West Jersey Detecting
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I returned to the presumed CW campsite that my friends and I have been detecting since March. The finds are getting sparse in the field, so I turned to the woods nearby. There are some cellar holes that are inaccessible this time of year, but I stuck to the path and worked slowly between the trash signals. My first find of the day was the colonial era buckle in a dried creek bed, which is one of only a few colonial era finds at the site. (I have found some early flat buttons on previous outings.) About 10 feet away I got a decent signal but it was masked by iron. Out came not one, but two "D" buckles.
A little while longer I dug what I thought was a dime sized piece of can slaw, but I noticed the clover leaf shape and an inscription on each side that I cannot make out. It appears to be tin. This is the second piece like it found at the site.
Nearby was an old suspender buckle, the button/snap(?) and the unusual handle(?) of some type.
After a more than month long coin drought, I finally got a decent coin sounding signal, which was a mid range signal. I was thinking penny and hoping for an Indian Head since it was more than 5 inches deep. At first I was disappointed, thinking I had dug a brass washer, but upon closer inspection I realized I had dug a cast Chinese coin! This is also the second one found at the site, the first being found by my friend Jason a few weeks back. From what I found online it appears to be 18th century, but if there are any experts out there, please help!
My battery was dying on the V3 at this point so I headed back to the car. While crossiing the dry creek bed, I decided to give it one more search and out came the pewter soup spoon!
Many unusual finds, and here is today's "Face Full of Buckles!"
A little while longer I dug what I thought was a dime sized piece of can slaw, but I noticed the clover leaf shape and an inscription on each side that I cannot make out. It appears to be tin. This is the second piece like it found at the site.
Nearby was an old suspender buckle, the button/snap(?) and the unusual handle(?) of some type.
After a more than month long coin drought, I finally got a decent coin sounding signal, which was a mid range signal. I was thinking penny and hoping for an Indian Head since it was more than 5 inches deep. At first I was disappointed, thinking I had dug a brass washer, but upon closer inspection I realized I had dug a cast Chinese coin! This is also the second one found at the site, the first being found by my friend Jason a few weeks back. From what I found online it appears to be 18th century, but if there are any experts out there, please help!
My battery was dying on the V3 at this point so I headed back to the car. While crossiing the dry creek bed, I decided to give it one more search and out came the pewter soup spoon!
Many unusual finds, and here is today's "Face Full of Buckles!"
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