.. there was often many layers of occupation on those.. good ground is good ground.. especially if by a source of fresh water.
Looks like the stuff that used to come up in my sifting screen.
These are boar teeth.
That kaolin clay pipe fragment looks british-made.

 

[GatorBoy]

British kaolin pipe bowls.

 

[timekiller]

Thanks Bill,
Gatorboy is right on the teeth here in this post either cow or bison very hard for me to tell the difference of those two,other grazing animals I find teeth from on these sites are horse which are like the ones in my hand below,& wild boar which are like the ones I zoomed in on below.Your right about the native pipe pieces/steams & pottery.I made a post last week or so showing how many native pipes I've found & yes I'm sure it looks a lot like what you see there Bill around your salt water marsh sites as I often trace my finds back to things they document in the tide water region area of Virginia.Here's that post on the pipes & finds I speak of here....................................http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/north-american-artifacts/356205-my-collection-continues-grow.html
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[GatorBoy]

You have a pipe fragment in there that is not native but colonial..that's the one I noticed.
Nice finds.

 

[GatorBoy]

This one is kaolin clay. European.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Great looking finds Timekiller. If you don't mind could you tell me if you are finding these below the high tide mark or along the shore?
ZDD