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Got My Colonial Fix By Accident. First Drapped Bust Found. Plus Alot Of Others.

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Hey everyone,

Hope you all are getting out in this great spring weather. Last week I went to my frequent hot spot to do some hunting. I had a nice 4 silver dime day plus a few others.

I was out hunting alone because it was a Friday and everyone was working or in school. Saturday night Lance my brother decides to come over.

I said we'll get up early and head back out to the area were I got the silver dimes. As soon as we get there Lance pulls 2 silver dimes. I said man I found 2 yesterday right in the same area.

We kept hunting and about a few hrs into the hunt I had nothing to show for really. Until all the sudden I make my way up onto a small bluff.

It had a few creeks below it and was a beautiful little nook. And Hit a lone some flat button. I said to Lance found a colonial button. Not thinking anything of it.

I kept on swinging. A few months back I found a flat button in the area also. Didn't think much of it at the time either. Sometimes you find just one here and there.

But then I find another. Then another and so forth. I knew then something was up. There were no pine tree's around to mark the site. No old stones or walls.

There had to have been a small cabin that sat right on this perfectly level land. I ended up pulling out 9 flat buttons. Lance got one himself.

I also hit a nice 1818 large cent. But the find for me was one I didn't know I had. It was my first 1803 drapped bust half cent. I thought when I dug it was a flat button with the shank missing.

It wasn't until I got home and seen the words liberty at the top. Then I knew I had something. We worked the area for a few hrs. Crazy thing was there was no trash or relics.

Everything was a coin or a button. Found one nice large musket ball. And a really nice old charm with a runner on it. Lance found a barber and a merc there.

But other than that it was really quiet. The area was known to have settlers as far back as 1760. I think I hit one of there hidden cabin sites in the woods.

I usually have to look at old maps to find sites like these. I just happen to come across one by accident. The detector let me know of the age of the area.

I will be back soon. I don't think there is much left though. Like I said it was virtually hitless. Only hits were keepers. But you never know what you can miss.

Hope you all like the pics

HH Jer
 

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Here are some more

HH Jer
 

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Here are the items cleaned

HH Jer
 

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Re: Got My Colonial Fix By Accident. First Drapped Bust Found. Plus Alot Of Othe

Nice finds Jer and Lance! Congrats and HH, Mike
 
Way to go bud......Hope i can find a draped bust someday here in michigan.....doubt it though. Their beautiful coins.
 
Unbelievable!!!

Nice job.
 
JerDfx,

nice group of artifacts; outstanding coins.

Thanks for posting.

have a good un.........
SHERMANVILLE
 
Good stuff, Jer! I see you found another Pittsburgh Railways token, too. Interesting site, and long interval of time for the coins.
 
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Awesome coins and relics Jeremy! Barbers, Mercs,Buttons, A Large Cent and a Half Cent. Now that's some good hunting. The woods look pretty "hunter friendly" too. ;D

That 1803 half cent - only 92,000 minted. Congratulations.

Are Lance's finds included in your pics? If not tell that boy to get posting again. ;) ;D

Bob
 
Thanks alot everyone,

It was really nice to come across this site. I was already finding later 1800's coins and relics. Then I stumble onto something even older in a area I was already hunting.

I have been able to build up a pretty nice colonial collection. I can usually find about 1 of these sites per yr. This one though I give credit to the unit for the discovery.

I got about 20 large cents in the past 5 yrs or so. No half cents or early silver. It was nice to get this coin.

Here is a picture of Lance's keepers out on my porch wall.

HH Jer
 

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Those are great finds and a nice hunting site to boot.

HH and thanks for showing us.
 
WOW! Any of those coins would have been my best find ever! Congrats on the silver!

Ian
 
Great finds, Jer. Lance too!

Man, despite the low number of targets, I'd hit that spot hard. Quality over quantity (except for beer, then I need both)!!

MP
 
I don't know how you guy's do it but don't stop...Awesome dig's everytime you go out...Big congrat's Jer!!!....HH!!
 
Thanks alot guys,

I'm gonna go back and hit it again slow. There is a huge tree that just fell over right in the middle of the site. I know it's hiding finds.

It took me a good hr to locate the large cent. It was avg depth of about 8 inches or so. I seem to find them in the 8 to 12 inch range soil depending.

Civilman, I don't know how I do it sometimes. I seem to never have a bad hunt. A bad hunt for me is a few wheat cents. And alot of people have trouble locating those.

I'm just humble and love to treasure hunt. I'm not in it for money. I don't part with my finds. And I share all my sites with family members.

Really I'm the one they count on. If it wasn't for me knowing were to hunt and being a basic master on a tough unit. We wouldn't have the sucess that we've had.

I just know were to hunt now from doing it for a long while. Every outing is still tough. And it is still hard to be consistent.

Thanks again

HH Jer
 
Really nice finds
 

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