GoingDown
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Many of you may recall the efforts (and fun) that Bergie, Earthworks, and I went through detecting an old colonial home site over the past year and a half here in the Hudson Valley in New York State. With the historical society's permission to detect ... it culminated with us presenting an evening slide show to their Board of Directors and givng them each and every piece back in a professionally looking and labled ... shadow box. It has since been on display for all to see in their museum. Bergie posted the detailed story several months ago at http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,143638.msg1026422.html#msg1026422
But the real story here (again and again we all say this) ... even after hundreds and hundreds of hours of detecting (we have no idea who may have come before us) ... NO place is "hunted out!"
Earthworks and I decided last Sunday to go back and detect, partially because of the beauty and tranquility of the location on the Hudson River. Within minutes, in the very center of the "great lawn", I found this King George II Farthing (after getting "Don in SJ"'s learned advice). From www.coinfacts.com comes the following description: "George II's (1727–1760) farthings were minted in quantity in 1730–1737, 1739, 1741, 1744, 1746, 1749, 1750, and 1754 (though the 1754 coin is known to have still been being minted at least until 1763), but to them must be added a huge range of counterfeits (and pieces similar to counterfeits but with markedly different legends from the real coins, so that the manufacturers could avoid accusations of counterfeiting). Many genuine coins were melted down and underweight fabrications produced from the molten metal. The farthings weighed 4.5–5.3 grams and had a diameter of 22–23 millimetres. The obverse showed the left-facing head of King George and the inscription GEORGIVS II REX on the obverse, and Britannia with the inscription BRITANNIA and the date in the exergue beneath Britannia."
Shortly thereafter in the main lawn again ... two colonial buttons ... one of which had a gold covering at least on the inside. This gold one has markings inside which say "H T & D - DOUBLE GILT" Which as it turns out may have been manufactured between 1790-1893 in Birmingham, England by a company named Hammond, Turner & Dickinson!
Just as we were about to leave this 1825 Matron Head Large Cent appears rounding out a wonderful afternoon ... in an area which Bergie describes as "beat" & "all pounded out" !! NOT !!!
Enjoy all ... GoingDown
But the real story here (again and again we all say this) ... even after hundreds and hundreds of hours of detecting (we have no idea who may have come before us) ... NO place is "hunted out!"
Earthworks and I decided last Sunday to go back and detect, partially because of the beauty and tranquility of the location on the Hudson River. Within minutes, in the very center of the "great lawn", I found this King George II Farthing (after getting "Don in SJ"'s learned advice). From www.coinfacts.com comes the following description: "George II's (1727–1760) farthings were minted in quantity in 1730–1737, 1739, 1741, 1744, 1746, 1749, 1750, and 1754 (though the 1754 coin is known to have still been being minted at least until 1763), but to them must be added a huge range of counterfeits (and pieces similar to counterfeits but with markedly different legends from the real coins, so that the manufacturers could avoid accusations of counterfeiting). Many genuine coins were melted down and underweight fabrications produced from the molten metal. The farthings weighed 4.5–5.3 grams and had a diameter of 22–23 millimetres. The obverse showed the left-facing head of King George and the inscription GEORGIVS II REX on the obverse, and Britannia with the inscription BRITANNIA and the date in the exergue beneath Britannia."
Shortly thereafter in the main lawn again ... two colonial buttons ... one of which had a gold covering at least on the inside. This gold one has markings inside which say "H T & D - DOUBLE GILT" Which as it turns out may have been manufactured between 1790-1893 in Birmingham, England by a company named Hammond, Turner & Dickinson!
Just as we were about to leave this 1825 Matron Head Large Cent appears rounding out a wonderful afternoon ... in an area which Bergie describes as "beat" & "all pounded out" !! NOT !!!
Enjoy all ... GoingDown
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i dont think that site will ever be hunted out. it would probably boggle your mind if you really knew how much stuff was still there left to find. very nice finds!...again! 
