comfyinvermont
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When I woke up this morning I made the decision that today would be my last hunt this season. It was in the teens last night and the ground is starting to freeze up. So today will be the end until about Mid April for me.
I decided that I would hit two places today. The first is a home that has an old road that goes through their fields. The original house dates to the early 1800's and the road is a bit earlier than that. When you stand in the field you can see where the tree lined road used to be. (Picture attached) The trees have been taken down in the field which is currently being hayed on a regular basis. I decided to run tight patterns in the area of the field that would have been the road. I have searched this home on several occaisions and have come up with a large cent or two and some indian heads. Well today paid off. Three large colonial coppers including a King George II Half Penny (1729-1754) and a North Wales token (approx 1792) and another copper that is too worn to identify. It appears to be a King George in size. Also found a number of buttons and a pocket knife.
In the afternoon I decided to go back to the button field one more time. Found a very nice one piece button with a great design on it, a small buckle, (I found one identical to this in the field last week) and the tip of a ramrod for a musket.
It has been one fantastic season for me, and in many ways I am sorry to see it end. On the other hand I have lots of goodies to sort, clean and display, and many fantastic memories.
Over the next few weeks I will post some pictures of the finds this season.
Thanks for looking....Lance
I decided that I would hit two places today. The first is a home that has an old road that goes through their fields. The original house dates to the early 1800's and the road is a bit earlier than that. When you stand in the field you can see where the tree lined road used to be. (Picture attached) The trees have been taken down in the field which is currently being hayed on a regular basis. I decided to run tight patterns in the area of the field that would have been the road. I have searched this home on several occaisions and have come up with a large cent or two and some indian heads. Well today paid off. Three large colonial coppers including a King George II Half Penny (1729-1754) and a North Wales token (approx 1792) and another copper that is too worn to identify. It appears to be a King George in size. Also found a number of buttons and a pocket knife.
In the afternoon I decided to go back to the button field one more time. Found a very nice one piece button with a great design on it, a small buckle, (I found one identical to this in the field last week) and the tip of a ramrod for a musket.
It has been one fantastic season for me, and in many ways I am sorry to see it end. On the other hand I have lots of goodies to sort, clean and display, and many fantastic memories.
Over the next few weeks I will post some pictures of the finds this season.
Thanks for looking....Lance
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