Day 3 at Cellar Hole: Silver, Copper, Buttons, Buckles and Civil War in 2 Hours!

[coinman123]

I called my father and told him that I was going to the colonial cellar hole that I found. I was hoping for some buttons and maybe a coin if I was lucky. I went a few days ago for less than five minutes, found a button, but then got drenched by a severe downpour (and the rain was louder than my metal detector, which was more quiet from water around the speaker). Anyways, Dad went off the trail (a colonial road, abandoned around 1800, and used as a trail long after). I went next to the cellar hole. I pulled out a pewter button right after turning on the metal detector. Dad yells that he found a button with an anchor. Shortly after I found another button, and then another. My dad kept finding them too. Within half an hour we had a total of 5 buttons between us. I got a nice shallow signal, and dug up the chape from a shoe buckle. I also found a colonial trash pit, which I didn't have time to go through, which had a colonial iron spoon and butter knife. There was also a dandy button in it. I moved farther away from the cellar hole and found an interesting buckle, and an iron buckle. My dad came over yelling that he found a large cent on the trail, his first copper ever. Five minutes later he comes over again yelling that he found silver on the trail, an seated dime. I decided to go the other direction on the trail, and found a clad time and a shotgun shell. My dad's button is a Civil War navy button, the only military button found at any site I have been to. No battles were ever fought anywhere near where I was. Overall this was an extremely fun hunt, probably one of the most productive hunts ever.

 

[creade]

Thanks so much for the info! The shoe buckle chape is older than I thought! At first I thought the site was abandoned closer to 1800, but now after finding newer things I am thinking 1850's. No maps, the oldest one being from the 1850's, show this road or homestead. I am guessing it was abandoned just prior to the map, perhaps the homestead a little bit before the road (1840's). There was a railroad right next to where I was detecting, I assume that the stuff from the late 1800's is from the railroad. I hope the stealth diggers don't get there, that would probably ruin my day . This is my second honeyhole since I began metal detecting, the first one lasted from 2014-2016 and produced around 100 buttons and 20 coppers. I hope this one is almost as good!

If you can find the drop off area where the railroad went through ,you could find some neat stuff ,like bail seals or tokens. If the railroad bed still has some ties,there could be spikes in them. Sometimes they're stamped,those can be collectable. Good luck out there

 

[park pirate]

Outstanding hunt....

 

[sprailroad]

Cellar holes, the only one I'm going to find where I live, is if I dig one myself.

 

[Scrappy]

I looked at there Youtube page just now! Fun to watch, but being an NHer, I think that they might be hurting the hobby for everyone else in Western NH by cleaning out around 200 colonial cellar holes in the area. Most guys on here spend a lot of time just cleaning out one place, then moving on to the next. It seems like they clean a place in a day, and move to a new place the next day. I hope they don't do anything around here .

A place could never be cleared out in a day, much less even properly cherry picked on that time. I make regular work of sites that are considered "hammered". That said, it's tough to watch it happen so I completely understand the feeling. Just imagining what was at these sites can keep me up at night. Lol

 

[washingtonian]

Sweet Seated!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats to you both

 

[Patriot Relics]

Quite a pile of goodies, I'm sure dirt that like will continue to produce.

 

[scruggs]

What a nice mixture you found! Love it! Good luck with your next hunt!

 

[Underwonder]

What a great hunt and a good time to remember hunting with your Dad! Thanks for sharing your interesting finds. I was surprised to see how clear the large cent was!

 

[bstewart]

Awesome

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[Westfront]

That was a very productive hunt for sure! Congrats on the finds! I hope it works well for you both!

 

[Tommy G]

Congrats on some great finds! Great detail on that large cent!

 

[CASPER-2]