Did my first cellar hole in last fall.

[riverdiver]

These are my finds from my first cellar hole, I usually detect underwater but this was fun too and has a heck of a learning curve. Anyone recognize the stamped copper plate in the lower left corner?

 

[worldtalker]

Heck riverdiver,you need a huntin partner,I aint that far away!!!SUPER NICE finds man!!! God Bless HH Chris

 

[riverdiver]

Hi Chris,

You are right I do need a huntin partner...I did u/w detecting with the same dive partner for 10 years before he fell ill and stopped diving, now my son goes with me occasionally.
I was led to this site by a friend, deep in the woods of NH, it is thought to be a small village on top of a wooded ridge with some hay fields and a "colonial" road bisecting it. My son and father in law joined me here and the only coin found was by my father in-law and it was a worn, no date seated dime. I am going back in the spring or next week if the weather holds off as we are expecting a couple of inches tonight.

pm me if you want to join me at this site in the spring or do some u/w hunting as that is my area of knowledge not this woods stuff.

This is a shot of me (on the left) and my old dive partner at Lake Willoughby in upstate VT.

 

[mainer]

Don't know what that plate is, But it's a cool looking item.

 

[Randyd]

The copper plate looks like a stencil.
Randyd

 

[riverdiver]

That is a good thought Randy, I have others like this and they have all come from river sites that have early Mills on them, maybe they are pattern stencils for a specific product.

Thanks for your input my friend.

 

[Bum Luck]

The copper plate looks like a stencil.
Randyd

I'd think so too, but all the designs are the same.

 

[kayden]

Nice finds!

 

[goldentruth]

Too Cool!
Lucky my friend. great finds.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Really nice finds there riverdiver, looks like you are into a good spot.
Just curious, what kind of goodies are you bringing up from the water and do you do any ocean MDing?
ZDD

 

[BosnMate]

Just out of curiosity, how deep do you guys dive? Are you allowed to dive around forts located on lakes and waterways, where you might find cannon ball and artifacts?

 

[Keppy]

That Detroit sign i wonder what it came off of ?? Nice..