Hot spot at the Old Colonial Road - 6th copper of the year !

[vpone]

Hello All,

vp here, I had some time this afternoon so I went to my favorite spot to hunt for a while. The old colonial road goes right thru the middle of a very large group of cornfields - looking at satellite maps and doing some speculating, I've been able to pin it down to where I think it actually was 200 years ago, but the problem is I have only been able to find coins/artifacts on a small section of the road. So I've been second guessing myself a bit lately.

Well not anymore, I found a spot on the other end of the road today and it is exactly where i thought it ran ... now i have a beginning and end point to the road - so working the middle should be fairly easy

ANYWAY - i spent a total of 2-1/2hrs today but only found this stuff in the last 45 mins - so i left pretty happy

2 buttons, 1 has a 14 with a crown above it (don't think that one is colonial though), a piece of metal that has a 1/2 on it, a shot musketball, a part of a spoon handle, and then what i think is a lady's brass ring ()

also pictured is my 6th copper of the year - another slug
and a button that has silver color left on it - this button caused me much distress as you can imagine, i pulled it from the dirt and immediately saw the silver,

i said ok - silver dime ? no too thin ...
OK, my first REALE !!!
brushed it a bit and found the stub of the shank - BUTTON !!!!!!
still cursing a bit over that one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for looking

vp

 

[BuckleBoy]

Well done! The great thing about google earth is that you can run a line across the field and print it out. There's your road! Nice work, and excellent research, Vpone.

Now that's some Pone Dry Datectin'




-Buckles

 

[ModernMiner]

Great hunt VP. Some very nice finds. I can see why that silver button would have had your heart racing. Any stamping on the inside of that ring?
Did your arms get that big from metal detecting?
Congrats,
MM

 

[vpone]

Well done! The great thing about google earth is that you can run a line across the field and print it out. There's your road! Nice work, and excellent research, Vpone.

Now that's some Pone Dry Datectin'




-Buckles

hey thanks buckles !!
and can i use that one "Pone Dry Datectin' " ha - that's too good to pass up !!!

take care

vp

 

[vpone]

Great hunt VP. Some very nice finds. I can see why that silver button would have had your heart racing. Any stamping on the inside of that ring?
Did your arms get that big from metal detecting?
Congrats,
MM

yeah MM that silver button got me bad, still gets me 'cause i thought at the very least i had some sort of silver ...
oh well, i did check the insdie of the ring and it had an "S7" not sure what it means, but it's there plain as day - thanks for suggesting it.

take care,

vp

PS: i love detecting, but man my arms are sore some days afterwards, that detector is HEAVY for me
LOL

 

[BuckleBoy]

Well done! The great thing about google earth is that you can run a line across the field and print it out. There's your road! Nice work, and excellent research, Vpone.

Now that's some Pone Dry Datectin'




-Buckles

hey thanks buckles !!
and can i use that one "Pone Dry Datectin' " ha - that's too good to pass up !!!

take care

vp

Sure thing, buddy.

Congrats again on the copper.

 

[Captn SE]

Hey Kevin,

Congrats on all your finds, including your 6th Copper of the year.

Are you sure your silver button is a button? The reason I say this is that a couple of md'ers here in CA have found a few silver coin buttons. Yes, a silver coin with a shank on the back. One of our forumites on my CA forum found a 1/4 reale button and a half-dime button last year.

Good luck on your next outing!!

CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[vpone]

Hey Kevin,

Congrats on all your finds, including your 6th Copper of the year.

Are you sure your silver button is a button? The reason I say this is that a couple of md'ers here in CA have found a few silver coin buttons. Yes, a silver coin with a shank on the back. One of our forumites on my CA forum found a 1/4 reale button and a half-dime button last year.

Good luck on your next outing!!

CAPTN SE
Dan

hey thanks dan, was just reading your post - 50th silver of the year - amazing !!!!


a coin with a shank on it huh ?? weird

i rechecked mine - no such luck

thansk again

kevin

 

[dgaughan]

great finds that button would have had me going to good luck and hh

 

[civilman1]

Congrat's on the "spectulating" vpone,sound's like you got her down.....Good Luck!Nice Job on the 6th and the relic's too.HH!!

 

[Evolution]

Slow down a little Kevin. You are making us all look bad. Great finds there. You are officially my new hero. Keep up the good work. I've gotta buy some warm clothes and get out there.

Rob

 

[birdman]

Great research and great hunt! No telling what your next dig might be!

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Kevin, nice copper. It is nice to see that zoyboy's research is still yielding the coppers.

Kirk

 

[vpone]

Kevin, nice copper. It is nice to see that zoyboy's research is still yielding the coppers.

Kirk

hey kirk,

I PM'd you and kyle

thanks - kevin

 

[vpone]

great finds that button would have had me going to good luck and hh

thanks man, had my heart racing

Congrat's on the "spectulating" vpone,sound's like you got her down.....Good Luck!Nice Job on the 6th and the relic's too.HH!!

hey civil thanks man !
i know there's a bunch of stuff there yet - love the old relics too

take care !
vp

Slow down a little Kevin. You are making us all look bad. Great finds there. You are officially my new hero. Keep up the good work. I've gotta buy some warm clothes and get out there.

Rob

yo Rob !
how ya doing man ?

your new hero huh ? well maybe if i woudl have pulled a copper with some Evolution style detail !
thanks buddy !

Kevin

Great research and great hunt! No telling what your next dig might be!

thanks birdman, I'm excited to get back there again.

vp

 

[paul1410]

Cool finds, vp!

Too bad on the silver button, a coin would have been excellent.

The button with the "14" on it has me intrigued. Maybe someone here on TNet could give us some info on the significance of the "14".

Thanks for sharing.

 

[silverfreak]

Kevin..nice finds buddy. I tried to get out last week but the ground is frozen solid. I was telling Dan the same thing though...I guess it could be worse. My lady is next to me...the detectors are sitting about 5 feet away...and the Harley is about 6 feet from the T.V.....yep...I pull it right in the front door

 

[vpone]

Kevin..nice finds buddy. I tried to get out last week but the ground is frozen solid. I was telling Dan the same thing though...I guess it could be worse. My lady is next to me...the detectors are sitting about 5 feet away...and the Harley is about 6 feet from the T.V.....yep...I pull it right in the front door

byrce - you serious that's too funny !!!
you got everything you need there within 10 feet buddy !

yeah the ground was frozen solid here too, but 2 days of warmer weather and RAIN made it all mud now - i walked into the cornfield and sunk down 8 inches

still better than chiseling the ground out

take care buddy

kevin

 

[vpone]

Cool finds, vp!

Too bad on the silver button, a coin would have been excellent.

The button with the "14" on it has me intrigued. Maybe someone here on TNet could give us some info on the significance of the "14".

Thanks for sharing.

hey paul,

i put it in the "What is it?" forum and the experts are debating it

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,139073.0.html

looks to be a military regiment button of some sorts from the 1700's possibly
pretty cool stuff

vp

 

[crocop]

WTG keep it swinging