Scrappy
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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
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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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. 
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.
