Scrappy
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- 17th century
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- Minelab CTX 3030 & XP Deus
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- Other
My dig-out of a collapsed chimney continued, and certainly put a new twist on the site. Meticulously moving the pile brick by brick with soil mixed throughout has been challenging, but I’m certainly glad I’ve been careful. I’ve dug three frames, and multiple arms.
I always assumed the glass would be clear, but after a little investigation these are in fact, early sunglasses!
A view from the 1700’s...
...and back again. Lol
All but one of the frames was silver, and they are all broken (surprisingly none from my digging). Today I reached the brick hearth, and with that ended my hopes of finding anything intact, or all the pieces to one. I have about 1000lbs of dirt to sift so maybe there’s more in there.
Other finds include
I ended the hunt because of rain, but the site will have a lot more. The house burned sometime in the 1830’s and it must have been a total loss and utterly devastating to the homes owner.
More to come after cleaning.
Steve
I always assumed the glass would be clear, but after a little investigation these are in fact, early sunglasses!
A view from the 1700’s...
...and back again. Lol
All but one of the frames was silver, and they are all broken (surprisingly none from my digging). Today I reached the brick hearth, and with that ended my hopes of finding anything intact, or all the pieces to one. I have about 1000lbs of dirt to sift so maybe there’s more in there.
Other finds include
I ended the hunt because of rain, but the site will have a lot more. The house burned sometime in the 1830’s and it must have been a total loss and utterly devastating to the homes owner.
More to come after cleaning.
Steve
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