4 hour hunt at Colonial Grist Mill

[The Patriot]

Well managed to squeeze a short hunt in before the snow flies...not a lot but I'll take what I can get...

I must be a lead magnet as I always seem to come up with a lot of musketballs where ever I go..



Also manage piece of a ramrod



what's left a silver spoon with makers mark SA on it and a neat design...



candle stick holder...



Group shot with pewter spoon handles, buttons buckles..........Managed 3 pretty toasty coppers, all 3 are 1700's and one is a counterfeit...

 

[Don in SJ]

Gads, I found one dropped, unfired one today, but that is a gaggle of them. That spoon is neat, design plus a makers mark!!! Good find

Don

 

[tymcmurray]

VERY nice recoveries!!

 

[The Patriot]

Gads, I found one dropped, unfired one today, but that is a gaggle of them. That spoon is neat, design plus a makers mark!!! Good find

Don

I get a lot them everytime out... got about 33lbs of them now... here is an old picture, the box is pretty much full now...

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Wow is that a lot of lead!

Looks like you will find some interesting relics at that site based on those finds.

Congrats on some great relics!

 

[kuger]

I love finding musket balls!Yes that is from a candle stick holder!Nice!!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Nice early relics and and congrats on the coppers. Are there any details at all on them?

 

[romeo-1]

Nice finds!!! Still looking for the ramrod pieces!

 

[FortBedfordbob]

Good Finds ! What a Chest Full of Lead

 

[dfx willy]

awesome idea for the musket balls! i think ill do that. congrats. willy

 

[ironhorse]

nice finds!

a good project for the frozen times would be to research that makers mark on the spoon, it'll give you some dates to play with for your site

 

[romeo-1]

I did a quick search and think that the silversmith may be Stephen Adams of London. Silversmith during the late 18th and early 19th century. Style looks about that era...as do the other finds.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Love the finds and love the box o lead

 

[CRUSADER]

The Spoon is most likely Stephen Adams of London circa 1780-1800ish

 

[Curious The George]

Great finds, what part of the world are you located in?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Excellent finds

 

[teddy]

Wow! Very impressive!
Are you using a Tesoro by any chance? They're killers for lead.
teddy

 

[johnnyi]

Really nice finds Patriot! I rarely disagree with Crusader, but in this case I think the spoon might be "Samuel Avery" of Preston Conn. (1760 -1836) as the mark is an exact match. Interesting that you'd find so many unfired balls on that spot. Are you findig sprue also? If so, there's always the chance you might be on a location where Rev. War troops drilled or grouped?

 

[CRUSADER]

Really nice finds Patriot! I rarely disagree with Crusader, but in this case I think the spoon might be "Samuel Avery" of Preston Conn. (1760 -1836) as the mark is an exact match. Interesting that you'd find so many unfired balls on that spot. Are you findig sprue also? If so, there's always the chance you might be on a location where Rev. War troops drilled or grouped?

sounds better, I couldn't find a match for the mark, only similar.

 

[romeo-1]

The Spoon is most likely Stephen Adams of London circa 1780-1800ish

LOL...look up two posts...