BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
I didn't know that those early settlers here in KY had internet until today...
HB and I got out on some new land yesterday, trying to find an old site or two that we were after. It was muddy and cold (low 30s), and we got an early start. By mid-afternoon, we had crossed the creek four or five times, been attacked by the briars in the woods, and had little to show for it except two flat buttons.
I knew that we only had one good hour left to hunt, but we'd pretty much run out of ideas (and were very tired). We got back in the truck to drive out of the property, and as we left, I looked behind me and said "Let's check out one more spot--on that hill above the creek." HB turned us around and we walked out again through the cornfield.
As we got close, we saw some interesting geography--what looked like filled-in holes in the edge of the field. We made a quick turn up into the cornfield, and I got the best signal I'd had all day. HB swiped over and said "It's either silver or a Large Cent." I was hoping it wasn't a chunk of tricky iron.
I dug and could see a round edge sticking out of a clod!
Large Cent!!!
That got us fired up--and we forgot about how tired we were.
The site turned out to be very thin--perhaps a narrow time span of habitation, which meant that it wasn't the site we were looking for. There were only a few little iron blips, and some buttons and such. It felt like we were hunting a PA site, instead of the 150 year old iron infested scrapyards we usually haunt. 
HB bagged a couple of pewter buttons, a large "dandy button," and some other bits--one of which is quite interesting. He also got a piece of circuitboard with a brass top. Those early settlers had a radio. I put the circuitboard in my finds photo below. I'd like to be able to ID it, just out of curiosity, before I throw it away. :P
Here are HB's finds. The little brass piece at the top is odd. It is square on the bottom like a square nail. The hole in the item does not go all the way through the knob on the top. I estimate it to be about 3/4 of an inch long. Any help with this item is appreciated.
And one more peek at my LC. It turned out to be an 1831. I have already dug an 1831 before, but this one is in much better shape.
Regards,
Buckles
I didn't know that those early settlers here in KY had internet until today...
HB and I got out on some new land yesterday, trying to find an old site or two that we were after. It was muddy and cold (low 30s), and we got an early start. By mid-afternoon, we had crossed the creek four or five times, been attacked by the briars in the woods, and had little to show for it except two flat buttons.
I knew that we only had one good hour left to hunt, but we'd pretty much run out of ideas (and were very tired). We got back in the truck to drive out of the property, and as we left, I looked behind me and said "Let's check out one more spot--on that hill above the creek." HB turned us around and we walked out again through the cornfield.
As we got close, we saw some interesting geography--what looked like filled-in holes in the edge of the field. We made a quick turn up into the cornfield, and I got the best signal I'd had all day. HB swiped over and said "It's either silver or a Large Cent." I was hoping it wasn't a chunk of tricky iron.
I dug and could see a round edge sticking out of a clod!
Large Cent!!!
That got us fired up--and we forgot about how tired we were.
The site turned out to be very thin--perhaps a narrow time span of habitation, which meant that it wasn't the site we were looking for. There were only a few little iron blips, and some buttons and such. It felt like we were hunting a PA site, instead of the 150 year old iron infested scrapyards we usually haunt. HB bagged a couple of pewter buttons, a large "dandy button," and some other bits--one of which is quite interesting. He also got a piece of circuitboard with a brass top. Those early settlers had a radio. I put the circuitboard in my finds photo below. I'd like to be able to ID it, just out of curiosity, before I throw it away. :PHere are HB's finds. The little brass piece at the top is odd. It is square on the bottom like a square nail. The hole in the item does not go all the way through the knob on the top. I estimate it to be about 3/4 of an inch long. Any help with this item is appreciated.
And one more peek at my LC. It turned out to be an 1831. I have already dug an 1831 before, but this one is in much better shape.
Regards,
Buckles
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