4 hours at a new site.... Indians and a LC

[Mach1Pilot]

My son (Mach II) and I got out during the Tnet outage to a new site..... we were hoping for a colonial site, but it was not to be...

Nonetheless we did dig some nice items, its just that they are not as old as we like them to be....

He pulled a pair of Indians, a 1901 and 1905. My coins were a 1862 and 1880 Indians, an 1843 Large cent, and an 1893 V nickel (a first for me). That gives the two of us 19 large coppers and 17 indians for the year between the two of us. We started the year with a goal of 20 large coppers so we are almost there!

Some of the other interesting goodies are a cool little cross, a CW era eagle cuff button, and an intact but complete crotal bell. I've never seen one that small.

There is hope on this property for colonial items, though... The owner says it has been documented that an early settler's family was somewhere on the farm.... he does not know where, though. Unfortunately for the settlers the reason the story was documented is that they were massacred by Indians...

 

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[romeo-1]

You got some decent finds there!!

 

[liftloop]

looks good keep at it.....

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice digs! Look near any springs on the property for the earlier house. If the settlers were massacred by indians, they may not have lived there long enough to have lost very much - unless the indians burned the cabin.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Good group of recoveries

 

[DetectorOCD]

Love the bell. For some reason, that is on my top list to get when I get my machine in the mail.

 

[Wldbil]

Looks like some good finds to me... Congrats

 

[allen]

great job on that sweet assortment of old finds !!!

 

[Diggincoinz]

Very nice!
What's the little heart shaped thingy?

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Thanks guys!

Nice digs! Look near any springs on the property for the earlier house. If the settlers were massacred by indians, they may not have lived there long enough to have lost very much - unless the indians burned the cabin.

Supposedly, the building stood for some years after the event...

Very nice!
What's the little heart shaped thingy?

Its a tiny little lock. Surprisingly it was on top of the ground when I found it.

Love the bell. For some reason, that is on my top list to get when I get my machine in the mail.

Bells are always cool. But it is dwarfed by the one my son found a few months ago.... It was about 4" in diameter - and intact!