elemerica
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2010
- Messages
- 41
- Reaction score
- 108
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Mechanicsville
- Detector(s) used
- Equinox 800
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I've been a long time lurker here, but never really posted or hunted much due to time constraints. Due to recently becoming unemployed I finally have the time to actually research some sites and get out there and detect. My first couple trips have far exceeded my wildest expectation!
My first day out hunting I was at a site that I'm pretty sure has never been hunted in an area that's been occupied since the late 1600s. I found a large cent pocket spill from the mid 1800's that contained a very rough 1803, an 1847, 1848, and unknown 1830s or 1850s!
Here's the area I was working: https://i.imgur.com/h8srXZb.jpg
The hole they came out of along the right wall: https://i.imgur.com/QkKwovG.jpg
Here they are just dug up: https://i.imgur.com/4x3fVHK.jpg
Cleaned up (or ruined depending on perspective :P ): https://i.imgur.com/vMmI56T.jpg
Bonus shot of one of the old foundations on the site: https://i.imgur.com/xqamU07.jpg
Today I dragged my wife into the woods to another site that I used to visit as a child called Indian Rock. There's some reported history of Colonials and Native Americans fighting here that ended with the Native Americas jumping off the rock and suffering severe injuries and death. A bit of info here: https://02038.com/2008/12/indian-rock-franklin-ma/
Back in the woods in the opposite direction of the rock is some old stone walls that I wanted to investigate a little and decided to bring my detector along. We found a couple stone walls similar to the above, arranged in a narrow path so I decided to hunt around a bit. Along one side of the one of the walls we pulled up six flat buttons. It looks like they were produced by Joseph Mann of Birmingham England, he was in business from 1800-1843. Two of them are in really nice shape, the others not so much. It was still a really cool find and my wife was pretty excited about it too!
https://i.imgur.com/sgQmdSL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hxTs0pq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IzfGtj5.jpg
Thanks for looking!
My first day out hunting I was at a site that I'm pretty sure has never been hunted in an area that's been occupied since the late 1600s. I found a large cent pocket spill from the mid 1800's that contained a very rough 1803, an 1847, 1848, and unknown 1830s or 1850s!
Here's the area I was working: https://i.imgur.com/h8srXZb.jpg
The hole they came out of along the right wall: https://i.imgur.com/QkKwovG.jpg
Here they are just dug up: https://i.imgur.com/4x3fVHK.jpg
Cleaned up (or ruined depending on perspective :P ): https://i.imgur.com/vMmI56T.jpg
Bonus shot of one of the old foundations on the site: https://i.imgur.com/xqamU07.jpg
Today I dragged my wife into the woods to another site that I used to visit as a child called Indian Rock. There's some reported history of Colonials and Native Americans fighting here that ended with the Native Americas jumping off the rock and suffering severe injuries and death. A bit of info here: https://02038.com/2008/12/indian-rock-franklin-ma/
Back in the woods in the opposite direction of the rock is some old stone walls that I wanted to investigate a little and decided to bring my detector along. We found a couple stone walls similar to the above, arranged in a narrow path so I decided to hunt around a bit. Along one side of the one of the walls we pulled up six flat buttons. It looks like they were produced by Joseph Mann of Birmingham England, he was in business from 1800-1843. Two of them are in really nice shape, the others not so much. It was still a really cool find and my wife was pretty excited about it too!
https://i.imgur.com/sgQmdSL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hxTs0pq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IzfGtj5.jpg
Thanks for looking!
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