A Whole lotta trade silver

[unitas]

Hello all,
About six weeks ago,I posted a piece of trade silver that I had found on the surface of one of my sites. Many of you encouraged me to return with a metal detector. I did just that last Wed. with a couple of my friends and we did very well indeed. The following are photos from that day.









This one is really amazing.





This armband was actually a surface find. It was sticking halfway out of the ground.



Also found was this beauty, a 1834 cent.



While digging one of the smaller brooches I dislodged this nice gunflint.



We also paid a visit to another one of our sites nearby. My friend found this sweet triangle to top off an incredible day.



Other items discovered included a thimble with a hole in its top (perhaps made into a bead), a wonderful gun part , a dozen or so musket balls, and a chunk of an old kettle.



I will post more photos later. Thanks, Unitas

 

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[aa battery]

very interesting

 

[Goldiver]

Oh man, incredible finds!!

Steve

 

[Brad_WI]

Looks like your hunting on a beach? You should try in the water as well. Great Finds!!!

 

[unitas]

Thanks everyone for the kind words. We looked closely at the ear wheel but were unable to find any touchmarks. The arm band however shows a "MONT" mark and one that is unreadable. By comparing it to others my friend believes it to be a Cruickshank piece.------on the thimble I would agree it probably is a tinkler of some sort. The gun part is more than likely off the trigger guard.-------- We plan to return to the site soon and detect some more. HH ,Unitas

 

[BuckleBoy]

Wow!

Now that type of variety and Top Notch finds are what it's all about.


Well done.



-Buck