West Jersey Detecting
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- Nokta Legend, Excalibur 1000/II (hybrid) , Teknetics T2 SE
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Another Colonial Silver Cufflink & Large Copper: 2011 Picks Up Where 2010 Ended!
The weather finally broke here in the Mid-Atlantic, and the timing was right to return to my favorite site...or so I thought! Even though it got into the 60's yesterday, I was surprised to find much of the site was still covered by more than 4 inches of snow! I found some bare spots to detect and got a good signal, only to find that the ground was frozen solid.
It was even too much for my relic pro to handle, so I marked the spot and returned today, hoping that last nights mild overnight temps would thaw out the ground. Luckily I was right!
I returned to the site with my buddy Dale today, and found the spot I had marked. I dug a plug in the softened ground and nearly fell over when I saw ANOTHER gleaming silver colonial era cufflink! At first I thought I found the match to the cufflinks found on my last outing back in mid-December (http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,370249.0.html), but Dale pointed out that the design was different. I guess lightning does strike twice!
These are in even better shape and are a bit smaller than the first ones I found back in December. Below is a picture with its cousin.
I went on to find some nice buttons (one is backmarked LEAVENWORTH & CO., the others need more cleaning). I also dug a beat up early Cornet Large Cent that came in sounding more like an Indian Head Cent
, a part of a pewter spoon, two bird bands (I found the ID on one; still searching for the other), and the "whatizzit" on the bottom. It is a thin piece of copper and appears to be intact. Any ideas?
The weather finally broke here in the Mid-Atlantic, and the timing was right to return to my favorite site...or so I thought! Even though it got into the 60's yesterday, I was surprised to find much of the site was still covered by more than 4 inches of snow! I found some bare spots to detect and got a good signal, only to find that the ground was frozen solid.
It was even too much for my relic pro to handle, so I marked the spot and returned today, hoping that last nights mild overnight temps would thaw out the ground. Luckily I was right!I returned to the site with my buddy Dale today, and found the spot I had marked. I dug a plug in the softened ground and nearly fell over when I saw ANOTHER gleaming silver colonial era cufflink! At first I thought I found the match to the cufflinks found on my last outing back in mid-December (http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,370249.0.html), but Dale pointed out that the design was different. I guess lightning does strike twice!
These are in even better shape and are a bit smaller than the first ones I found back in December. Below is a picture with its cousin.
I went on to find some nice buttons (one is backmarked LEAVENWORTH & CO., the others need more cleaning). I also dug a beat up early Cornet Large Cent that came in sounding more like an Indian Head Cent
, a part of a pewter spoon, two bird bands (I found the ID on one; still searching for the other), and the "whatizzit" on the bottom. It is a thin piece of copper and appears to be intact. Any ideas?
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Congrats on all those super finds!
BTW that is a Banner find. How many silver cufflinks has the memebers on this forum found? 
