1700's

  1. Salamanders🦎, spoons🥄 and bee stings🐝

    Decided to take the long way back from the newly discovered 1700’s cellar hole(red). And wandered into the back yard and orchard of the last house on the old road(yellow & 1800's) one of the dangers of having headphones on and listening intently is you can’t hear the bee’s nest you must of...
  2. 🔎 UNIDENTIFIED I finally dug something colonial right???

    hit up a spot behind a town hall Monday. Thought it might of been a dump at first, when i saw some broken surface glass But these are the only 2 things to come out of the small wooded area. please tell me i finally dug something from the 1700's ? i know its the smallest part of what i think it...
  3. 🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Need Help Identifying

    I recently detected an old Mill site, where our areas first local settlers occupied. It was an exciting little adventure. If you notice amongst the artifacts that were found, are some teeth. Are they human? Indeed, they are. I'm trying to identify the star shaped thingamajiger. My first...
  4. Help with button and what is this thing? A cufflink, button or pin?

    These finds are from my towns meeting house. I finally got permission from the head of the board of caretakers that run it. Of course that didn?t stop almost every car going by to stop and ask me what I was doing. There is such a stigma about metal detecting. People just don?t get it, even after...
  5. ✅ SOLVED What have I found ? Civil War doctor tool ?

    I do NOT think it is a bullet mold because it does NOT close up flat . It is blacksmith made and is very old . It has a name on side but can't read it . It is 15 inches long . Inside top is half round on both sides as you can see . I seen a picture of a tool that a doctor would use to remove...
  6. Epic two days for me! 1700’s and bucket list finds!

    Got off work had a couple hours of day light on Thursday. decided go look for my Great Dane duke’s collar he lost on our last hunt. brought my equinox 800 with me for the hell of it. within feet of turning it on first hit bronze spike by a tree stump. freaked out for a min haha then looked...
  7. Stunning Revolutionary War Button! If it could only talk...

    I had the honor to save a stunning piece of american history. My passion is early american coins & relics, and this takes the cake for me. We were water hunting one of our favorite sites. It's a 300 year old river crossing. Before this hunt the site has produced a 1725 Half Real Cob, Multiple...
  8. coins from the 1700's

    I found 2 coins from the 1700's... they appear to maybe be Swedish? Anyone have an idea what they are their value? Thanks.
  9. Two bucket listers in the middle of the woods...

    So today I went to an location that I'm on very often. Iv'e found coins from mid 1700's to early 2000's there. I'm trying to get proof that some people lived there back in the day while the people living there says the houses are from 1930's and all the people from the 1700 & 1800's was just...
  10. Old Documents From 1747

    Hello, I was given these by a family member and was told they were worth a lot of money. This was given to my uncle over 40 years ago. The person gave them to him saying that they are worth a lot of money. I have no clue what they say or what its about. If anyone could read them and see if they...
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