Everything's good in the 'hood

[DownNDirty]

The last couple of months I've been hunting a large field where I have located three home sites-two that date to the 1700s/1800s and a third from the early 1900s. Due to the abundance of home sites and relics I've named it "The Hood."

When I started hunting the field it had just been planted. Last weekend I hunted it for the last time until the crops are harvested; the cotton is waist high



As with most sites the finds have become fewer and farther in between but I did manage a Barber dime and silver Roosie (two firsts for me), a couple of wheaties and a broken tombac button with a little bit of engraving



This field has been a very good spot for me, so I have taken a few pictures of groupings of the best finds. I have posted most of them before but not in total. For me the stars were the military relics; each of the three home sites produced them. The first older site gave up four Artillery Corps cuff-sized buttons presumably from one uniform. The other one produced three South Carolina militia buttons, a dropped Confederate Enfield bullet and a powder flask valve. And the twentieth century site rewarded me with a WWI dog tag and collar disk.



This was also the best site I have hunted as far as coin finds



The coins spanned nearly two hundred years, including a 1753 KG II half penny (clipped for some reason), a "dime quad-fecta," a nice 1884 Indian Head penny and several early wheaties.

Here are some of the button finds, including a silver cuff link and the tiniest flat button ever



Not sure what this pewter relic is; possibly a collar stud?



Some buckles and a quartz spear point



Some odds and ends



And iron finds



Can't wait for cooler weather and plowed-under crops to find out what else is hanging out in The Hood

 

[A2coins]

That's the hood , I'm lucky most days to find a wheat.. Great finds

 

[JeffInMass]

You've got yourself quite the "hood" there- good luck as you continue to clean it out!

-- Jeff --

 

[dirtlooter]

you've gotten some awesome finds out of there, I totally love the flask valve

 

[Kurios1]

That's a haul of nice silver coins and cool relics. Great spot. I can't wait for cool weather and harvest time. WTG mate.

 

[StonedOregonhunter]

WOW what a field! That's the only place you need to hunt!! Great relics and coins, super awesome!
That dog tag might be a awesome relic to return to the family if they are still around I am sure they would appreciate that. Thanks for sharing how interesting

 

[CRUSADER]

The pewter piece is the top off of a lid to an 18th C tobacco tin/box.

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE ASSORTMENT of FINDS DownNDirty :..
Thanks for sharing!​

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[DownNDirty]

The pewter piece is the top off of a lid to an 18th C tobacco tin/box.

Thanks Cru!

 

[islamoradamark]

thanks for the good pictures every picture tells a story

 

[pepperj]

The pewter piece is the top off of a lid to an 18th C tobacco tin/box.

Yup, and when I dig one over here in my area I'm thinking ok I'm liking this as I'm digging old.

Great selection of finds from the "hood", these next few months for crops are longer than winter sometimes to stretch the itch. Best of luck on the return hunts when the harvester does it's magic.

 

[ARC]

Nice... looks like a good day in the hood for sure.

Well done.

PS>... If I were you... which after seeing those finds I will try to be... I would really work that spot... hard... over and over.

Each time... using either a different detector... OR... tweeking setting on current one.

Try after a good rain if possible as well.

No charge for my "tips". :P

 

[RVRoamer76]

Neat bit of History. That to me is the attraction. It's
all good finds !! Congratulations!!!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Wow, if that's the new definition of "The Hood", I'm packin up and moving to one. Those are some great finds. Congrats.

 

[Javadroid]

Very nice finds and great pics! Thanks for sharing -- let us see what else turns up.

 

[DownNDirty]

That's the hood , I'm lucky most days to find a wheat.. Great finds

You've got yourself quite the "hood" there- good luck as you continue to clean it out!

-- Jeff --

Thanks guys; I kinda like hanging out in the Hood, except it's a jungle out there now

 

[DownNDirty]

you've gotten some awesome finds out of there, I totally love the flask valve

Thanks looter. It's probably not military but I stuck it in there anyway

 

[DownNDirty]

That's a haul of nice silver coins and cool relics. Great spot. I can't wait for cool weather and harvest time. WTG mate.

Thanks K1. Me too-this hot weather is the pits

 

[DownNDirty]

WOW what a field! That's the only place you need to hunt!! Great relics and coins, super awesome!
That dog tag might be a awesome relic to return to the family if they are still around I am sure they would appreciate that. Thanks for sharing how interesting

hanks Stoned. I have put in a lot of time researching the soldier but come up completely empty-I guess they will stay in my collection. Pity though-I would have loved to have returned them to one of his descendents.