Patriot Relics
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Hey guys,
After the tropical storm rolled through the low country I made sure to revisit a colonial trash pit that never seems to disappoint. Low tide in conjunction with the storm meant fresh erosion and a new layer of relics within range of the CTX. After arriving on site, the shear abundance of surface pottery and pipe stems had me stoked...here's a bit of what I picked off the surface.
Interestingly I also recovered this champagne bottle top...GH Mumm & Co: these guys are actually German, and had been brewing champagne since 1827...until the French confiscated all of the Mumm's property after WWI. This one is likely turn of the century.
Now for the good stuff- the challenging part of this pit is that it is on a salt flat. While the CTX is able to operate well in the mineralized conditions, most relics I've recovered come out toast...the exception...SILVER
The big surprise was also my first cut silver, a 1773 Seville 2 Reale (cut to a 1/2 for change). Thanks to Don in the what is it forum for the ID assist.
The second silver of the weekend came a day later- my second TRIME this year- 1853!
Among the other relics was a handful of copper/tombac buttons (1 nice large dandy) and 2 partial 18th century pewter spoons.
This was the most intriguing button, 6 point star wrapped in smaller stars- anyone recognize this one?
A bit inland and out of the salt I pulled a nice 1900 IHP and a 1943 Steel cent (nearly gave me a heart attack as its grey color made me think it was another reale).
Silver cased blood letter circa 1790!
All in all another outstanding weekend in the mud, as always thanks for looking!
After the tropical storm rolled through the low country I made sure to revisit a colonial trash pit that never seems to disappoint. Low tide in conjunction with the storm meant fresh erosion and a new layer of relics within range of the CTX. After arriving on site, the shear abundance of surface pottery and pipe stems had me stoked...here's a bit of what I picked off the surface.
Interestingly I also recovered this champagne bottle top...GH Mumm & Co: these guys are actually German, and had been brewing champagne since 1827...until the French confiscated all of the Mumm's property after WWI. This one is likely turn of the century.
Now for the good stuff- the challenging part of this pit is that it is on a salt flat. While the CTX is able to operate well in the mineralized conditions, most relics I've recovered come out toast...the exception...SILVER
The big surprise was also my first cut silver, a 1773 Seville 2 Reale (cut to a 1/2 for change). Thanks to Don in the what is it forum for the ID assist.The second silver of the weekend came a day later- my second TRIME this year- 1853!
Among the other relics was a handful of copper/tombac buttons (1 nice large dandy) and 2 partial 18th century pewter spoons.
This was the most intriguing button, 6 point star wrapped in smaller stars- anyone recognize this one?
A bit inland and out of the salt I pulled a nice 1900 IHP and a 1943 Steel cent (nearly gave me a heart attack as its grey color made me think it was another reale).
Silver cased blood letter circa 1790!
All in all another outstanding weekend in the mud, as always thanks for looking!
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