funkman
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Sorry I haven't been on in a while. Have been doing work on the house in my free time. Anyway I took off last week and on Thursday Bergie had invited me to one of the sites he has searched with Earthworks. It is a colonial era house that is now a historical society. Bergie gave me the lay of the land and where things have been found at this site and we just took off in different directions. I went behind the barn that the director of the historical society said the dirt had been disturbed before. Well either I hit a section that hadn't been touched or old earth was put down there because I pulled out the bowl of a silver or pewter spoon. Then searching the spot some more found the broken off handle of the same spoon. The back marking shows "Wm. Rogers & Son AA".
Searching more behind the barn I found a fork that was made by the same company. This fork was whole. Searching more came up with various unknown metal objects that I left there so the historical society could figure out what they were and determine if they wanted to display them or not.
Went around to the front of the house main lawn and found a spoon to match the fork. These two items I also left for the historical society.
Searching more of the land brought a lot of rusted farm equipment back to the surface.
Bergie meanwhile had been hitting the ground hard also and could only bring up more rusted items and some horse tack items. We both kept getting great signals on the detectors and got our hopes dashed when another rusty item appeared.
Around the back of the house near I did manage to pull up some kind of case. I showed it to Bergie and he opened it and there were pieces of broken glass inside and we both thought it was an old pocket watch but after bringing it home and washing some of the dirt off it does not classify as a pocket watch in my eyes. It has a spinning plate inside that is like a spice container. You spin it and you have a round opening that would be for a big amount of the spice to come out and you spin it some more and then you have little holes that would allow a little of the spice to come out. I am wondering if it was some kind of tobacco container for when people use to roll there own cigarettes. Take a look at the photos and help me out with this one. I also noticed on a ring that went around the inside that it is stamped "Made in U.S.A." Don't know when they started stamping that on items but might help to age it. Looks like it was brass or copper from the patina.
ALso found what might be a childs bracelet. Rang up with a great coin tone. It measures roughly 2 1/4 inches in diameter. Can't see any markings on it but it looks and feels like a bracelet.
Bergie hit a spot that was a trash dump from the shells and stuff that were there. He managed to pull a nice flat button out of it that was close to the surface. Cleaning it a bit showed a pattern around the outer edge of it but it would need to be further cleaned to show more detail. Bergie felt that this would be a nice thing to leave for the society so he did. I believe it was a button from either the late 1700's or early 1800's. Nice find for Bergie.
No coins showed up unfortunately but this place was hit before by Bergie and Earthworks and also another person. There might be more coins there just have to wait until they decide to tell the detectors where they are.
Thanks to Bergie to inviting me to a great site and for a good day and thanks for reading and looking at the pics.
Funkman
Searching more behind the barn I found a fork that was made by the same company. This fork was whole. Searching more came up with various unknown metal objects that I left there so the historical society could figure out what they were and determine if they wanted to display them or not.
Went around to the front of the house main lawn and found a spoon to match the fork. These two items I also left for the historical society.
Searching more of the land brought a lot of rusted farm equipment back to the surface.
Bergie meanwhile had been hitting the ground hard also and could only bring up more rusted items and some horse tack items. We both kept getting great signals on the detectors and got our hopes dashed when another rusty item appeared.
Around the back of the house near I did manage to pull up some kind of case. I showed it to Bergie and he opened it and there were pieces of broken glass inside and we both thought it was an old pocket watch but after bringing it home and washing some of the dirt off it does not classify as a pocket watch in my eyes. It has a spinning plate inside that is like a spice container. You spin it and you have a round opening that would be for a big amount of the spice to come out and you spin it some more and then you have little holes that would allow a little of the spice to come out. I am wondering if it was some kind of tobacco container for when people use to roll there own cigarettes. Take a look at the photos and help me out with this one. I also noticed on a ring that went around the inside that it is stamped "Made in U.S.A." Don't know when they started stamping that on items but might help to age it. Looks like it was brass or copper from the patina.
ALso found what might be a childs bracelet. Rang up with a great coin tone. It measures roughly 2 1/4 inches in diameter. Can't see any markings on it but it looks and feels like a bracelet.
Bergie hit a spot that was a trash dump from the shells and stuff that were there. He managed to pull a nice flat button out of it that was close to the surface. Cleaning it a bit showed a pattern around the outer edge of it but it would need to be further cleaned to show more detail. Bergie felt that this would be a nice thing to leave for the society so he did. I believe it was a button from either the late 1700's or early 1800's. Nice find for Bergie.
No coins showed up unfortunately but this place was hit before by Bergie and Earthworks and also another person. There might be more coins there just have to wait until they decide to tell the detectors where they are.
Thanks to Bergie to inviting me to a great site and for a good day and thanks for reading and looking at the pics.
Funkman
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