DownNDirty
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This is a catch-up post for several hunts over the past three weeks. The first trip took me back to my go-to colonial site in the South Carolina lowcountry. I put my shovel and sifter to good use and sifted several places close to the plantation home site. The usual 18th century pottery shards, glass and pipe stem pieces showed up in the sifter. Not a stellar day but still a lot of fun.
Some metal detecting around the house site turned up a hoe and a door hinge that would have been attached to an interior door.
The next excursion was a return visit to a wooded lot where I have found a lot of unfired Union bullets. I was hoping to find a few more and I was not disappointed-this time I dug 51 bullets from one spot. My total from this site is now 256 Union bullets, and I know there are more to be found there.
The following weekend it was back to the 18th century plantation site. A full day of digging and sifting (and swatting skeeters-man they were rough!) resulted in more 18th century relics.
The find of the day was a piece of 18th century jewelry-it's either a small pendant or part of an earring. It has an inlaid cut colored glass gem in it.
Other interesting finds were a tombac button, the top half of a two-piece brass button, a dropped small round ball and excess lead cut from round balls after they were removed from the mold.
That same weekend I decided to do some more detecting at a site where I have found a lot of late 18th and early 19th century relics. The first find was part of a brass shoe buckle frame that was bent over like a pretzel. I later heated and straightened it; unfortunately it broke it two but I still think it looks better than when I found it.
Later as I was digging a deep signal I hit some black glass shards. After digging around a little I realized I had found a colonial trash pit. So I went to work digging out glass, pottery, food refuse and other good stuff.
One of the better finds from this pit was a complete clay pipe bowl
Other finds included a tombac button, a complete mule shoe and a nail punch
I also found some interesting animal remains which give a glimpse into the types of proteins they ate "back in the day"
This is a partial pig jaw with teeth-looks like a piece of some colonial geezer's dentures
I returned to the site a few days later and did a little more metal detecting. I only found one goodie but it was a very nice horse leather ornament.
Well that catches me up; I'll try to post sooner next time. I've been too busy hunting to post lately-but I guess that's a good problem to have.
Keep the coil to the soil
Some metal detecting around the house site turned up a hoe and a door hinge that would have been attached to an interior door.
The next excursion was a return visit to a wooded lot where I have found a lot of unfired Union bullets. I was hoping to find a few more and I was not disappointed-this time I dug 51 bullets from one spot. My total from this site is now 256 Union bullets, and I know there are more to be found there.
The following weekend it was back to the 18th century plantation site. A full day of digging and sifting (and swatting skeeters-man they were rough!) resulted in more 18th century relics.
The find of the day was a piece of 18th century jewelry-it's either a small pendant or part of an earring. It has an inlaid cut colored glass gem in it.
Other interesting finds were a tombac button, the top half of a two-piece brass button, a dropped small round ball and excess lead cut from round balls after they were removed from the mold.
That same weekend I decided to do some more detecting at a site where I have found a lot of late 18th and early 19th century relics. The first find was part of a brass shoe buckle frame that was bent over like a pretzel. I later heated and straightened it; unfortunately it broke it two but I still think it looks better than when I found it.
Later as I was digging a deep signal I hit some black glass shards. After digging around a little I realized I had found a colonial trash pit. So I went to work digging out glass, pottery, food refuse and other good stuff.
One of the better finds from this pit was a complete clay pipe bowl
Other finds included a tombac button, a complete mule shoe and a nail punch
I also found some interesting animal remains which give a glimpse into the types of proteins they ate "back in the day"
This is a partial pig jaw with teeth-looks like a piece of some colonial geezer's dentures
I returned to the site a few days later and did a little more metal detecting. I only found one goodie but it was a very nice horse leather ornament.
Well that catches me up; I'll try to post sooner next time. I've been too busy hunting to post lately-but I guess that's a good problem to have.
Keep the coil to the soil
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