[SIZE=5]On to a new site with a hand dug well, no stones in lining. Also near the site was this almost complete blue brushed ceramic platter, any help with dating would be greatly appreciated. A cast iron pot top was dug and preserved, and a few buckles. One large Equine buckle and an ORNATE...
I have seen a few of these brass artifacts being found at colonial sites, and late 1700 to early 1800s sites. A few of them have showed up here on Treasurenet and trying to find an answer, here is the one I found along with a picture of another friends finds with same brass piece? HELP...
This is ODD, went out today on Main Street in Rolesville, NC and found this in a farm field. I thought I had found a V Nickel, but upon inspection everything reads backwards including the date. It has 13 stars on face, but they are all impressed versus raised. The bust faces right instead of...
Was hunting an old plantation site road bed near a stream and popped this button out, I have not been able to identify. The site is colonial and also had Civil War occupation. The button is silver over brass, 3 piece (front, back, and loose shank) No maker mark on back, clearly visible is...
Got out and detected in NC and dug up a SNAKE, that's a first, here is the video:
https://youtu.be/OWF7vWiXIyw
Along with the snake dig, a GREAT day of discovery digging flat buttons with backmarks, 2 colonial 2 tine forks, and an excellent representative piece to a cast iron cooking pot...
So it turns out this 1/2 Spanish Silver Reale, was turned into a cuff button. I found this coin/button on New Years Day 2016 in Rolesville, NC, and posted on here, but after viewing under a USB microscope you can clearly see a round solder mark, where a shank would have been attached. This 1/2...
Merry Christmas to ALL! My wife got me a pair of GRAY GHOST Deep Woods headphones for my Tesoro Cibola metal detector. My mother in law was here watching "Downton Abbey", so I decided to get out of the house and validate the new Gray Ghost headphones!!! WOW, what a score for Christmas Day...
Well here is a slice of pie for Rolesville, NC. Found this cut coin, and thought was colonial, but determined after cleaning it was a Large Cent. Date missing, so I compared to a 1856 Large Cent. Under a USB microscope I found the stars are larger, profile is more slanted, and edge is quite...
WOW, yesterday really had me praying in the dirt, here is what I gave thanks for: a silver washed concentric circle "bullseye"? lead filled ROSETTE, two flat buttons, one with silver color gilt and dimple on front, the other smaller like a cuff or sleave. The best find was a cut copper coin, I...
This was an unexpected find in Rolesville, NC at a new site. From what I found online and on Treasurenet: manufactured by C.A. Edgarton Co, opened in 1882, became known as President Suspender Co. around 1900 in Shirley, MASS. The front has apparent owl, moon, and stars, and back has "Shirley...
Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus), buckle and TOMBAC button - Rolesville, NC
Pictured is a Lion's Mane mushroom growing in an Oak tree. Interestingly enough as pictured, this mushroom is edible and is native to North America, Europe, and Asia, after cooked it is compared to...
A faint signal turned out to be a 5th musketball located on a militia campsite in northern Wake County (Wake Forest/Rolesville area) of NC. Interestingly enough, when the musketball was being excavated from the hole, out popped a small triangular arrowhead made of rhyolite. That was a nice...
Carhartt's Heart Button and copper wreath pin - Rolesville, NC
Got out for a few sweeps and came up with this heart shaped overall button - Carrhart's with trolley on the bottom, dating to the early 1900's. The other pin/token is an odd one? What appears to be a dollar sign is actually the...