The Seeker
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What started out as a nice Sunny weekend turned out to be one filled with many surprises. First was some of the strange thunderstorms and winds that occurred on Friday with a minor Tornado touching down and causing some damage to one of the local towns . Then what happened on Saturday made this weekend better. I decided to head to the 2 Old Cellar hole site that I found last year and try out a new 15 inch coil that I had purchased from a friend of mine John at Reliatech Metal Detectors here in New York. This site has given up plenty of excellent finds over the last year and a half , which I have mentioned in my earlier post on the 2 Old Cellar holes.
So that Saturday morning I headed out to that site with a friend of mine and as we arrived I started in an area that has given up some nice finds that were found very deep , so now after a short while and finding a few nice deep pieces of iron I finally get a hit that sounded kinda promising. So after digging I pulled out a leather strap rivet at 8 to 9 inches which made me happy that something was found with the new toy, so now continuing the next target was deep and bigger .. It was part of a pewter spoon that was at around 10 inches. Now with things starting to happen I was wondering what was coming next.. Sodown along the creek I went and after finding some more deep iron fragment and some what looked to be tin plate pieces I get a great hit a couple of feet away from a tree along the bank of the creek. Now I started digging and digging , and it figures a nice root to chop through so now down at least 12 inches I swing the coil and still a great hit so I keep digging and after the next shovel and about 14 inches down I see a large disk the size of a silver Dollar . Now with looking at the piece I see it's another Temperance Medal, yes I said another . This is the second one that I have found at this site . the first one was in rough shape and you could not see any words on it to really identify or date that particular piece. So with this one in such excellent condition you can see the date 1838 on the reverse and at least the time period of this find....No coin over 1844 has come out of this site , and finding 2 temperance Medals has made me wonder what went on at this very old site!
Now looking at this Temperance Medal I have noticed a very small name at the bottom of the face of this piece under the alter, It says ( Jones ). Is this the name of the individual that may have worn this Medal . Some people believed that if worn, it would bring good luck and good health . I will have to further research this and look back at the information on this site!
The other finds were also found at this site but some of the iron piece were not shown in the pics.....the small flat button was found at 8 to 9 inches also along the bank of the creek ....Thanks for reading and HH.......
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So that Saturday morning I headed out to that site with a friend of mine and as we arrived I started in an area that has given up some nice finds that were found very deep , so now after a short while and finding a few nice deep pieces of iron I finally get a hit that sounded kinda promising. So after digging I pulled out a leather strap rivet at 8 to 9 inches which made me happy that something was found with the new toy, so now continuing the next target was deep and bigger .. It was part of a pewter spoon that was at around 10 inches. Now with things starting to happen I was wondering what was coming next.. Sodown along the creek I went and after finding some more deep iron fragment and some what looked to be tin plate pieces I get a great hit a couple of feet away from a tree along the bank of the creek. Now I started digging and digging , and it figures a nice root to chop through so now down at least 12 inches I swing the coil and still a great hit so I keep digging and after the next shovel and about 14 inches down I see a large disk the size of a silver Dollar . Now with looking at the piece I see it's another Temperance Medal, yes I said another . This is the second one that I have found at this site . the first one was in rough shape and you could not see any words on it to really identify or date that particular piece. So with this one in such excellent condition you can see the date 1838 on the reverse and at least the time period of this find....No coin over 1844 has come out of this site , and finding 2 temperance Medals has made me wonder what went on at this very old site!
Now looking at this Temperance Medal I have noticed a very small name at the bottom of the face of this piece under the alter, It says ( Jones ). Is this the name of the individual that may have worn this Medal . Some people believed that if worn, it would bring good luck and good health . I will have to further research this and look back at the information on this site!
The other finds were also found at this site but some of the iron piece were not shown in the pics.....the small flat button was found at 8 to 9 inches also along the bank of the creek ....Thanks for reading and HH.......
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