Colonial watch winder, fancy drawer pull, 1600s ornament, buttons and more

[Bill D. (VA)]

Got out yesterday with Dan for the first time in 3 weeks, plus our buddy Patrick joined us for a morning hunt. For the day we hit 3 new sites, and unfortunately none of them panned out as hoped, so we spent most of our time at a couple old places that have been really productive for us although the finds have really thinned out. We didn't repeat our performance from the last hunt with 3 colonial silvers as we got shut out in the coin dept, but we didn't get skunked either as were able to pull a few decent finds from the ground. Although the quantity was lacking, I did recover a few nice pieces including a colonial watch winder, a large decorated door pull, a 17th century ornament, a very small child's thimble, and a handful of buttons, mostly early 1800s. So although that killer find was elusive we still had fun, but its getting time to find a new and untouched spot and get down to some serious digging. Hopefully that will happen for us soon.

 

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[joeyfresh]

Still looks like a good day to me Bill. The watch winder is really cool looking

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Nice hunt Bill. Glad to see you scraped a few finds from that place. I really like the winder and thimbles are always great too. I'm in the same boat with needing to get a new site(s). Hopefully it cools off and drives me indoors, with nothing to do but research. Ha.

 

[bill from lachine]

Nice grouping of old finds you made.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Jyverb64]

A nice relic hunt and the watch winder is sweet

 

[metalev4]

I would kill to dig that pile at this point. I like the winder Bill, good recoveries from a pounded site.

 

[DownNDirty]

Nice digs Bill! Any idea what the small brass plate that says "Trade" was?

 

[stillrollin300]

Bill, nice haul, nothing like some quality time outside with friends. I like the thimble, mine always seem to be crushed.

 

[mangum]

Nice hunt Bill, love the watch winder. What is the item with TRADE on it? I'm sure you'll find something amazing soon!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some great finds

 

[Scrappy]

The killer find may be elusive but that's still a great haul there Bill. The watch winder is probably my favorite piece. Was that pipe stem a visual surface find or did you sift a bit?

Keep at it Bill. I hung up my detector to study for the Unlimited Tonnage Captains exam. That said, I will need plenty of colonial finds posted to drool over, and you're colonial sniper #1 (although Dan may argue?) lol

Steve

 

[sutphin]

MAN AWESOME FINDS ...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Great bunch of finds! Congrats!
The buttons faired well in that soil. I like the watch winder and tiny thimball.
Its good you can still get out and dig there.

 

[mangum]

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