Recent content by Steve in PA

Nice hunt :thumbsup: I really like the gun parts.

Congrats on your first Vermont and first State copper :thumbsup:

Fantastic Find :headbang:

Beautiful large cent, but I'm not surprised based on the condition of the buttons you find at this site The buckle is a tough one. I'm thinking it could date from 1880 at the earliest and 1930 at the latest. Maybe someone can narrow the date range down

'I'll take quality over quantity every time :thumbsup:

Update: Turns out "Domine Iesu" means "Lord Jesus" in Latin, which probably explains the letters DI.

Nice spill you cleaned up there :thumbsup:

Good job on the electrolysis!

Love those hammered silvers.

Looks like one of our members has solved the meaning of the letters!

Thanks! Now that makes sense.

It is possible that a white man wore this ring, but it very similar to the Jesuit rings traded to the Indians, and there were a lot of Indians on this site when the trading post was active.

That's quite a few small silvers. Looks like you've been to the UK as well. I think my lack of half dimes is related to my lack of seated coinage. While I have found 74 Spanish silvers, including 34 half reals, and hundreds of other US coins that were circulating at the same time as seated US...

Considering all the tiny buttons, cufflinks, and bucky balls I find on my old sites, if there was a half dime there I would find it, unless it was too deep. I have found 25 half cents, countless large cents and flat buttons, so I am hunting the types of sites where they should be.

Sweet half dime!