first finds for the fall

[ironhorse]

Getting back to some serious detecting this fall has been high on a list of priorities for some time now. I got back to an old favourite site with Iron Patch yesterday, we had mixed results with fair conditions, I was hoping for more finds but the former potato field was still hilly and full of vegetation, could have been better, but still good to get back. We checked an adjacent field that supposedly held a Loyalist site, we agreed it was perhaps at the end of that era but not much after, still Georgian we continued to hunt with a few finds, but nothing of great importance came out. We also continued some scouting some fields with no real results.
Although our finds weren't spectacular we did have an enjoyable day and hope to have many more before our season ends. My finds of the day were typical of our sites, a few buttons, a couple of old worn out coppers, a couple of nitnoids ,mine included a piece of musket brass and a flint that I eyeballed. My favourite find of the day was nice old brooch that had a hunting motif.
One side had a clear stone with a carved fox?, and the other had a similar design carved in a black stone( a fox or perhaps a hound) unfortunately it was damaged. All in all, it was a great kickoff, and the rest of the season should be just as interesting.

First pic shows the days haul(less the garbage of course) the days heartstopper was a modern silver found on the colonial site, I thought that I was on the old silver board until I saw that it wasn't from the 1700's or 1800's, I guess you can't have it all, all of the time.

Next pics are of the brooch

 

[umrgolf]

Nice digs IH That seal is really nice... You guys will be onto a killer spot sooner or later I'm sure

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Sweet find, congratulations

 

[CRUSADER]

the more I look at it, the more I'm tending to agree with Crusader and say it's a double sided seal
in fact IP did say that very thing when he saw it for the first time as well

if you notice there's a hole at either end, like it was hung in a 'hanger' of some sort, I've noticed a couple of similar finds recently which made me think brooch, one had a pictureframe too anyways that was cool too

either way it's a nice addition to my collection

Its likely it was more decorative (fashion item) than functional (although could have been used). It would have swivelled on a pendant around the neck.

 

[ironhorse]

the more I look at it, the more I'm tending to agree with Crusader and say it's a double sided seal
in fact IP did say that very thing when he saw it for the first time as well

if you notice there's a hole at either end, like it was hung in a 'hanger' of some sort, I've noticed a couple of similar finds recently which made me think brooch, one had a pictureframe too anyways that was cool too

either way it's a nice addition to my collection

Its likely it was more decorative (fashion item) than functional (although could have been used). It would have swivelled on a pendant around the neck.

oh yes, purely decorative, my guess is that it was a fob on a watchchain

 

[timekiller]

One that's kinda close in style here IH,but what ever it is it's neat and not that bad for finds by no means.It's tough to hit that slammer everytime I know.For me it's like a melt down just trying to put myself in a place that it could be possible to make a slammer.You guy's will knock one over the fence shortly.
Take Care,
Pete,
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