ironhorse
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Still having a ton of fun travelling on the copper trail.
I had a slow start, but got back up to speed on the second half of the hunt.
Our day began scouting a neat trail in the woods (see IPs post) they literally rolled out the red carpet for us! Although we didn't get much for finds, it was a diversion I wouldn't have missed for the world. It reminded me that you can entertain yourself and many others with stuff from a garbage pile and turn it into something unique that we truly didn't expect in a place in the middle of nowhere! About a kilometer of a five kilometer trail along a lake and adjoining woods was covered in carpets, mats, and remnants from a flooring store! It had been there for years, all moss covered and all. Also, every turn had a stuffed animal in a tree or out on a limb just watching you in a non-creepy kind of way. And to make sure you were heading in the right direction, random odd shoes and boots also were in the trees and bushes pointing the way down the trail. It was a one-of-a-kind place!
onward!
Next stop was site that once had an old store in the area. We didn't exactly hunt it, it was all grown up in bushes and trees, although my find was a 1874 silver five cents. A good start to the finding!
Next stop produced a penny token from 1812, initially I thought it was a much rarer local token but once I cleaned it the letdown ensued! Best find of the day for me was yet another British militia button?!@? I had not seen or heard of before! Crown and large "T" (no backmark) again, any info appreciated. I guess I'm going to keep the guy over in the UK busy this winter with all my oddball buttons to identify for me.
So, right across the road to an old favourite site (Patriot's GGGG grandpappy's place, I think I got that right lol) Scored a couple more coppers and a few flat bttons and a few odds and ends. Last time we were there I found a French Marines button at the bottom of the field so I knew it was an early Acadian site that was later claimed by Loyalists. I figured if some buttons could hide there so could a cob! well. it can, I did't find one
Last stop was another site we hunted with Patriot and Hunthicks several years earlier. It was getting dark at this time so the small handful of buttons I found went straight into my pouch without any looking. When I got home and cleaned them up I dscovered I found a couple more military buttons!
A cuff sized blowhole artillery and a cuff sized anchor button from the late 1700s!
Five military, five coppers and a silver! Not too shabby for a day that had a roughish kind of start but ended on a very high note!!
I had a slow start, but got back up to speed on the second half of the hunt.
Our day began scouting a neat trail in the woods (see IPs post) they literally rolled out the red carpet for us! Although we didn't get much for finds, it was a diversion I wouldn't have missed for the world. It reminded me that you can entertain yourself and many others with stuff from a garbage pile and turn it into something unique that we truly didn't expect in a place in the middle of nowhere! About a kilometer of a five kilometer trail along a lake and adjoining woods was covered in carpets, mats, and remnants from a flooring store! It had been there for years, all moss covered and all. Also, every turn had a stuffed animal in a tree or out on a limb just watching you in a non-creepy kind of way. And to make sure you were heading in the right direction, random odd shoes and boots also were in the trees and bushes pointing the way down the trail. It was a one-of-a-kind place!
onward!
Next stop was site that once had an old store in the area. We didn't exactly hunt it, it was all grown up in bushes and trees, although my find was a 1874 silver five cents. A good start to the finding!
Next stop produced a penny token from 1812, initially I thought it was a much rarer local token but once I cleaned it the letdown ensued! Best find of the day for me was yet another British militia button?!@? I had not seen or heard of before! Crown and large "T" (no backmark) again, any info appreciated. I guess I'm going to keep the guy over in the UK busy this winter with all my oddball buttons to identify for me.
So, right across the road to an old favourite site (Patriot's GGGG grandpappy's place, I think I got that right lol) Scored a couple more coppers and a few flat bttons and a few odds and ends. Last time we were there I found a French Marines button at the bottom of the field so I knew it was an early Acadian site that was later claimed by Loyalists. I figured if some buttons could hide there so could a cob! well. it can, I did't find one
Last stop was another site we hunted with Patriot and Hunthicks several years earlier. It was getting dark at this time so the small handful of buttons I found went straight into my pouch without any looking. When I got home and cleaned them up I dscovered I found a couple more military buttons!
A cuff sized blowhole artillery and a cuff sized anchor button from the late 1700s!
Five military, five coppers and a silver! Not too shabby for a day that had a roughish kind of start but ended on a very high note!!
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