torpedochief
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- Charleston, SC
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- Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202, Garrett AT Pro
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This was from I first started in the hobby back in 2000. I found a book about the area of Connecticut and the way early homes were built. Well while detecting in the woods I hit the mother lode at a site that got everyone involved! Thought I might share the news article with you.
In all I found seven Connecticut Coppers, other colonial coins, shoe buckles, flat buttons, Jewelry, tools, keys, ox shoes, and some items yet to be id'd.
Looking back now it really was a dream find, and hopefully there are others out there.
Groton — A town official said Thursday that the town should remain cautious and not jump to conclusions about the recent findings of pre-Revolutionary artifacts in an area near the proposed connector road between Route 117 and Flanders Road.
The town received a letter late Wednesday from state archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni that artifacts found at the site, located between 117 and Flanders road, date to the 1600s and early 1700s. Bellantoni said that further investigation is needed to determine how the site might be preserved.
Mark Oefinger, planning and development manager, said that it is unclear if the site is located on the path of the proposed connector road. The town will be in contact with state archaeologists next week to determine the precise location of the archaeological site, which may be on private property, he said.
“I believe we are jumping to conclusions to say that the findings could hold up the project,” he said. “Many of the facts are unclear and the precise location where the artifacts were found has not been determined.”
A handful of buttons, coins and keys were found by resident Don Meadows, a member of the Taxpayers Against the Connector group. Meadows said that he became interested in the history of the neighborhood this summer and began experimenting with a metal detector there.
Ray Block, also a member of the group, said that the many of its members will also remain cautious about the recent findings.
“I think it should be looked at and if the state decides it's worth preserving, it's up to them,” he said. “Our main objective is that we're not totally opposed to the connector road, we're opposed to the fact that taxpayers are going to be paying for it.”
Many opponents will take a wait-and-see attitude toward the issue, said Harry Watson, a member of the Town Council who remains opposed to a connector road.
“People often look for this kind of thing and rare species to stop development all over the place,” he said. “This may be just the beginning or it may be the only thing that's there. We just don't know yet.”
Mayor Dolores E. Hauber, a vocal proponent of the project, said that it's far too soon to determine how the findings will affect the road construction project. Many of the plans for the new route have still not been decided and all of the funding has yet to be secured, she said.
“Let's see what's there and then we'll see what happens,” she said. “We don't know where it was found and we really have to get that.”
The overall cost for the project has been estimated to be $12.3 million, with road construction expected to run as high as $5 million.
About $3.5 million in state funding has been earmarked for the project. Oefinger said that the Town Council must determine how to make up the latest shortfall, estimated at as much as $2 million.
The proposed road would run west from Flanders Road, intersect the existing end of Hazelnut Hill Road just south of I-95 and continue southwest to Route 117. Groton Utilities, which owns land at the proposed intersection with Route 117, claims that it would have to be compensated if its property is cut in half by the route.
Other opponents of the proposal, however, including Meadows, say the recent findings will likely make the project more costly to complete and are calling for the plans to be scrapped as long as taxpayer money is being used to build the route.
Randy Ackley, a Hazelnut Hill Road resident, said Thursday that the town should not have to pay any money to build the connector.
“I'm very opposed to us paying for it,” he said. “If a private contractor or the state wants to put the road in, then let them.”
Don
In all I found seven Connecticut Coppers, other colonial coins, shoe buckles, flat buttons, Jewelry, tools, keys, ox shoes, and some items yet to be id'd.
Looking back now it really was a dream find, and hopefully there are others out there.
Groton — A town official said Thursday that the town should remain cautious and not jump to conclusions about the recent findings of pre-Revolutionary artifacts in an area near the proposed connector road between Route 117 and Flanders Road.
The town received a letter late Wednesday from state archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni that artifacts found at the site, located between 117 and Flanders road, date to the 1600s and early 1700s. Bellantoni said that further investigation is needed to determine how the site might be preserved.
Mark Oefinger, planning and development manager, said that it is unclear if the site is located on the path of the proposed connector road. The town will be in contact with state archaeologists next week to determine the precise location of the archaeological site, which may be on private property, he said.
“I believe we are jumping to conclusions to say that the findings could hold up the project,” he said. “Many of the facts are unclear and the precise location where the artifacts were found has not been determined.”
A handful of buttons, coins and keys were found by resident Don Meadows, a member of the Taxpayers Against the Connector group. Meadows said that he became interested in the history of the neighborhood this summer and began experimenting with a metal detector there.
Ray Block, also a member of the group, said that the many of its members will also remain cautious about the recent findings.
“I think it should be looked at and if the state decides it's worth preserving, it's up to them,” he said. “Our main objective is that we're not totally opposed to the connector road, we're opposed to the fact that taxpayers are going to be paying for it.”
Many opponents will take a wait-and-see attitude toward the issue, said Harry Watson, a member of the Town Council who remains opposed to a connector road.
“People often look for this kind of thing and rare species to stop development all over the place,” he said. “This may be just the beginning or it may be the only thing that's there. We just don't know yet.”
Mayor Dolores E. Hauber, a vocal proponent of the project, said that it's far too soon to determine how the findings will affect the road construction project. Many of the plans for the new route have still not been decided and all of the funding has yet to be secured, she said.
“Let's see what's there and then we'll see what happens,” she said. “We don't know where it was found and we really have to get that.”
The overall cost for the project has been estimated to be $12.3 million, with road construction expected to run as high as $5 million.
About $3.5 million in state funding has been earmarked for the project. Oefinger said that the Town Council must determine how to make up the latest shortfall, estimated at as much as $2 million.
The proposed road would run west from Flanders Road, intersect the existing end of Hazelnut Hill Road just south of I-95 and continue southwest to Route 117. Groton Utilities, which owns land at the proposed intersection with Route 117, claims that it would have to be compensated if its property is cut in half by the route.
Other opponents of the proposal, however, including Meadows, say the recent findings will likely make the project more costly to complete and are calling for the plans to be scrapped as long as taxpayer money is being used to build the route.
Randy Ackley, a Hazelnut Hill Road resident, said Thursday that the town should not have to pay any money to build the connector.
“I'm very opposed to us paying for it,” he said. “If a private contractor or the state wants to put the road in, then let them.”
Don
Look what was found, spare change, lost keys and shoe buckles. It could have been from the only one time resident of that area, who got drunk, lost his wallet, coins, keys and had his shoes fall off in a drunken stupor 
