1851 LC and stuff

artyfacts · Sep 19, 2011

Worked a field that was just turned over. The digging was easy and no darn ticks. The 1851 LG cent was my best find of the day. Looking forward to the colder weather and the end to the creepy crawlers. Art

JW15 · Sep 19, 2011

Nice!!

CMDiamonddawg · Sep 19, 2011

Where ya been arty

nice old field and some decent finds :icon_scratch:

what's the copper nipple disc lookin' thing

artyfacts · Sep 20, 2011

Dawg I have been recovering from a hernia operation very unpleasant indeed, I put it right up there with paying taxes, painful. Was out with Jersey Jim about about a month ago for the first time after the op and received the golden tick award and won a bullseye, yep, I got the Lyme. I had dropped my pinpointer in the dark on the way back to the trucks and realized it was missing the next morning. I traveled back that morning to recover it in the woods found it and never checked myself for the little buggers. Hopefully I will be posting some great finds soon. The nipple disc is a glazed clay top to a sugar bowl or similar. Arty

SouthJerseyRyan · Sep 20, 2011

I like that clay pot top, that'd be your second best find of that lot in my opinion (behind the LC of course).

garthbfan169 · Sep 20, 2011

Nice finds ART!! WTG on the LC :notworthy:

sgratrider · Sep 20, 2011

Sorry to hear of the lyme disease. Good luck with that.

SouthJerseyJim · Sep 20, 2011

Arty nice stuff my man. I like how you displayed it. Scanner? No ticks gonna bring you down bud, cmon fall! :headbang:

antlerman23 · Sep 20, 2011

what are those little things below the big nails? Rivets?

That large cent is awesome! Good job and HH

johnnyblaze · Sep 20, 2011

Great finds :icon_thumleft:

Blaze

Nana40 · Sep 20, 2011

LC and a flat button. :icon_pirat:

GREAT hunting, Arty! Good to hear you are feeling better. :icon_thumright:

I'm looking forward to no bugs too.

Nana

Woodland Detectors · Sep 20, 2011

Good to see you back around. Nice copper save

artyfacts · Sep 21, 2011

Thanks all, and glad to be back. Yes antlerman, two rather large rivets the first I've seen at this site and about the 20th small one. I dont know what they were used for, can only guess. Jim you called it, a scanner was used to capture my finds. Art

XPress2 · Sep 22, 2011

Wow... that Large Cent is in great shape.

steelheadwill · Sep 23, 2011

Good to see you back!
Nice LC :wink:

Those big square brass spikes & long rivets are ship/boat building items,
(well, I know I've found lots of them in my old boatyards)
From a field eh :icon_scratch:

I do know back in the day they would reuse ship wood (or anything useful)
for other purposes, maybe an outbuilding made from ships plank.
Glad you took care of the Lymes quickly :thumbsup: