Don in SJ
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1795 Half Cent, Indian Head, Buttons, thimble, and even a "Spy" camera
I finally got around to revisiting my "virgin" Homestead where I found the nice 1775 KGIII picture in the banner above and bunch of old late 1700's buttons.
Today I started by hunting the perimeter area and after an hour I had nothing to show, so I went right to the small cellarhole and tried that section next. NOTHING. That really stumps me, since I know the place has not been hit.
So, I then hit the dump area where I got all the buttons and King George III copper on the first hunt. Right away I started getting buttons, and ended up with five more from this site, all of them again, no backmarks, which is indicating all 1700 era ones by there lack of any backmark and the shank design.
I finally got a somewhat of a coin reading and it was in the thickest part of the dump area where it was all clam and oyster shells mixed with the earth. I was very surprised but pleased to see a Liberty Cap Half Cent appear, knowing right away it was another 1700 era coin I had found.
I continued going very slow with the Explorer and got a thimble and two pieces of an old pewter spoon. On the very edge of the dump area, I got a iron reading that I had to dig, and funny, it was an Iron, Sort of. Looks like it exploded, if that is all possible, but it was not in a normal iron shape anymore that is for sure.
As I was nearing the end of my hunt, I concentrated on a clear area between the dump area and the cellarhole and got a coin reading, and that was a nice 1868 Indianhead penny.
Found two more pennies in that area but both are more modern memorials.
As I was almost done, I noticed a nice metal portable deer tree stand was in the clearing about 15 feet up in a tree. But what really caught my eye was a black box that was bungee corded to a nearby tree and it was facing the same direction as the tree stand. I walked up to it from the side and took two photos and I am sure it is a motion sensor activated camera.
I have no idea why it is there this time of year with deer season being long over with, unless the hunter is using it to monitor turkeys, since Spring Gobbler season will be opening soon. Anyway, I found that to be my most unusual "find" of the day..........
Don in South Jersey
I finally got around to revisiting my "virgin" Homestead where I found the nice 1775 KGIII picture in the banner above and bunch of old late 1700's buttons.
Today I started by hunting the perimeter area and after an hour I had nothing to show, so I went right to the small cellarhole and tried that section next. NOTHING. That really stumps me, since I know the place has not been hit.
So, I then hit the dump area where I got all the buttons and King George III copper on the first hunt. Right away I started getting buttons, and ended up with five more from this site, all of them again, no backmarks, which is indicating all 1700 era ones by there lack of any backmark and the shank design.
I finally got a somewhat of a coin reading and it was in the thickest part of the dump area where it was all clam and oyster shells mixed with the earth. I was very surprised but pleased to see a Liberty Cap Half Cent appear, knowing right away it was another 1700 era coin I had found.
I continued going very slow with the Explorer and got a thimble and two pieces of an old pewter spoon. On the very edge of the dump area, I got a iron reading that I had to dig, and funny, it was an Iron, Sort of. Looks like it exploded, if that is all possible, but it was not in a normal iron shape anymore that is for sure.
As I was nearing the end of my hunt, I concentrated on a clear area between the dump area and the cellarhole and got a coin reading, and that was a nice 1868 Indianhead penny.
Found two more pennies in that area but both are more modern memorials.
As I was almost done, I noticed a nice metal portable deer tree stand was in the clearing about 15 feet up in a tree. But what really caught my eye was a black box that was bungee corded to a nearby tree and it was facing the same direction as the tree stand. I walked up to it from the side and took two photos and I am sure it is a motion sensor activated camera.
I have no idea why it is there this time of year with deer season being long over with, unless the hunter is using it to monitor turkeys, since Spring Gobbler season will be opening soon. Anyway, I found that to be my most unusual "find" of the day..........
Don in South Jersey
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