steelheadwill
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Hi All !
I am staying away from Cob Cove to let it recover a bit, this really works,
items turn up again after I give it a rest.
My land hunt starts at a foundation I discovered a mile or so down a cartpath,
50 feet down the path, a 63 Rosie, love it when you can see the coin in the pile without pinpointing
A bit more down the path I recover the largest horseshoe I've seen.
Around the foundation, some brass bits,
Inside, just a plated lead tube cap, stamped WMC with cork cover
The ground here is 8-12 inches of finely matted roots and leaf litter, so soft & porous I think that the old items have just sunk out of range.
I'm being swarmed by tiny flies that leave bloodspots and welts wherever they
bite :P not deterred by 100% DEET.
So, off to the seacoast !
Looking at an old map, I'd seen a ship under construction in an area I had not explored yet, boatyard !
On the first try here, not much for finds (so much lead scrap, brought home a bucketful), found a key fob, crusted, all I could see was 'rink', thought I had a Drink token.
half of the oldest padlock I've recovered, looks handmade, was the back iron ?
A couple of lead seals, first ones found I can read, B&M (Boston & Maine) RR,
and HW Spur (as in RR spur?) Boston.
The brass thumbnut was in a lump of clay with the reeding exposed, so of course I'm expecting that gold coin that's coming soon
A brass finial and spyglass eyepiece (I think)
Small bit of silver pin/brooch,
And a blistered pewter cover of some sort, good sign of older things to come.
I kept the oldest looking pottery fragment I saw, It's in the center of the group photo, Can anyone give an approximate date on this embossed sunburst style?
The area behind the boatyard was a landfill, and people had recently dug 4 large pits, leaving behind their fragments and discards, not to mention 23 'natural ice' cans, and big dangerous undercut holes, shame on them, may all their finds be heartbreakers
. I removed their cans & trash, & caved in the overhangs.)
Happy to get a bit o silver and the fob, and the cove here was a large operation,
will be returning to see what else I can dig up
Happy Hunting Everyone !!!
I am staying away from Cob Cove to let it recover a bit, this really works,
items turn up again after I give it a rest.
My land hunt starts at a foundation I discovered a mile or so down a cartpath,
50 feet down the path, a 63 Rosie, love it when you can see the coin in the pile without pinpointing
A bit more down the path I recover the largest horseshoe I've seen.
Around the foundation, some brass bits,
Inside, just a plated lead tube cap, stamped WMC with cork cover
The ground here is 8-12 inches of finely matted roots and leaf litter, so soft & porous I think that the old items have just sunk out of range.
I'm being swarmed by tiny flies that leave bloodspots and welts wherever they
bite :P not deterred by 100% DEET.
So, off to the seacoast !
Looking at an old map, I'd seen a ship under construction in an area I had not explored yet, boatyard !
On the first try here, not much for finds (so much lead scrap, brought home a bucketful), found a key fob, crusted, all I could see was 'rink', thought I had a Drink token.
half of the oldest padlock I've recovered, looks handmade, was the back iron ?
A couple of lead seals, first ones found I can read, B&M (Boston & Maine) RR,
and HW Spur (as in RR spur?) Boston.
The brass thumbnut was in a lump of clay with the reeding exposed, so of course I'm expecting that gold coin that's coming soon
A brass finial and spyglass eyepiece (I think)
Small bit of silver pin/brooch,
And a blistered pewter cover of some sort, good sign of older things to come.
I kept the oldest looking pottery fragment I saw, It's in the center of the group photo, Can anyone give an approximate date on this embossed sunburst style?
The area behind the boatyard was a landfill, and people had recently dug 4 large pits, leaving behind their fragments and discards, not to mention 23 'natural ice' cans, and big dangerous undercut holes, shame on them, may all their finds be heartbreakers
. I removed their cans & trash, & caved in the overhangs.) Happy to get a bit o silver and the fob, and the cove here was a large operation,
will be returning to see what else I can dig up
Happy Hunting Everyone !!!
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