Brendan M.
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- Apr 14, 2006
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- All Treasure Hunting
I've been researching the colonial and Revolutionary-era history of my area, which was pretty active at that time, and I've already made some really exciting discoveries.
Twice in the last week I've hiked into the woods to check out a particular waterfront spot that was heavily traveled as far back as the early 1600s. What initially drew me was a cellar hole I had heard about, but I soon found out there's much more than that to be had.
Each time I visited this week, with my XLT set to relic mode, I briefly hit the shoreline (which is fairly wooded, then turns into a swampy wetland), and each time I hit a large signal about four feet from shore that registered in the +55 - +60 range. Out there I'm happy to dig, but I was even happier when each time I dug parts of old colonial shoe buckles! This is in about one hour's time total at these spots!
I've posted a pic below. The piece on the right (called a chape) is definitely the older of the two -- its pattern and size probably date it from 1660-1720; while the one on left may be a little younger (could be anywhere from 1660 - 1790), what's awesome about that is three pieces of it are nearly intact -- while bent, the chape and tongue are still partially joined, by the original pin!
In my research I found a great link to a comprehensive guide to buckles. Definitely check this out:
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/buckletitlepage.htm
I can't wait to hit this spot again. And this time, I'm going to skip the clearings and cellar holes for now, and solely focus on the shoreline. I'll keep you posted.
Cheers,
Brendan
Twice in the last week I've hiked into the woods to check out a particular waterfront spot that was heavily traveled as far back as the early 1600s. What initially drew me was a cellar hole I had heard about, but I soon found out there's much more than that to be had.
Each time I visited this week, with my XLT set to relic mode, I briefly hit the shoreline (which is fairly wooded, then turns into a swampy wetland), and each time I hit a large signal about four feet from shore that registered in the +55 - +60 range. Out there I'm happy to dig, but I was even happier when each time I dug parts of old colonial shoe buckles! This is in about one hour's time total at these spots!
I've posted a pic below. The piece on the right (called a chape) is definitely the older of the two -- its pattern and size probably date it from 1660-1720; while the one on left may be a little younger (could be anywhere from 1660 - 1790), what's awesome about that is three pieces of it are nearly intact -- while bent, the chape and tongue are still partially joined, by the original pin!
In my research I found a great link to a comprehensive guide to buckles. Definitely check this out:
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/buckletitlepage.htm
I can't wait to hit this spot again. And this time, I'm going to skip the clearings and cellar holes for now, and solely focus on the shoreline. I'll keep you posted.
Cheers,
Brendan
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