Co"lonely"ial

[Sniffy]

Co"lonely"ial

Went back to a cellar hole nearby. In all metals mode, high sensitivity I listened hard for any lonely stragglers crying out desperately for me to take them home. The shoe buckle had a square nail laying almost directly in the center of it. Before I didn't even get a signal over it. And if I did it wasn't repeatable and ignored like a square nail. But in all metals mode it jumped back from a solid quarter signal to iron. I dug my plug, checked the hole. BAM..solid quarter signal!...Coin for sure....I dig down another 3 inches and I pull out another big chunk of dirt and I see a square imprint in the plug....WHAT! A SHOE BUCKLE PRINT...AWESOME!...and there she was..not complete but way more exciting (to me) than finding a Copper. First square shoe buckle frame. And alot of design. Success! I spent the next hour fighting with the iron and managed to find three lonely buttons. A large flat button (no back mark), A Gilt with a wreath, and this nice Imperial Orange Gilt. ( GOLD ). So, today was a good hunt. Snow falling and the colonial passion roaring.

 

[johnnyi]

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Beautiful find Sniffy! Great story too. I love hearing about large objects coming out of "worked out" spots.

 

[The Seeker]

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Nice Relics....WTG

 

[Brian in MA]

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Nice buckle. Love the ornate design.

The buttons are nice too !!!

Congrats,

Brian in MA

 

[ironhorse]

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sweet ole frame!

you know, switching to all metal produced some decent finds, that's a plan B option I might pull out of the bag someday

good hunt!

 

[umrgolf]

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sweet buckle sniffy

 

[collector01]

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awesome buckle!!

 

[vayank54]

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cool find WTG

 

[allen]

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way to rehit those hunted out sites !!!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

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Great Colonial Finds!

I love finding those old buttons, and like you, I have only found one shoe buckle.

Great job!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

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You sure sniffed that one out. The KG II copper I found last week was acting similar. Not only was it on it's side,wedged between 2 rocks but it was right next to 2 square nails which messed with the signal a bit. It was a pleasant surprise, as was this excellent shoe buckle you found. Congrats Sniff Meister.
Chris

 

[shaun7]

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sweet ole frame!

you know, switching to all metal produced some decent finds, that's a plan B option I might pull out of the bag someday

good hunt!

I've been thinking the same thing lately!


Nice buckle

 

[Sniffy]

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You sure sniffed that one out. The KG II copper I found last week was acting similar. Not only was it on it's side,wedged between 2 rocks but it was right next to 2 square nails which messed with the signal a bit. It was a pleasant surprise, as was this excellent shoe buckle you found. Congrats Sniff Meister.
Chris

IT makes me wonder, how many targets I left behind at my other cellar hole due to this "masking". All metals mode takes quite a bit of patience, especially when your anticipating the next big signal. Plus you move ALOT slower. I surely did sniff this one out, I was shocked when I dug down a bit and got a fine quarter signal. Just goes to show, DIG IT ALL! I also pulled a neat pick axe head yesterday to. I didn't have my pouch on, so I left it on a stump. Believe me, I"ll be back. ALot of area to fan out from. And possible new sites just over the ridge! PRIVATE PROPERTY! But, I know just who to ask permission from.

 

[dneyedli@res1.mts.net]

Re: Co"lonely"ial

You sure sniffed that one out. The KG II copper I found last week was acting similar. Not only was it on it's side,wedged between 2 rocks but it was right next to 2 square nails which messed with the signal a bit. It was a pleasant surprise, as was this excellent shoe buckle you found. Congrats Sniff Meister.
Chris

IT makes me wonder, how many targets I left behind at my other cellar hole due to this "masking". All metals mode takes quite a bit of patience, especially when your anticipating the next big signal. Plus you move ALOT slower. I surely did sniff this one out, I was shocked when I dug down a bit and got a fine quarter signal. Just goes to show, DIG IT ALL! I also pulled a neat pick axe head yesterday to. I didn't have my pouch on, so I left it on a stump. Believe me, I"ll be back. ALot of area to fan out from. And possible new sites just over the ridge! PRIVATE PROPERTY! But, I know just who to ask permission from.

I agree, DIG IT ALL! That's one nice shoe buckle! It's in great condition. I wouldn't doubt if the iron inside piece is there somewhere. Those flat buttons are nice too.
Now that you know the potential of that site, it should motivate you even more to dig everything.
Can't wait to see what else comes out of there! WTG!
Dave.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

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Very nice buckle and good job