romeo-1
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Yesterday I started the morning by taking my two year old for a walk around a very old and very historic fort near where I live. We were walking past some ramparts where the grass had eroded away leave just soil when I noticed a glint of gold. I scrambled up the bank and lo and behold a gold coin! I immediately saw the ship on one side and my heart started racing a mile a minute! It was heavy but when I flipped it over the excitement died. Turns out it is a 1933 commemorative coin for a visit to the last American whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan. Given the age of the fort and the history associated with it I think my excitement was well called for, if short lived.
In the afternoon I was able to get out for a couple solo detecting hours to the field I've been hunting this past fall. So far it has not let me down and yesterday was no different. I concentrated on an area that I've ignored, except for one pass through the first day I was there (with Iron Patch and Iron Horse). Surprisingly lot's of targets. Got the usual couple musket balls including a pistol round, a couple lead disc's, spoon frag with silver "X" and the finds of the day. 1st is a 1723 Woods Hibernia copper in the typical crusty condition but easily identifiable.
The find of the day came as a complete surprise. In the field I thought it was a bent coin so into the pouch for later identification. When I got home I was able to see what I thought was a number "1" inside a tudor rose. I did my internet research and was coming up blank. I hit Iron Patch with a PM and asked if he was familiar with that motif but we were still coming up blank. Finally I found a picture online and slapped myself on the forehead! It wasn't a "1" inside a tudor rose...it was. "4". Iron Patch and I knew exactly what that was...a King's American Regiment officer's button!!! It's a little bent and it's crusty but the history is there! From my first hunt with Iron Patch a KAR Loyalist button has been my #1 want...I never thought I would find one within eyesight of my own house! I'm thinking that with a little care I'll be able to coax some detail out of this button.
In the afternoon I was able to get out for a couple solo detecting hours to the field I've been hunting this past fall. So far it has not let me down and yesterday was no different. I concentrated on an area that I've ignored, except for one pass through the first day I was there (with Iron Patch and Iron Horse). Surprisingly lot's of targets. Got the usual couple musket balls including a pistol round, a couple lead disc's, spoon frag with silver "X" and the finds of the day. 1st is a 1723 Woods Hibernia copper in the typical crusty condition but easily identifiable.
The find of the day came as a complete surprise. In the field I thought it was a bent coin so into the pouch for later identification. When I got home I was able to see what I thought was a number "1" inside a tudor rose. I did my internet research and was coming up blank. I hit Iron Patch with a PM and asked if he was familiar with that motif but we were still coming up blank. Finally I found a picture online and slapped myself on the forehead! It wasn't a "1" inside a tudor rose...it was. "4". Iron Patch and I knew exactly what that was...a King's American Regiment officer's button!!! It's a little bent and it's crusty but the history is there! From my first hunt with Iron Patch a KAR Loyalist button has been my #1 want...I never thought I would find one within eyesight of my own house! I'm thinking that with a little care I'll be able to coax some detail out of this button.
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Yes I do, I may have to make a trip there! just think I almost moved down your way a number of years ago...just think of the dirt we would've covered!
