Derek752
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King Geo II - Musket Decoration Piece & An Old Ho Today ! !
Barry came through today with a very old site , Definately a colonial American something or other ? Could have been a homestead but the amount of keeper finds was not in abundance
but it is in the supposed area of one of the forts I've searching for since early spring but whatever was on this site was no doubt old ! 
Right off the bat I dug the super nice buckle , a sure sign of near future good finds ! Next I dug the hoe. I LOVE finding old tools of any sort from early colonial times , This piece is big and a bit primitive but I'm sure it did the job well !
I managed to zero in on what seemed to be the main area of habitation due to the continous iron targets and after several minutes of finding the hoe I dug the musket decoration piece. I did a little research
on the British Brown Bess and the side piece is dang near identical to the piece I found today. Perhaps this old site was one of the many many homes and farms torched during one of Brants raids on the Mohawk valley 
Even more interesting about this find is it is marked on the flat side . . it has what appears to be a broad arrow and two paralle marks ( ->ll ) I learned a long time ago the broad arrow was a British trade mark on nearly everything British made or owned. Maybe its just the manufactures marking ?
Lastly I dug a King Geo.II , a nice topper to the days finds. Not sure of the date because its hrd to read but maybe 1730.
Afterwards we hit the site across the road...Henry S. , a valley resident during the Rev war who took a musketball across the face during the battle of Oriskany. The site of his old homestead ( nothing left of it now ) produced handfulls of colonail buttons and even a few King Geo coppas and Lg Cents in the past. Only a small path has been cut past fe w days but enough of an area to get the coil down to bare ground and dont ya know it ... Barry nailed a SWEET Lg Cent !!
My Nikon is on its last leg....photos are not all that great so please bear with me.
I've included 2 photos of a repelica Brown Bess musket showing the piece I found today.
Thanks for looking
Barry came through today with a very old site , Definately a colonial American something or other ? Could have been a homestead but the amount of keeper finds was not in abundance
but it is in the supposed area of one of the forts I've searching for since early spring but whatever was on this site was no doubt old ! Right off the bat I dug the super nice buckle , a sure sign of near future good finds ! Next I dug the hoe. I LOVE finding old tools of any sort from early colonial times , This piece is big and a bit primitive but I'm sure it did the job well !
I managed to zero in on what seemed to be the main area of habitation due to the continous iron targets and after several minutes of finding the hoe I dug the musket decoration piece. I did a little research
on the British Brown Bess and the side piece is dang near identical to the piece I found today. Perhaps this old site was one of the many many homes and farms torched during one of Brants raids on the Mohawk valley Even more interesting about this find is it is marked on the flat side . . it has what appears to be a broad arrow and two paralle marks ( ->ll ) I learned a long time ago the broad arrow was a British trade mark on nearly everything British made or owned. Maybe its just the manufactures marking
?Lastly I dug a King Geo.II , a nice topper to the days finds. Not sure of the date because its hrd to read but maybe 1730.
Afterwards we hit the site across the road...Henry S. , a valley resident during the Rev war who took a musketball across the face during the battle of Oriskany. The site of his old homestead ( nothing left of it now ) produced handfulls of colonail buttons and even a few King Geo coppas and Lg Cents in the past. Only a small path has been cut past fe w days but enough of an area to get the coil down to bare ground and dont ya know it ... Barry nailed a SWEET Lg Cent !!
My Nikon is on its last leg....photos are not all that great so please bear with me.
I've included 2 photos of a repelica Brown Bess musket showing the piece I found today.
Thanks for looking
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Some REALLY nice finds Derek! Love that Colonial stuff!!!
It is the piece with the mark though. Looks like a great spot!
Still .. maybe another piece to the puzzle of valley forts ! The search continues 
