xcopperstax
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This weekend I went to a river spot with two buddies. I've never been there before so I didn't know what to expect. It's a fast moving tidal part of the river. I had imagined that I'd kind of be wading in the water a bit. That was cleared up as soon as I got there. It looked like you might get swept away!
Picture a steep bank with a road at the top. On the other side of the road were various old houses. I can imagine they probably just dumped their trash off the top of the bank and hoped the river would take it away. My pal turned on his detector and found a flat button before I could even turn mine on. My first target was a totally decayed pewter button. I don't think I've ever found one so that was cool.
After not finding anything for awhile I was starting to get the itch to leave. Just about then I found a beat up tombac button... or at least that's what I've identified it as due to the shape. Ok things where picking up. I like that!
Next I went up the bank to an area I would have thought pretty unlikely. There were rusty pieces of iron, maybe some old asphalt it was kind of junky but I got a pretty decent coin signal. I moved a small piece of rock and sitting there almost on the surface was a copper! It turned out to be well worn but identifiable KGII halfpenny. If anyone could identify it as a young head vs. old head I'd be very grateful. These coins fascinate me to no end! It's actually my first copper of the year! Needless to say my day was made right there.
A little while later I eyeballed a marble (I love finding those) and a nice looking piece of ceramic that looked vaguely familiar. I believe it is a piece of hand made Staffordshire slipware dating late 1600's to 1770 most likely produced in England. The other sided of it is kind of a brick color. I was able to easily look this up in my favorite book by TNet member Bill Dancy. If you want a great reference book complete with great stories, color photos and a treasure of information on pretty much everything you could find get your hands on this book.
My other buddy who brought us to the spot found a matron head large cent a little while later. I think we all had a great time!
It was an excellent day to be on the river finding and collecting some colonial history!
Picture a steep bank with a road at the top. On the other side of the road were various old houses. I can imagine they probably just dumped their trash off the top of the bank and hoped the river would take it away. My pal turned on his detector and found a flat button before I could even turn mine on. My first target was a totally decayed pewter button. I don't think I've ever found one so that was cool.
After not finding anything for awhile I was starting to get the itch to leave. Just about then I found a beat up tombac button... or at least that's what I've identified it as due to the shape. Ok things where picking up. I like that!
Next I went up the bank to an area I would have thought pretty unlikely. There were rusty pieces of iron, maybe some old asphalt it was kind of junky but I got a pretty decent coin signal. I moved a small piece of rock and sitting there almost on the surface was a copper! It turned out to be well worn but identifiable KGII halfpenny. If anyone could identify it as a young head vs. old head I'd be very grateful. These coins fascinate me to no end! It's actually my first copper of the year! Needless to say my day was made right there.
A little while later I eyeballed a marble (I love finding those) and a nice looking piece of ceramic that looked vaguely familiar. I believe it is a piece of hand made Staffordshire slipware dating late 1600's to 1770 most likely produced in England. The other sided of it is kind of a brick color. I was able to easily look this up in my favorite book by TNet member Bill Dancy. If you want a great reference book complete with great stories, color photos and a treasure of information on pretty much everything you could find get your hands on this book.
My other buddy who brought us to the spot found a matron head large cent a little while later. I think we all had a great time!
It was an excellent day to be on the river finding and collecting some colonial history!
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