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Hello All!
Dug for a bit yesterday, got a little frustrated in the beginning, recovering lots of copper nails & casting spills. Anyone seen nails bent like this at perfect 90'?
I dig a lot of copper nails, but only these bent ones at this site, in my last 2 hunts I must have 15-20 of them, all bent in same spot, same angle.
I moved away from the water closer to the 6' granite seawall, here I started off with several musketballs, imagine they were dropped by sentries walking the wall.
Also the 2 brass round stock pieces, found many in the past, now I know what they are from, they were driven though holes (note mushrooming on one) drilled in a former seawall that collapsed & broke the rods at the points they connected the individual stones.
2 pieces of flint or chert stone, not native to this area, from a ballast
The 2nd broken coat hook in as many days, thinking first they might be broken triggers :P
I got a large iron hit that turned out to be a buried track rail, used to haul boats out.
alongside was a weak signal, retrieved it & when I picked it up assumed it was a late year large cent as it was thick and heavy, a rinse in a puddle revealed an 1801 Draped Cent in the best condition I've dug, (drapes I find are usually worn thin) clear date, fraction and obverse, covered in rusty patina, I'm thrilled
Next I dig a George V Half Penny, 1916, and a very toasted Canada Large Cent.
Figuring I've got enough for the day, I pack it up & head out, usually I keep digging til the rising tide forces me to stop.
I can't help but keep looking at the Draped on my drive home, (worse than texting while driving!) and figure it's proximity to the iron is what kept the detail.
Give all the finds a final freshwater rinse in my sink, and use a toothbrush to gently remove some more of the rusty residue from my Draped, and Oh No! most of the detail disappears
Should have just paintbrushed a layer of dilute elmers glue to hold it together.
Given it still has a weight of 9.8 grams, I am surprised how much detail is gone.
No more cleaning coppers for me, a freshwater rinse is all. Lesson learned
I also got a crusty zinc cent! these are not a common find where I dig
Thanks for reading my tale of woe, but copper is copper and I would have been very pleased to dig this in its present condition, it's just the thought of what could have been.
The gold will come next and I won't have to clean that
Good Day & Great Digs to All
Dug for a bit yesterday, got a little frustrated in the beginning, recovering lots of copper nails & casting spills. Anyone seen nails bent like this at perfect 90'?
I dig a lot of copper nails, but only these bent ones at this site, in my last 2 hunts I must have 15-20 of them, all bent in same spot, same angle.
I moved away from the water closer to the 6' granite seawall, here I started off with several musketballs, imagine they were dropped by sentries walking the wall.
Also the 2 brass round stock pieces, found many in the past, now I know what they are from, they were driven though holes (note mushrooming on one) drilled in a former seawall that collapsed & broke the rods at the points they connected the individual stones.
2 pieces of flint or chert stone, not native to this area, from a ballast
The 2nd broken coat hook in as many days, thinking first they might be broken triggers :P
I got a large iron hit that turned out to be a buried track rail, used to haul boats out.
alongside was a weak signal, retrieved it & when I picked it up assumed it was a late year large cent as it was thick and heavy, a rinse in a puddle revealed an 1801 Draped Cent in the best condition I've dug, (drapes I find are usually worn thin) clear date, fraction and obverse, covered in rusty patina, I'm thrilled
Next I dig a George V Half Penny, 1916, and a very toasted Canada Large Cent.
Figuring I've got enough for the day, I pack it up & head out, usually I keep digging til the rising tide forces me to stop.
I can't help but keep looking at the Draped on my drive home, (worse than texting while driving!) and figure it's proximity to the iron is what kept the detail.
Give all the finds a final freshwater rinse in my sink, and use a toothbrush to gently remove some more of the rusty residue from my Draped, and Oh No! most of the detail disappears
Should have just paintbrushed a layer of dilute elmers glue to hold it together.
Given it still has a weight of 9.8 grams, I am surprised how much detail is gone.
No more cleaning coppers for me, a freshwater rinse is all. Lesson learned
I also got a crusty zinc cent! these are not a common find where I dig
Thanks for reading my tale of woe, but copper is copper and I would have been very pleased to dig this in its present condition, it's just the thought of what could have been.
The gold will come next and I won't have to clean that
Good Day & Great Digs to All
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Most of the old gates and boards in sheds and barns had there nails bent over if they came through the other side. If most of the boards were the same thickness, then all the nails would be bent about the same spot. If they were never pulled out and the wood rotted away, they would look like what you found. Thanks for keeping the hobby alive for all us waiting for spring 
Paul 
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