Colonial Site From March

Kirk PA · Sep 9, 2011

This site was a blast to hunt. There were not a ton of targets, but they were all Colonial. It was the site of a crude log cabin and probably only lasted a few years.

Every positive signal turned out to be an early artifact. I found two coppers and a handful of other early buttons, including a possible Rev. war pewter and a Blowhole button. The one copper is a definite King George II. The other one appears to be a King George I.

Keep the passion high!

Kirk :hello:

CMDiamonddawg · Sep 10, 2011

Kirk , Your in some old dirt when there is nothin' but 200 + year old colonial cabin type goodies and No modern junk . I find those shield tack adornments too . Kool hunt when you dig nothin' but KG coins , buttons and all the stuff that gets ya fired up :laughing7:

I am shocked of the low number of replies on these threads ... this ain't right :dontknow:

anyho , gonna dig some killer Colonials this Fall . May even be our turn for a rare find or perhaps a few of them . Nice hunt and keep diggin' deep in that area :icon_sunny:

8) 8) dawg

Iron Patch · Sep 11, 2011

I'd like to hunt there and dig all the good stuff you missed.

Kirk PA · Sep 11, 2011

CMDiamonddawg said:
Kirk , Your in some old dirt when there is nothin' but 200 + year old colonial cabin type goodies and No modern junk . I find those shield tack adornments too . Kool hunt when you dig nothin' but KG coins , buttons and all the stuff that gets ya fired up I am shocked of the low number of replies on these threads ... this ain't right anyho , gonna dig some killer Colonials this Fall . May even be our turn for a rare find or perhaps a few of them . Nice hunt and keep diggin' deep in that area 8) 8) dawg

Thanks, Dawg, it sure was a fun site to hunt. Kyle and Chris originally found the site in November. On the first hunt they got 7 tombacs and a Blowhole button. Chris also got a Colonial copper at this site. I watched him dig it.

There was just a little bit of iron in the ground. If we had walked through the area quickly, the site would have been missed. It was that small.

Good luck this Fall, Diggity Dawg! :headbang:

Kirk

Iron Patch said:
I'd like to hunt there and dig all the good stuff you missed.

Iron Patch, you would definitely miss the Iron Patch.

It was that small.

Kirk

Coilcrazy2 · Oct 3, 2011

Really sweet finds! Thats the kind of detecting I really like. That shield thing is a a colonial saddle shield. It was pinned on to the side of the saddle for some reason or another. Some really good finds there!