Scrappy
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- Mar 6, 2014
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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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