Steve in PA
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- Pittsburgh, PA
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I haven't been doing much digging over the last two weeks. Weather, family commitments, a sore back and a lack of good places to go have conspired against me 
I went to a spot on my old high school sweethearts parents property where I have recovered a number of IHPs, a few LCs, a lot of buttons including several large tombacs. I have hit this place hard over the years, but there is so much trash, and there are still decent targets to investigate.
My first keeper was a large tombac. Came out nice and silvery
Then I got a signal, pulled out a piece of iron cooking pot, stood up to recheck the hole and wrenched my back somehow. I could hardly stand up straight, but there was still a good signal in the hole so I fought through the pain to recover this large, dandy size stork or pelican button wedged straight up and down between two rocks. I am not sure what caused it to get eaten up, would have been nice if complete.
Last week end I got my brother to help me with a little experiment at an 1830 - 1860s tavern site. I have recovered a half cent, a large cent, a two cent, a flying eagle, two fatty IHPs, and a seated dime from the tavern period, along with an SLQ, barbers, mercs, V and buffalo nicks, and IHPs from later activity on the same site. I was at the point where I had found just about everything within my detectors range, But I knew there were deeper targets in certain areas, so the plan was to cut the sod, and roll it back to expose deeper stuff. We made the cuts in the turf to expose an 8 x 4 foot area, but after exposing half of it we started into it.
I eyeballed an 1883 IHP and my brother eyeballed a nice gunflint, but it was raining and the work was greater than the reward so we stopped.
This little 4' x 4' area was full of period ceramics and I save the colorful pieces to put in a display case.
Here is a completed display I put together
I went to a spot on my old high school sweethearts parents property where I have recovered a number of IHPs, a few LCs, a lot of buttons including several large tombacs. I have hit this place hard over the years, but there is so much trash, and there are still decent targets to investigate.
My first keeper was a large tombac. Came out nice and silvery
Then I got a signal, pulled out a piece of iron cooking pot, stood up to recheck the hole and wrenched my back somehow. I could hardly stand up straight, but there was still a good signal in the hole so I fought through the pain to recover this large, dandy size stork or pelican button wedged straight up and down between two rocks. I am not sure what caused it to get eaten up, would have been nice if complete.
Last week end I got my brother to help me with a little experiment at an 1830 - 1860s tavern site. I have recovered a half cent, a large cent, a two cent, a flying eagle, two fatty IHPs, and a seated dime from the tavern period, along with an SLQ, barbers, mercs, V and buffalo nicks, and IHPs from later activity on the same site. I was at the point where I had found just about everything within my detectors range, But I knew there were deeper targets in certain areas, so the plan was to cut the sod, and roll it back to expose deeper stuff. We made the cuts in the turf to expose an 8 x 4 foot area, but after exposing half of it we started into it.
I eyeballed an 1883 IHP and my brother eyeballed a nice gunflint, but it was raining and the work was greater than the reward so we stopped.
This little 4' x 4' area was full of period ceramics and I save the colorful pieces to put in a display case.
Here is a completed display I put together
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