3 copper day.

[Sniffy]

So today I got out with HEAVYMETALNUT on a WINDY colonial hunt. We decided to try one of his sites that he hasn't spent a large amount of time ....A nice center hearth colonial cellar hole. It was pretty tough today with the snow but I managed to pull a nice handful of keepers. The mercury dime was a freak show.....automatically I thought capped bust dime or seated.....but look at her in all her 1918 glory. Then I decided to hunt the old road....and I got a nice deep signal on the T2...it was reading low but it ended up being my first copper of the day. I was hoping this coin to be a William and Mary which would finnaly land me a spot in the 1600's club..lol...The rest of the afternoon was pretty good, I managed a nice Connecticut and King George III a broken ornate shoebuckle....couple musket balls, buttons, and a brass pull....The targets here you REALLY have to work hard for. Dave also did well....All in all I had an awesome day. Thanks for lookin folks!

 

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[Iron Patch]

1600's coins and relics are indeed a challenge to find in America. Even in areas where the history goes back nearly 400 years, the earliest sites are often obscure and overlooked. From experience, most of my own 1600's copper coins and silver cobs, came from sites that were separate from the more active later Colonial sites. Watch for sites where flat buttons are rarely found, and vent-hole two piece, or solder seamed buttons are the only ones on occasion. Also small shoe buckles, and a scarcity of fine copper and brass items, as well as rarely any pewter, etc.. A virgin 1600's or early 1700's site is vastly different than a site from a century later. Often it can be the assumption that an early site is already hunted and picked over, or the occupants were too poor to have anything of value, therefor relic hunters often move right on to easier pickens. The clues are out there, and they are sometimes small and rather quiet.

Study the signs of what might be different about the earliest sites, and be ready to zero in on the slightest clues. Best of luck to you!

CC Hunter

Can be a challenge to find, especially the relics. I've found 1600s coins, but have never hunted a 1600s site, and don't believe I have found any 1600s relics. I'll need Romeo for that!

 

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[Sniffy]

1600's coins and relics are indeed a challenge to find in America. Even in areas where the history goes back nearly 400 years, the earliest sites are often obscure and overlooked. From experience, most of my own 1600's copper coins and silver cobs, came from sites that were separate from the more active later Colonial sites. Watch for sites where flat buttons are rarely found, and vent-hole two piece, or solder seamed buttons are the only ones on occasion. Also small shoe buckles, and a scarcity of fine copper and brass items, as well as rarely any pewter, etc.. A virgin 1600's or early 1700's site is vastly different than a site from a century later. Often it can be the assumption that an early site is already hunted and picked over, or the occupants were too poor to have anything of value, therefor relic hunters often move right on to easier pickens. The clues are out there, and they are sometimes small and rather quiet.

Study the signs of what might be different about the earliest sites, and be ready to zero in on the slightest clues. Best of luck to you!

CC Hunter

Thank you very much. You seem to know a thing or two. Most of the 1600's sites around here are in layers with generations of masking going on. Hopefully soon I can satisfy my desire for an old shilling.

 

[Sniffy]

1600's coins and relics are indeed a challenge to find in America. Even in areas where the history goes back nearly 400 years, the earliest sites are often obscure and overlooked. From experience, most of my own 1600's copper coins and silver cobs, came from sites that were separate from the more active later Colonial sites. Watch for sites where flat buttons are rarely found, and vent-hole two piece, or solder seamed buttons are the only ones on occasion. Also small shoe buckles, and a scarcity of fine copper and brass items, as well as rarely any pewter, etc.. A virgin 1600's or early 1700's site is vastly different than a site from a century later. Often it can be the assumption that an early site is already hunted and picked over, or the occupants were too poor to have anything of value, therefor relic hunters often move right on to easier pickens. The clues are out there, and they are sometimes small and rather quiet.

Study the signs of what might be different about the earliest sites, and be ready to zero in on the slightest clues. Best of luck to you!

CC Hunter

Can be a challenge to find, especially the relics. I've found 1600s coins, but have never hunted a 1600s site, and don't believe I have found any 1600s relics. I'll need Romeo for that!

It's tough, I stay steady in the mid 1700's but can't break through that barrier.

 

[Iron Patch]

1600's coins and relics are indeed a challenge to find in America. Even in areas where the history goes back nearly 400 years, the earliest sites are often obscure and overlooked. From experience, most of my own 1600's copper coins and silver cobs, came from sites that were separate from the more active later Colonial sites. Watch for sites where flat buttons are rarely found, and vent-hole two piece, or solder seamed buttons are the only ones on occasion. Also small shoe buckles, and a scarcity of fine copper and brass items, as well as rarely any pewter, etc.. A virgin 1600's or early 1700's site is vastly different than a site from a century later. Often it can be the assumption that an early site is already hunted and picked over, or the occupants were too poor to have anything of value, therefor relic hunters often move right on to easier pickens. The clues are out there, and they are sometimes small and rather quiet.

Study the signs of what might be different about the earliest sites, and be ready to zero in on the slightest clues. Best of luck to you!

CC Hunter

Can be a challenge to find, especially the relics. I've found 1600s coins, but have never hunted a 1600s site, and don't believe I have found any 1600s relics. I'll need Romeo for that!

It's tough, I stay steady in the mid 1700's but can't break through that barrier.

That's old enough to catch some 1600s coins, so it will happen, just a matter of time. That being said, pretty much all of mine came from sites dating to the 1750s or earlier, so the older the site obviously the better the chances are.

I bet you'll dig a 1700 William III halfpenny.

 

[Sniffy]

1600's coins and relics are indeed a challenge to find in America. Even in areas where the history goes back nearly 400 years, the earliest sites are often obscure and overlooked. From experience, most of my own 1600's copper coins and silver cobs, came from sites that were separate from the more active later Colonial sites. Watch for sites where flat buttons are rarely found, and vent-hole two piece, or solder seamed buttons are the only ones on occasion. Also small shoe buckles, and a scarcity of fine copper and brass items, as well as rarely any pewter, etc.. A virgin 1600's or early 1700's site is vastly different than a site from a century later. Often it can be the assumption that an early site is already hunted and picked over, or the occupants were too poor to have anything of value, therefor relic hunters often move right on to easier pickens. The clues are out there, and they are sometimes small and rather quiet.

Study the signs of what might be different about the earliest sites, and be ready to zero in on the slightest clues. Best of luck to you!

CC Hunter

Can be a challenge to find, especially the relics. I've found 1600s coins, but have never hunted a 1600s site, and don't believe I have found any 1600s relics. I'll need Romeo for that!

It's tough, I stay steady in the mid 1700's but can't break through that barrier.

That's old enough to catch some 1600s coins, so it will happen, just a matter of time. That being said, pretty much all of mine came from sites dating to the 1750s or earlier, so the older the site obviously the better the chances are.

I bet you'll dig a 1700 William III halfpenny.

gee thanks patch!

 

[civilman1]

Look's like a Great day Sniffy

 

[Hill Billy]

Sniffy is unstoppable with that new tector.
Great hunt bud

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Good times! Way to go on the coppers

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

That's the kind of day that gets the ole juices flowing. Great job.
Chris

 

[Wallhangers]

More excellent finds, are you using your T2 SE exclusively or just in the heavy iron spots?

 

[Steve in PA]

You had a very nice hunt, I'm glad a tree didn't fall on you guys

 

[johnnyblaze]

Three in one day is a sweet hunt


You guys are troopers




Blaze

 

[oldsalty19]

great finds......