BuckleBoy
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Hey all,
Well, I was recently bemoaning the fact that I hadn't been out digging for so long due to the crappy rain that has been dumping on us, making all digging impossible. The rain is ok when you can walk the row tops before planting, but when there is a ton of rain after the cane has rattooned, you're asking for trouble with a property owner if you walk the tops of the rows to avoid the mud!
As luck would have it, Shanegalang and I both got the day free, so we decided to hit the fields in advance of the tropical storm brewing in the gulf! Glad we went. Hit up our old trusty tavern site. She has been pounded hard over the past two years, and the signals are few and far between. Worked about 7 hours for the combined finds you see below.
Here's the video for this excellent hunt:
One of the first finds I made I eyeballed where it had washed out of the rows from the hard rain. Laying there face-up in the sunshine was an 1832 Capped Bust half dime! It took me 20 years to find my first one (thanks, Hill Billy!)--but I'm glad it didn't take me another 20 to dig Capped #2!
Next thing I know, Shanegalang's got him a Shield Nickel. When I round the next row, he's in a digging frenzy, bagging a worn-smooth nickel (second Shield) and a silver spoon handle. I got a couple flat buttons, half a pewter button, and picked up a couple clay pipe stems to add to the collection. Next thing I know, he's got a KILLER Federal Era watch winder with a man on horseback on one side, and an angel/cherub with bow and arrow on the other!
I got part of a spur and a couple musketballs on the next swath, which was some consolation. Then I dug a tiny buckle which I think may be a knee buckle (see my finds photo below). I'd appreciate someone giving me the "yes" or "no" on the ID of the tiny buckle.
Finally I dug a piece which I suspected might be a piece of my Spanish Military Cap Badge. I have been trying to find more of this every hunt, hoping that even though the signals have dwindled at the site, that there is more of it to be found. Right now I am missing 50% of the cap badge, and was concerned that someone might have broken the badge in half before tossing it out, and only half was there. Well, this find today gives me hope that the rest is out there somewhere. It is the lowest bit of THE OTHER HALF of the badge! (Basically, the ornamental feathers terminate in an eagle claw on the lower left.)
Here are some of the other finds. Not sure what the first button means. It says "WARRANTED TO NOT CUT"
Here is a fragment of pottery of a type I have not seen before. Any ideas on the age?
Now, fragments like the one below I have found before. It is redware with a brown glaze and rim frosting on the reverse side:
At any rate, here are the finds photos for myself and Shanegalang:
And a photo of the new piece of the lower left half of the Spanish Cap Badge in the display with the right half that I had previously recovered. Nice display from that site.
Shame the targets are getting thin out there.
Best Wishes,
Buck
Well, I was recently bemoaning the fact that I hadn't been out digging for so long due to the crappy rain that has been dumping on us, making all digging impossible. The rain is ok when you can walk the row tops before planting, but when there is a ton of rain after the cane has rattooned, you're asking for trouble with a property owner if you walk the tops of the rows to avoid the mud!
As luck would have it, Shanegalang and I both got the day free, so we decided to hit the fields in advance of the tropical storm brewing in the gulf! Glad we went. Hit up our old trusty tavern site. She has been pounded hard over the past two years, and the signals are few and far between. Worked about 7 hours for the combined finds you see below.
Here's the video for this excellent hunt:
One of the first finds I made I eyeballed where it had washed out of the rows from the hard rain. Laying there face-up in the sunshine was an 1832 Capped Bust half dime! It took me 20 years to find my first one (thanks, Hill Billy!)--but I'm glad it didn't take me another 20 to dig Capped #2!
Next thing I know, Shanegalang's got him a Shield Nickel. When I round the next row, he's in a digging frenzy, bagging a worn-smooth nickel (second Shield) and a silver spoon handle. I got a couple flat buttons, half a pewter button, and picked up a couple clay pipe stems to add to the collection. Next thing I know, he's got a KILLER Federal Era watch winder with a man on horseback on one side, and an angel/cherub with bow and arrow on the other!
I got part of a spur and a couple musketballs on the next swath, which was some consolation. Then I dug a tiny buckle which I think may be a knee buckle (see my finds photo below). I'd appreciate someone giving me the "yes" or "no" on the ID of the tiny buckle.
Finally I dug a piece which I suspected might be a piece of my Spanish Military Cap Badge. I have been trying to find more of this every hunt, hoping that even though the signals have dwindled at the site, that there is more of it to be found. Right now I am missing 50% of the cap badge, and was concerned that someone might have broken the badge in half before tossing it out, and only half was there. Well, this find today gives me hope that the rest is out there somewhere. It is the lowest bit of THE OTHER HALF of the badge! (Basically, the ornamental feathers terminate in an eagle claw on the lower left.)
Here are some of the other finds. Not sure what the first button means. It says "WARRANTED TO NOT CUT"
Here is a fragment of pottery of a type I have not seen before. Any ideas on the age?
Now, fragments like the one below I have found before. It is redware with a brown glaze and rim frosting on the reverse side:
At any rate, here are the finds photos for myself and Shanegalang:
And a photo of the new piece of the lower left half of the Spanish Cap Badge in the display with the right half that I had previously recovered. Nice display from that site.
Shame the targets are getting thin out there.Best Wishes,
Buck
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Congrats on the half dime Will. That find couldn't have been any easier laying right on top sunning itself. That watch winder is the bomb too. Congrats to Shane. 
