Derek752
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I headed to a spot Barry found last month , Its actually the site of Henry S. the man that got a musketball in the face at the battle of Oriskany. His main home was on the east side of the road named after him and he apparently had something going on on the west side of the road and about 200 yards to a bare slope of a field. His home on the east was also on a sloping hill.
There is about 50% bare area here ( grazing cows and plenty of manure surprises !
) with the other 50% unhuntable due to EXTREMELY THICK grass 
This is the site where last month I dug the Geo II 1729 and the beautiful Brown Bess brass side piece.
I had plans to hunt here only for a little while then proceed west in search of the fort but last nights cold temps had the grassy brush wilting a bit so I decided to tweak a few settings on the DFX and really buckle down.
Now with any site of a long since gone colonial home in my experience here is theres always a perimeter of main activity and on the other side of that imaginary line finds drop of dramatically. So aware of that I paced back & forth where I made my best finds last time here listening for the fringe targets ( lotta iron at this site ) I dug anything that had a twinge inbetween iron ID's and my first good find was a rather large pewter spoon at 12+ inches deep ( sorry the picture is not the best ).
About 10 feet from the spoon I dug a pewter button at close to 8 inches. This button was laying face side down which is why the design isnt completely gone like on the back of the button. Now about 10 feet from that button I dug the 2nd pewter button of the day. This button a generic and plain.
Third button is a vented type with a kind of twist tie wire on the back for attachment
Towards the bottom of the slope and fighting some of the thick grass I heard a upper tone bounching inbetween the iron at a depth of 9 inches...Pinpointed and dug and dug and dug...up to my elbow after 15 or so minutes and out pops what I though was a large generic colonial button but upon closer examination I realized it was my 2nd Geo II to find here so far ( Barry got a Lg cent here and also a Vermontisim coppa ) and theres got to be more. Also every hole dug has also produced small pieces of glass , brick , and broken dish pieces.
I believe the home and other buildings Henry S. built here were torched during the raid on the valley in 1780. I have read a detailed account that Joe Brandt was very near Henry's home during that raid and while digging several targets I have found charred wood
Talked to Barry and Rock this evening and suggested next week we haul a couple lawnmowers to this site and tackle the thick grass
Derek
Take Care and GOOD Hunting Everyone
There is about 50% bare area here ( grazing cows and plenty of manure surprises !
) with the other 50% unhuntable due to EXTREMELY THICK grass This is the site where last month I dug the Geo II 1729 and the beautiful Brown Bess brass side piece.
I had plans to hunt here only for a little while then proceed west in search of the fort but last nights cold temps had the grassy brush wilting a bit so I decided to tweak a few settings on the DFX and really buckle down.
Now with any site of a long since gone colonial home in my experience here is theres always a perimeter of main activity and on the other side of that imaginary line finds drop of dramatically. So aware of that I paced back & forth where I made my best finds last time here listening for the fringe targets ( lotta iron at this site ) I dug anything that had a twinge inbetween iron ID's and my first good find was a rather large pewter spoon at 12+ inches deep ( sorry the picture is not the best ).
About 10 feet from the spoon I dug a pewter button at close to 8 inches. This button was laying face side down which is why the design isnt completely gone like on the back of the button. Now about 10 feet from that button I dug the 2nd pewter button of the day. This button a generic and plain.
Third button is a vented type with a kind of twist tie wire on the back for attachment
Towards the bottom of the slope and fighting some of the thick grass I heard a upper tone bounching inbetween the iron at a depth of 9 inches...Pinpointed and dug and dug and dug...up to my elbow after 15 or so minutes and out pops what I though was a large generic colonial button but upon closer examination I realized it was my 2nd Geo II to find here so far ( Barry got a Lg cent here and also a Vermontisim coppa ) and theres got to be more. Also every hole dug has also produced small pieces of glass , brick , and broken dish pieces.
I believe the home and other buildings Henry S. built here were torched during the raid on the valley in 1780. I have read a detailed account that Joe Brandt was very near Henry's home during that raid and while digging several targets I have found charred wood
Talked to Barry and Rock this evening and suggested next week we haul a couple lawnmowers to this site and tackle the thick grass
Derek
Take Care and GOOD Hunting Everyone
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BUT one of my best finds ever came from underneath a fresh steamy cow patty , A 1787 club rays fine Fugio ! Maybe the cows know something ? ! ? 
