Colonial site keeps producing

[dman80]

We have been working a colonial site that will soon be paved over and turned into some factory. The site has been worked over for about 20 years by a few people but now that it is going to disappear we have been hitting it a couple of times a week after the workers leave. Between 3 of us we have been able to pull maybe 50 buttons, tons of pottery, a CSA officers button (which I didn't find), a 1/2 reale, a few buckles and last night my buddy dug a 1783 Nova Constalletio.

 

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[DownNDirty]

Great job saving those relics before they are lost forever. That's an outstanding shoe buckle! Congrats for the half real and to your buddy for finding that Nova.

 

[Javadroid]

I agree - you've pulled some great items here! Interesting button collection - it would be nice to see those if you decide to clean them up. Looks like some nice detail in them. Great job!

 

[dman80]

I agree - you've pulled some great items here! Interesting button collection - it would be nice to see those if you decide to clean them up. Looks like some nice detail in them. Great job!

Yeah it seems that around a 1/4 or more of the buttons have various sorts of eagle designs on the back. One weekend when I get a chance I plan on trying to clean off some of them.

 

[Z.K.]

Great effort, especially given that these things would truly be lost otherwise.

A full shoebuckle (love the border work) plus some Spanish is wonderful. Curious about the mintmark on the King Carlos...Mexico City or something more exotic?

 

[cambria09]

Hello dman80. Excellent finds!! That buckle is beautiful and I would love to find a coin like that

Those kind of sites are very hard to find here in FL. Good Luck hope you can save more before the concrete and asphalt arrives. C9

 

[dman80]

Great effort, especially given that these things would truly be lost otherwise.

A full shoebuckle (love the border work) plus some Spanish is wonderful. Curious about the mintmark on the King Carlos...Mexico City or something more exotic?

It's an M but it's worn above it so I can't see an O or a crown if either exists, so I'll just assume Mexico.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some very nice finds

 

[Silvermonkey]

Congrats on some really nice finds. The details on that shoe buckle are wonderful!

 

[dirtlooter]

beautiful buckle, makes me think of a wealthy person owning it. swashbucklers and such. awesome recoveries for you guys

 

[Scrappy]

Oh yeah, that's a beautiful bounty of colonial goods. Keep at it 'till you need to move out of the way of the asphalt truck

 

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[Kurios1]

Way to scoop up that history before it's lost forever. That buckle is amazing. Continued success as you get what you can.

 

[RVRoamer74]

Thanks for sharing the post and pics ! You have saved quite a bit of History. Awesome !!