dwayne sueno
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the snow has receded from the south-facing slopes here in upstate new york, and i've been able to take the se out a coupla times in the last few days for the first time since christmas. the ground is still mostly frozen, so in the interest of lawn maintenance, i'm staying out of yards, and sticking to fields and forest.
the 1809 half cent and the george II half penny came from an old house site that i discovered last year. no foundation, just an iron patch in a field, but every piece of metal is at least two hundred years old. over the last year, i've recovered 12 or 13 coins from this site, and this half cent is the youngest of all of them. i always think i've got the place hunted out, but whenever i've gotten skunked elsewhere, i head back over, go real slow, and seem to be able to pick out a button or broken buckle among the iron. both coins were around 6-7" deep, and gave good signals, no question that i was digging a coin. the george II was a fair piece from the iron patch, but the half cent was only 40' out. don't know how i missed it before.
the quarter came from a field that doesn't have many signals, but previous to this quarter, the only coins i had found there were two 1 reale from the late 1700's (a question for you spelling mavens out there: would you say two one reals, two one real, two one reale, or two one reals?). one of the reale was only 2" deep, due to plowing, but the quarter was about 8". can you be disappointed to dig a silver washington? i guess not. the buffalo was along an old roadway heading down to the hudson, not far from where i found an 1837 hard times token last summer. it gave a terrible signal, and was three inches to the side of my plug. might have been on edge, or maybe i just got sloppy with my digging...
found this constubulary button in a different field. can't make out the manufacturer, but the obverse says "constabulary" and has a picture of the crown on it. haven't been able to trace it's genesis online, but found a picture of a similar one from 1860s south wales that looked pretty close. any ideas?
the rest of the finds were from the same or adjacent fields as the button. two skeleton keys in two days! HH, dwayne
the 1809 half cent and the george II half penny came from an old house site that i discovered last year. no foundation, just an iron patch in a field, but every piece of metal is at least two hundred years old. over the last year, i've recovered 12 or 13 coins from this site, and this half cent is the youngest of all of them. i always think i've got the place hunted out, but whenever i've gotten skunked elsewhere, i head back over, go real slow, and seem to be able to pick out a button or broken buckle among the iron. both coins were around 6-7" deep, and gave good signals, no question that i was digging a coin. the george II was a fair piece from the iron patch, but the half cent was only 40' out. don't know how i missed it before.
the quarter came from a field that doesn't have many signals, but previous to this quarter, the only coins i had found there were two 1 reale from the late 1700's (a question for you spelling mavens out there: would you say two one reals, two one real, two one reale, or two one reals?). one of the reale was only 2" deep, due to plowing, but the quarter was about 8". can you be disappointed to dig a silver washington? i guess not. the buffalo was along an old roadway heading down to the hudson, not far from where i found an 1837 hard times token last summer. it gave a terrible signal, and was three inches to the side of my plug. might have been on edge, or maybe i just got sloppy with my digging...
found this constubulary button in a different field. can't make out the manufacturer, but the obverse says "constabulary" and has a picture of the crown on it. haven't been able to trace it's genesis online, but found a picture of a similar one from 1860s south wales that looked pretty close. any ideas?
the rest of the finds were from the same or adjacent fields as the button. two skeleton keys in two days! HH, dwayne
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