Leftovers Homestead finds

[Don in SJ]

On Monday I came upon an unexpected new site on the crest of a hill, but after hunting nearly two hours at the immediate area surrounding the depression I came to the conclusion, that since I was not finding, thimbles, buttons, coins, any relics, that the place was hit hard years ago.

So, before leaving the site for the day I made one more pass near the depression where the structure stood and got a button at over 8 inches down, with a hunk of iron with it. I wanted to make a quick perimeter walk to see how big of an area surrounding the homestead had iron hits and just before quitting for the day, in the now wooded section that used to be field in the early 1800s I did manage a beautiful geometric designed button.

Yesterday I returned to the site and concentrated the surrounding area and was rewarded with two more buttons a broken piece of what was a beautiful Shoe Buckle, a decorative little plate of some sort, and what appears to be a binocular type lens and holder for it and finally after almost giving up I did get a 1812 Large Cent. All of the finds were in the 8+ inch range.

I do plan on more trips to the site, even though probably not much left to find, but it is a somewhat big homestead for iron hits....

Don

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds Don

That 1812 is beautiful man. That dandy is really nice to. I'd hunt that whole entire pine barren.

HH Jer

 

[olepossum]

that binocular lens may have been a fire starter that used to be on the top of old tobacco tins i do mountain man black powder events and a tabacco tin with one of those fire starters is in my posiables bag they were also used as a fire starter kit you put the tender in the can and adjust it to start the fire in the box and dump it into the leaves and dry grass and let the fire begin that is what it looks like to me

 

[hikeinmts]

Everything about this post is above average.....perseverance, patience, condition of finds, pictures.
You did a very very commendable job.....

 

[rjw4law]

Still pretty nice stuff.

 

[timekiller]

Very nice Don,
I wish I could take on the site shots but scared around here that people might put 2 and 2 together and find me! As mine are normally done around the water! And there is alot of detectors around this area.
TK,

 

[allen]

good job on those relics and LC !!!

 

[GrayCloud]

Blade that place off about six inches and hit it again. Then repeat.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Beautiful finds Don and they cleaned up great too

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice finds and great research. HHHH

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

sweet! some nice stuff there congrats!

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I love seeing the copper and buttons come out of the ground. Thanks for the picture show
VPR