Little more Colonial From The River!

timekiller · Feb 19, 2010

First off I would like to Thank The Ones Who Pulled On My Strings to Get Me Back On Here.And it is nice to know that,Good Friends Are Hard To Come by In This World And is something I Take Very Serious and even though we may never met each other, than on here.There are ways to know when people respect people and respect is a major part of friendship anyway in my book.I answered no ones PM's and you all know who you are.Nothing against no one I was thinking of what road to take so was a cool off period of sorts for me. :hello:

Anyway I got out today to a place on the river that I've been keeping my eyes on that is washing out little by little from the bank.The items are dating and the signs are there for some real good keepers in the future.Just going to take some time for nature to work her magic.Anyway as all ways for me it was good just to get out and enjoy life.The big steel object not sure what it is.It was in the ground at this site so thought I'd bring it home and give it a second look.There is also a pewter button that looks to have a 1 on it I'll have to look and see if any Rev. War buttons look like the faint 1 I'm thinking I might see but I won't call it as it could just be how it looks.And I've not looked for one yet.I wish the buckle had not been broke it would had been nice (to me).Anyway it's not much but was fun. :thumbsup:

Mr Tuff · Feb 19, 2010

them are some good looking buttons!!!!! MR TUFF

Baggins · Feb 20, 2010

Awesome finds!
HH
Baggins

Silver Searcher · Feb 20, 2010

Your right about the buckle Pete

would have been a corker, is that a mount in the third from last picture :icon_scratch:

are you still having weather problems there :P

SS

wodens · Feb 20, 2010

I like that mount :icon_thumleft:

HH
Wodens

49r Relics · Feb 20, 2010

Sweet finds . . . that's going to be a really good spot, nice pics too. Good to see you are back out detecting! :icon_thumleft:

HH, BB

CRUSADER · Feb 20, 2010

Interesting your finding Leather mounts (normally belt mount, although could be on horse). These started in the Medieval period over here & finished in the 17th century (other than the Victorian horse decoration type, which I guess yours might be) :icon_scratch:

HCW · Feb 20, 2010

I don't know about that being leather mount ,I think that could be a piece of gun trim. Not positive though. Whatever the case maybe, that's my favorite. Nice work.

HISPAN · Feb 20, 2010

Amazing seems to have found an exceptional place ... I think the entire buckle and harness decorated ( the photograph 11 )are the 17th century .. ::)

dfx willy · Feb 20, 2010

i dont know what happened to you here bud but im glad your back! your tnet buddy willy.

cntrydncr1 · Feb 20, 2010

nice buckles!! thanks for posting

timekiller · Feb 20, 2010

Good morning to all of you! :coffee2:

Yea I've had a pinched nerve or something between my shoulder blades for a couple of days now and thought seems how nothing else was working for it getting out yesterday and working it would help some but it limited me from the norm a little on the swinging part.But does seem to have eased up a little at least I can turn my head now.Man the stuff hurts.
Anyway I don't know what the one piece is. I've only found one other that looks like it but it has a flower design on it and is bent a little different.
But thank you guy's for your thought's and I'll follow up on it some more. :thumbsup:

RPG · Feb 20, 2010

Good job Pete. Looks like it's going to be another good year. :thumbsup:

I didn't know you were planning to leave us but am glad you changed your mind. After seeing your finds last year, everything else is just boring.

There's a lot of guys on here that are going to have to try very hard to keep up with you if you keep this up. :notworthy:

pjroo33 · Feb 20, 2010

Great finds once again!!! Always love to see your posts.

Kyle PA · Feb 20, 2010

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Pete the Colonial Man,

I didn't even know that you left for awhile. :dontknow:

I just thought you were taking some time off from detecting. Pete bud, if you ever decide to leave again, I will drive my Colonial arse down to Colonial NC, search long and hard for Pete the Colonial Man, and force him to login to Treasurenet and post his goodies from Colonial land tracts in NC. :laughing9:

Pete, it is good to see that you made the right choice and came back to where you belong. I don't think I could make it on here without seeing your Colonial goods. :headbang:

I see you excavated two beautiful buckles. You amaze me, Pete, and you always will! :notworthy:

Cobs and cut silvers are callling your name, buddy!

The snow is currently melting here on the PA frontier. :headbang:

The KKC team is gearing up for another killer year of coppers!!! We will probably be swinging in less than four weeks.

Kyle

Gilligan · Feb 20, 2010

You have been making some outstanding finds! Congratulations. I wonder what accounts for all of the finds you have made along the waterfront. Did people camp there at one time and the water rise covered the area? Were these permanent settlements or just campsites? I am just curious, thanks, Bryan in Goldsboro

CRUSADER · Feb 20, 2010

HCW said:
I don't know about that being leather mount ,I think that could be a piece of gun trim. Not positive though. Whatever the case maybe, that's my favorite. Nice work.

I was talking about the 7th & 8th picture & they are leather mounts.

timekiller · Feb 20, 2010

Gilligan said:
You have been making some outstanding finds! Congratulations. I wonder what accounts for all of the finds you have made along the waterfront. Did people camp there at one time and the water rise covered the area? Were these permanent settlements or just campsites? I am just curious, thanks, Bryan in Goldsboro

Bryan Buddy,I'm not sure.I've read though that there was some major hurricanes or at least one that is talked about here that happened in the late 1600's.And would almost guarrantee that at some of these places I hunt knowing what the water level is now that these places would had been in big trouble back then.Cause today they will go under in just a good strong NE'ter.But these sites like this that I have found are few and far between for here and someday I'll be out of places like this I've found to look.The good part is that I'm able to get these few items before they are lost for ever to the rivers and such here.So that it can be known that sites this early were here at one time.As you may know Beaufort was settled in the early 1700's but nowhere there much to look as it is all rapped up being a historical town and all.But these sites are probably some of the first places that were settled back then before they became a town in beaufort.As water ways was all they had for major travel.And was my reason for choosing them to look.Also not so many fields here to look in either and none that I know would be giving up such old finds.

timekiller · Feb 20, 2010

CRUSADER said:
HCW said:

I don't know about that being leather mount ,I think that could be a piece of gun trim. Not positive though. Whatever the case maybe, that's my favorite. Nice work.

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I was talking about the 7th & 8th picture & they are leather mounts.

Thanks for your help there Cru. :thumbsup:

I've got quite a few of those type.

CRUSADER · Feb 20, 2010

timekiller said:
CRUSADER said:

HCW said:

I don't know about that being leather mount ,I think that could be a piece of gun trim. Not positive though. Whatever the case maybe, that's my favorite. Nice work.

Click to expand...

I was talking about the 7th & 8th picture & they are leather mounts.

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Thanks for your help there Cru. I've got quite a few of those type.