A First For Us--Draped Busts! 1683 Mass Property

[btjbtj]

Hi everyone,

John cleared brambles from a new area near where some old outbuildings are on his property. He started detecting and found an 1802 large cent--worn, but he can still see the date and some lettering. He cleaned it up a bit and went back out. Would you believe in the same hole he dug an 1803 large cent?! So cool. This one is in better condition. He also found a pretty basket-weave button, age unknown, tiny bit of gold left, and what might be another Victorian sash cinch (not sure). Hope you all have a great weekend! As always, thanks for looking! -Lisa & John

 

[Scrappy]

Oh, well now. There ya go! Nice DBLC's. Perhaps that 1802 was atop the 1803 and spared it some corrosion.

Anywho, GREAT DIGS Lisa!!

 

[villagenut]

Love those drape busts, bet there's more to be found there.

 

[btjbtj]

Oh, well now. There ya go! Nice DBLC's. Perhaps that 1802 was atop the 1803 and spared it some corrosion.

Anywho, GREAT DIGS Lisa!!

Thanks, Scrappy! We're pretty psyched about them--love digging up a coin we don't already have! -L&J

 

[btjbtj]

Love those drape busts, bet there's more to be found there.

Hi Village, we hope so--John was strapped for time today, so hopefully he'll be able to take a longer look tomorrow! Thanks, L&J

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old coppers and other finds

 

[Diggin Dude]

Awesome finds! Congrats and HH

 

[btjbtj]

Congrats on the old coppers and other finds

Thanks, Trapper! -L&J

 

[btjbtj]

Awesome finds! Congrats and HH

Thanks, Diggin! -L&J

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Btj2...that dirt just keeps choking great stuff up! Prime hunting season is upon us, and we're looking forward to seeing your future finds...ddf

 

[Evolution]

Excellent draped busts. Gotta love those. good indication of site age. Congrats!

 

[port ewen ace]

hate to smack you with reality____________________the bottom pics are piece of harmonica reed, sorry----no treasure there. the LC's are awesomeI'll wait for the next episode of "24" starring L & J

 

[nsdq]

sweet

 

[btjbtj]

Btj2...that dirt just keeps choking great stuff up! Prime hunting season is upon us, and we're looking forward to seeing your future finds...ddf

Thanks, ddf. We'll keep Diggin'! -Lisa

 

[btjbtj]

sweet

Thanks, ns! -L&J

 

[btjbtj]

Excellent draped busts. Gotta love those. good indication of site age. Congrats!

Thanks, Evo! Always cool to pull up items from around the time the house was built. Bizarrely, I believe our oldest coin (Irish halfpenny) is from the year the house was built! 1683! -L&J

 

[btjbtj]

hate to smack you with reality____________________the bottom pics are piece of harmonica reed, sorry----no treasure there. the LC's are awesomeI'll wait for the next episode of "24" starring L & J

Port, ohh! It does look like a harmonica piece! So glad you recognized it--Thanks! -L&J

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a pretty fantastic "two-fer" you got there...congratulations! The button is a beauty too. Looks like you're on some great ground. Hope there are more finds to come.

 

[btjbtj]

That's a pretty fantastic "two-fer" you got there...congratulations! The button is a beauty too. Looks like you're on some great ground. Hope there are more finds to come.

Thanks, Silver! Stay tuned... -L&J

 

[JeffInMass]

Lisa & John, Congrats on the awesome finds! Seems like you've got yourself a fantastic site to hunt- hope the goodies continue for you!

-- Jeff --