Gorgeous 1749 Farthing, musket flints & roundball spill, colonial pewter plate, shoe

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Gorgeous 1749 Farthing, musket flints & roundball spill, colonial pewter plate, shoe

What an excellent trip I had! My buddy, and Tnet member Ahab8, was kind enough to invite OutdoorAdv and myself to his area for a weekend of nonstop colonial digs.

The hunt included some Camping and lobster, boat rides, and of course some goodies.



We started with an 1812 site where I dug a lot of musketballs and a beautiful pewter infantry button.



I spent a large part of my time there at a nearby colonial foundation. Arguably my best find was a pewter plate, complete with knife scores left by some colonist chopping up his vittles.




I did some test holes sifting, and found a few old things.

Later we were hiking around looking for a fort used to ward off the Indians. I don't know if what I found was related, but I found a phenomenal roundball and gun flint spill. Brad helped me dig them all out. Wow!



(After this pic was taken we continued to find more)

Also dug was a shoe buckle and a KG2 young head.



Our final stop produced a big shocker - although pounded, I was able to unearth the nicest condition copper I've ever dug - a 1749 KG II Farthing!



Here is the War of 1812/colonial sifting finds. Note the cartridge box finial



The musketball/flint spill. Super rare to find flint!!!



A few quickly processed iron pieces....

The keepers:



1749 Farthing



Young Head KG II



War of 1812 pewter Infantry button. Killer shape too...



And the colonial pewter plate. These are rarely dug.

A highly regarded expert said, " Very cool and unusual find! Those were so hard to damage or destroy that they were almost never discarded"....



And the memories...







A big thanks to Abe (AHAB8) for being about as good of a host and friend a person could ask for. He's a top notch hunter and a great fella. He put us on some great sites and we all had some crazy good finds. We all had a blast and I will venture to say Brad (OutdoorAdv) is one of the nicest people one could know. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy!

Steve

 

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[gwdigger]

What an amazing time you must've had. Really quite a haul of great finds. The farthing is just sick. But I do like the plate the best.

 

[Stef45]

WOW! Dude that Farthing came out looking great! Not to mention the intact buckle and an incredible button! Congrats man

 

[JBnNC]

It looks like you guys were on a true adventure....thanks for the boat/camp photos, I felt like I was there. Love the finds too!--JB

 

[Scrappy]

What an amazing time you must've had. Really quite a haul of great finds. The farthing is just sick. But I do like the plate the best.

Thanks Gary. I don't think the photo is clear enough but the saw marks from many a'knife takes that plate to another level. I'll try and get a close up.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

I'm voting for banner for that lobster. Never seen one of those pop up at an early site ... ha! Joking aside, it looks like you guys had another absolutely awesome time of digging and comradery, not to mention all the great finds. That's gorgeous and not often seen farthing really stands out. But my 2 favorites are that pewter plate and the musketball and flint cache, and I don't recall seeing either of those posted before. BTW - are there any markings on the plate?? Glad you guys had a ball - just wish I could have been there to experience the adventure, although I'm not much for roughing it . Excellent post Steve!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the hunt, keepers and friendship!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Another awesome trip with two great friends My jaw dropped when you walked over with that damn pewter plate I had a great time pulling those musket balls and flints out with you and I'm really glad you called me over. A hunter or soldier sat in that very spot 200+ years ago and when he stood up, he left his leather cartridge pouch behind. What an awesome site to see all those musket balls, buck and ball and flint come out of the dirt. And the farthing had me sprinting back to the truck to fetch my GPX drooling the whole way there. You killed it my friend. What a great time with lots of laughs and killer relics all around. I took my pictures today and at some point I'll get my post together.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

... are there any markings on the plate?? ...

That was the first thing I said too... unfortunately it was in a fire, although not close enough to melt it entirely, you can see where about half of it began to become fluid as it melted. So if there were any hallmarks, they are not there anymore. However, like Steve mentioned, the unmelted part is incredible and you can see knife cut marks on the plate where they cut the food they were eating. Those usage marks make that place that much more personal. Really cool!

 

[Mr. Digger]

That farthing is insanely good. Congrats!

 

[ironhorse]

Now that's a hunt that I could totally get behind and in to!
All those early finds are my kind of thing, like them all!

 

[joeyfresh]

Another awesome adventure in the Great White North...or is that Alaska? Anyway, the finds are spectacular and I'm starting to think that all of the KG farthings were lost in Maine. I'm partial to the balls and flint spill with the finial that really hammers home the story. Great post Steve-o!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Looks like the Great White North Part II was another great success. A big to Abe. Love that War of 1812 Infantry button and the farthing is spectacular. The musketball and gunflint spill had to be a thrill to dig. Did you sift the spot to make sure you got all the gunflints? Not sure if you have ID the heart shaped piece, but it is an 1850s suspender buckle. Some were stamped with patriotic designs.

 

[highnam]

Great suspender buckle...I think that pewter plate is oozing character. Nice digs!

 

[Scrappy]

WOW! Dude that Farthing came out looking great! Not to mention the intact buckle and an incredible button! Congrats man

Thanks Nick! I like to see what others gravitate toward. For me I can't decide, but I do know it was a killer time and all due to Abe bringing us to some killer sites. Thanks for looking buddy

 

[nsdq]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

 

[Scrappy]

I'm voting for banner for that lobster. Never seen one of those pop up at an early site ... ha! Joking aside, it looks like you guys had another absolutely awesome time of digging and comradery, not to mention all the great finds. That's gorgeous and not often seen farthing really stands out. But my 2 favorites are that pewter plate and the musketball and flint cache, and I don't recall seeing either of those posted before. BTW - are there any markings on the plate?? Glad you guys had a ball - just wish I could have been there to experience the adventure, although I'm not much for roughing it . Excellent post Steve!

Bill that Laaaawbsta' just crawled out of the hole and handed me that Infantry button! Lol. There was a lot of good times and good finds had. What made that flint/musketball spill so much fun was having Brad there helping me dig them out. We were like kids on Christmas. Wish you were there buddy

 

[Diggin Dude]

Great post!!! Fabulous finds! I really like the Farthing, it has great detail for a dug copper!
Musket ball spill with flint is just incredible! Congrats and HH

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on another great bunch of finds and thanks for a nice post

 

[ARC]

Super finds... good times... what more could you ask for.

Well done guys.