Finally My first Bennie !!!! Gold Button, large cents !!!

[The Seeker]

Going detecting on Sunday has been a tradition for many years ,and lately its been hard to get out with plenty of work and the weather on sundays has started to go down hill....Raining a steady drizzle I decided to go and get permission to hunt an old intersection area in Sardinia NY.... On my 1850's map it shows the intersection where 4 old home sites use to be now there all gone...nothing there but grass fields . Finding permission was easy since the owners of 2 of the 4 lots were right next to the site...Both ladies said go ahead with no problem and had no idea the home sites were even there, but I knew....So as I detected the the first one I found the gold flower button right away...then the 1843 large cent , then some brass or copper pieces and part of an old sleigh bell...around the back of where the house was I found 2 large cents in the same hole..another with a hole in it 1848 and one you can barely read....Finding stuff like this is common at those early 1800's home sites...after another large cent and more buttons and relics...I decided to take a break and have lunch and that was good timing the rain had stopped and now it was time to go on the other property..... after a Short while I was not getting any hits...nothing, some sites are like that, but a short time later I pulled out a wheat cent 1952-D...Well thats ok now I know there was something there but not old ,now I'm thinking there may have been a house here well after the old site was gone...starting finding some foil and junk hits....Suddenly got a monster hit at only 3 to 4 inches....out came a large silver coin and I am hoping its a bust or seated....but not today it was a Ben franklin 1954 half....My first one...have never found a bennie! So that was a nice surprise! so after a while longer and no more good targets I decided to quit for the day.....Next week will be another day!!! HH

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Did a little research on your Four Corners area so you would know who's stuff you are finding.

It was called Colgroves Corners, named after Dr. Bela Colgrove. Alot of descendants from the Colgrove family became Doctors.

In 1820 Dr. Bela H. Colgrove established himself as the first physician of the town in a place, which afterwards got the name of Colgrove's Corners.[1] He became a well known and prominent physician through a great part of Erie, Cattaraugus and Genesee Counties, and in dangerous cases he often was called even into the state of Pennsylvania. For several terms he served the town as supervisor, and in 1822 he was a member of the assembly. Gradually the town grew and became prosperous, and as early as 1840 the southern and eastern parts were pretty well populated; less satisfactory progress, however, was noticeable in the north-western part, and while in 1850 in those first mentioned parts of the town all the blockhouses had given away to modern houses, in other parts they could be found until 1880 and later. When the territory of Sardinia was first visited by white settlers, it was a part of the town of Willink (Niagara County). On March 20th, 1820, the town of Concord was formed; out of it the town of Sardinia was created on March 16th, 1821.
Colegrove, Dr. B.D., b. Apr. 20, 1797 (of Coventry, R.I.); d.
Mar. 19, 1874.
Colegrove, Elizaines Ives, his wife, d. Sept. 20, 1852, aged 45 yrs
Buried in Sardinia Cemetary.

The D Butler is David , Son of John Butler. David served as Town Supervisor 1888-1889

Andrews, Thomas T., b. Aug. 1, 1828; d. Feb. 20, 1907or 1908; also in Sardinia Cemetary...No stone

Shepard, Asenath Bronson, d. Oct. 1, 1854, aged 85-1-12.

 

[Nana40]

SEEKER! What great finds!

Congrats! And keep 'em coming!

Great story!

 

[River Rat]

Seeker,

Congratulations...awesome digs.

HH
River

 

[birdman]

Looks like you had an amazing day!! Congrats.

 

[TimmyNY]

Wait a min When I meet you Sun morning you said it raining too hard to go detecting then when I leave you go out anyway? No calls I see where I rate

wheres Jims number

Tim

 

[The Seeker]

Wait a min When I meet you Sun morning you said it raining too hard to go detecting then when I leave you go out anyway? No calls I see where I rate

wheres Jims number

Tim

Well lets see, when you left and had to go home it was raining...and when I left Earls after having my scrambled eggs ,homefries and rye toast...the rain had stopped so I decided to go back to the 4 corners and hunt ...But I thought I told you, Jeff was coming down to hunt with me! lolol HH

 

[Diggincoinz]

Nice digs!

 

[The Seeker]

Thanks for all the kind words and those old sites give up some nice old coins.....HH