hit big at the test hole on the river

[geo4472]

had a WOW!!! kind of day

i had a very very good day of digging.found a rice stoneware,an r swinley & co quart hutch,an a.a. weller hutch,a boylan & sturr hutch,a wm t allen hutch,an old pipe with gold inlay has in gold writting french briar also on it,the lis to the little salve jar i found yesterday(as it turns out it is an e.ferrett agent roman eye balsam new york)jar. the articles are about the use of the stuff back in the day check out the age of this!!almost 172 yrs,found an old firemans little brass plaque tning that has a horseshoe and the word protection under it,a taylor's horehound balsam trenton nj and a few others thanks for looking

 

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[Bass]

WOW!!!! I really like the Rice stoneware!!! We need to put a limit on how much you can find in one week! I am jealous. This is like picking berries for you.



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[epackage]

Nice stuff Jim, I don't the firemans plaque you mentioned...

 

[geo4472]

Nice stuff Jim, I don't the firemans plaque you mentioned...

oops sorry here it is

 

[epackage]

Interesting, I'm wondering if it's fire related at all. I guess those three slots were for some sort of tabs that got folded over and held something else in place but it's too big to be a badge of any kind. I'm thinking it could have been part of a sign for a farrier at one of the stables in Paterson, is there anything in the circle or square below it?

 

[RelicDude]

How did that chamber pot survive. You have dug more in one day then I have all year. Keep them coming.

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[treasurehunter313]

Once again, just amazing.

 

[geo4472]

me and my "little butter cup"

to much rain last night made for a real..real short dig but i stayed long enough to find this little finger lamp ,a marble,and,a couple of buttons i didnt want to go away empty handed..ps i think i seen the top to the lamp i'll look next time i'm down there thanks for looking

 

[geo4472]

i just realized i already had the mantle for the little finger lamp found it a while back at the site(although it might not have been for this exact one)now i really want to find the brass work for it

 

[geo4472]

also just realized after looking back at my posts my cats are photo bombing me.......lol

 

[southern maine diver]

Hey Jim... Nice finds!!! I'm getting itchy to get back in the water... had my back surgery and vertebra fused about a month ago now, so I am living my bottle illness vicariously through you and all my friends on the internet. Hope all is going well for you. Maybe I'll have to take a long trip down for "re-hab" of course. The surgery was done in West Haven, Ct so it shouldn't be but another couple hours to get down to Paterson. Oh well, just a thought. I haven't had any work since last November, so I might as well do something, right? Stay safe and keep digging!!!

 

[geo4472]

old ih

still not able to dig because of the rain lately but the river has gone down and i noticed the old clay pipe and an indian head penny was exposed in my dirt pile from the hole i am digging (at least the rain is doing something for me) i still havent screened much but i mght start the the penny is rough but with my loupe i can see the date 1864 my oldest ih to date just wish it was in better shape

 

[Bass]

Nice pipe and coin. You should definitely sift

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[unclemac]

the thread that just wont die!! I love this!

 

[RelicDude]

Nicely done. You should deffinantly sift it. And congrats on the civil war era coinage. And a peroxide bath should clean that up.

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[geo4472]

Nicely done. You should deffinantly sift it. And congrats on the civil war era coinage. And a peroxide bath should clean that up.

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trying the peroxide now i'll post when done thanks

 

[geo4472]

after the bath

well here it is after the peroxide bath (5-6 hrs soak)

 

[geo4472]

as you can see ny the pics river still to close to hole but i tried anyway didnt find much but they are good.found an old tea pot lid,couple clay marbles,mini pill bottle??,consolidated fruit jar company liner and although you cant tell from pics the color of the strapside flask is like a light apple greenish color very nice thanks for looking

 

[RelicDude]

Looks like you got some more detail out of that Indian head nice. That river bank keeps giving. Nice flask.

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[geo4472]

another good day

found a lot of broken stuff but did manage a few keepers found a monster vintage marble(i need to post it in the marble section i think it might be valuable)a nice canning/apothacary jar??,a real nice mini flower vase looks to be 1800's i think it is victorian might be her herself setting on the thrown,an old bowl that is not to bad and the old water jug?? just to bad it is broke thanks for looking