Last 2 hunts,ya gotta see what was stuffed into this brass finial at a colonial site

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Gotta see what was inside the brass finial.read the story.....Got out withTodd Hiltz to one site today.the air was thick and humid but we managed to save some coins & relics from this beautiful site.I got a decent Connecticut copper,what I think is maybe a cone shaped candle snuffer a few buttons,the tiniest thimble I ever seen, the lock was from yesterday & pretty unique find inside the brass finial.as I was washing it out i saw a stick inside.figuring a root grew through it so I pushed it out.right away i noticed it was no root.it was a carved stick intentionally crammed inside.as I was letting the water run through to flush out the dirt a blob of parchment paper came out.i saw lettering and carefully with tweezers tried to unfold it. It's definitely colonial era parchment paper as i can see the fibers and make out some words.a couple are pounds & shilling. any tips on preserving this small fragment of parchment paper? was a fun hunt! last week was a double draped bust LC day

 

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Super finds Dave & the parchment find is very cool! Exceptional post. WTG, Q.

 

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[Bill D. (VA)]

Another very productive hunt Dave! Nice going on the coins and brass, but that piece of parchment is really cool and is something I've never seen recovered before. It's amazing that it survived all these years. The print style doesn't look incredibly old, but based on the context in which it was found it would likely date from the late 1700s to early 1800s.

 

[Tommy G]

The finds are great, but the added parchment discovery is amazing. I'm sure we've all found pieces of cloth still attached old buttons, leather attached to old buckles, etc. But for parchment so survive well enough to be read is amazing. Thanks for sharing this!