I CAN Believe It !!!!

[Derek752]

Back to Henry S's home site #2

Worked the areas I worked last week , trying to get into the thick grass . Next week I'm getting a lawnmower in there if It kills me !!!
Lotta finds at this old colonial home site waiting to be found.

Still I did pretty good I scored a couple broken buckle pieces , lots of cut brass pieces and a musketball.

Over where the grass gets real thick I did what I could working around a godzilla size man eating briar patch the DFX sounded of on large hardcore iron ! I knew it was something big hiding in the colonial doyt. Whacked away with my shark shovel to defeat the flesh tearing killer briars and pinpointed the big iron relic and dug and dug and dug. Sat down to dig realizing it was going to take awhile to get to the item.

Finally in the 12+ inches zone I felt the shovel hit iron , cleared out more dirt and I saw the the top of it. Used the shark shovel working it under the iron piece and levered it out and YAYYYY , Trade axe head

Its 98.9% whole , the blade is broken in the top corner but still looks GOOD to me ! Dont know why but I do enjoy finding these old tree chopper downers !

Thanks & Good Hunting Everyone !

Derek 8)

 

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[Derek752]

Way cool. Congrats!

Thank You Pepper

Derek

 

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[Derek752]

Hey D, just like our others. I still have to clean mine and am hoping for a mark... hoping for this long surely I will be rewarded.

Ok, I dug an axe I was happy with in the Spring but am now putting a quality iron find on the Fall want list. ...and an electrolysis set up for Winter!

I sure hope you get that 2nd one in the fall Patch. Heck theres gotta be hundreds out there waiting to be dug up

Replying in advance when you post pix of your 2nd one in the fall !! " Great Axe Iron Patch !

HH !

D.

 

[Derek752]

D. Dude, the one and only excavator of the Henry S. dwelling location in the great state of NY, WAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy.

D., in our COLONIAL-ONLY hunting world, trade axes, cannonballs, and other early relics pertaining to the Colonial period are what we seek to find every trip out. I dream about finding trade axes and other related trade items, but you, my good buddy from NY, have done it several times.

Actually, last Sunday, during KKC's drive home from our site, I said, "I always dig those iron-related signals, because trade axes would read in that range. Rust is a must when hitting those GREAT Colonial sites from yesteryear! "

Your never-stop-til-I-find-the-Colonial-stuff is simply amazing, D. Feller Dude! I hope I can accumulate half of what you dig in that GREAT Colonial state of Nuevo York!!!

Here's to finding Henry S.'s box full of trade axes and 1793 Chain cents in mint state!!!!!

Kyle

P.S. KKC will be hunting a recently-harvested corn field on Saturday and Sunday. I got my 1791 one real and King George II coppa in July in this field.

Colonial ZoyDude , Finder of the Unfindable Colonial Keepers Through Rasearch & Perserverence !

Ok if Henry buried a box full of trade axes and Chain cents then its time to break out the Ouija Board or find a Gypsy medium !
Henry ? Hello ?? LOL

Very important to dig the iron ... might be masking coinage , and you very well may end up with a nice relic you were'nt expecting !

I was plesantly surprised when I pulled that puppy outta the colonial earth yesterday Made a not so good day end rather better then expected !

Good luck on Sunday rehunting the now harvested cornfield .. you know as well as I there are more finds there , NEVER hunted out !!

Waiting for the next post

D. 8)

 

[Derek752]

Yikes! I have to admit, I really don't know much about Colonial artifacts, but this sure looks like an amazing find!!! Congrats on a real special hunt!!!!

Thanks Kimsdad ...

Its a pretty good find in my book ... So much history behind these old trade items and they dont surface everyday. Pretty good piece of History to find .

HH.

Derek

 

[Jagdpanther]

Very nice!

 

[Dman]

Nice finds

 

[Evolution]

Way to go D-Man!!! Keep making us upstate New Yorkers proud buddy. That trade axe is beautiful.

Rob

 

[{Sentinel}]

Very Nice Colonial period axe. I have found 4 of them in the past couple of years and I would have to concur

with you my friend, I enjoyed digging each and every one of them. There was no NOT DIGGIN it because

when you get a signal from one of those babies, even though its IRON, it blows your eardrums just about out

and for me that has always been a good indicator to dig no matter the type of metal. Great find bud

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

I wonder how many trees that axe felled. I'll bet you quite a bit my boy. Nice find Derek you colonial tree feller digger upper dude. That's trully wonderbar.
Chris

 

[romeo-1]

That is sweet! I would almost guarantee that that axe will have the touch marks. I found one small French trade belt axe which had seen much better days...I dream of finding a largie like that one! Nicely done!

 

[Prober]

Awesome find Derek! Way to go digging that iron that deep! I think I would have given up...hmmmm, maybe that's why I haven't found any? Congrats on a great artifact!

 

[kdismuke1]

Hard dig, but a good find. Best of luck.

 

[Derek752]

Very nice!

Thanks grndfisher

 

[Derek752]

Nice finds

Thanks Dman

 

[Derek752]

Way to go D-Man!!! Keep making us upstate New Yorkers proud buddy. That trade axe is beautiful.

Rob

Thanks Rob ....

I'm digging most of the iron targets at this old site , so alotta square nails then the "BIG" iron hit comes along and its a keeper !

Gotta love it

D.

 

[Derek752]

Very Nice Colonial period axe. I have found 4 of them in the past couple of years and I would have to concur

with you my friend, I enjoyed digging each and every one of them. There was no NOT DIGGIN it because

when you get a signal from one of those babies, even though its IRON, it blows your eardrums just about out

and for me that has always been a good indicator to dig no matter the type of metal. Great find bud

Your to right on that ! .. Big iron at a colonial home 9 times out of 10 is going to be something you want !

Great Finds in your future Sentinel

My ears are still ringing

Derek

 

[Derek752]

I wonder how many trees that axe felled. I'll bet you quite a bit my boy. Nice find Derek you colonial tree feller digger upper dude. That's trully wonderbar.
Chris

Thanks Chris ....

Trees back then were those MONSTER huge trees , had to take days to cut just one down , and with a iron axe that got dull pretty fast

And I think they cleared a pretty big perimeter around their home so there were no surprise attacks. What a tough life !

HH CSZ

D.

 

[Derek752]

That is sweet! I would almost guarantee that that axe will have the touch marks. I found one small French trade belt axe which had seen much better days...I dream of finding a largie like that one! Nicely done!

Thanks Romeo ...

I need to do the electrolis on it but I can see one touch mark on it
Keep detecting , you'll get one sooner or later

D.

 

[romeo-1]

That is sweet! I would almost guarantee that that axe will have the touch marks. I found one small French trade belt axe which had seen much better days...I dream of finding a largie like that one! Nicely done!

Thanks Romeo ...

I need to do the electrolis on it but I can see one touch mark on it
Keep detecting , you'll get one sooner or later

D.

So you can! I just looked at the pic again and there it was...make sure you post the cleaned up pics!