More Silver, Brass & a Bell from the Field!

ANTIQUARIAN · Dec 2, 2014

Got back to the field yesterday that I've been hunting for 2 months now and found more silver this go round! :thumbsup:

No sign of the missing pieces of silver cutlery I found when I was last here, but still some interesting stuff! I also located the stone foundations to what I feel must be a barn in the bottom corner of the field that I've yet to cover. My first find was the decorated brass over lead rosette (too bad it's not complete), then the 1918 Canadian Quarter, the brass horse bell was right on the surface! My last find was the brass push-up candle stem, I've included a pic of a similar example for comparison. :icon_scratch:

Hope to get back here again on Wednesday for an all day affair! :tongue3:

Thanks very much for looking,
Dave

OldJerseyGirl · Dec 2, 2014

Good place and nice finds. I just love the bells. Found my first one yesterday, and hope I find more.

Carolina Tom · Dec 2, 2014

Very nice finds. Congrats. GL&HH.

Msbeepbeep · Dec 2, 2014

Nice finds! I like the brass candle stick.
I see the younger set played in the field and lost their toy car too.
I have yet to find a bell, looking forward to it though!

Best of luck for your Wednesday hunt!

treblehunter · Dec 2, 2014

Nice finds and nice pix, you must of got mud all over your phone/camera

johnnyblaze · Dec 2, 2014

Nice variety Dave that button must have been a beauty in it's day :thumbsup:

~Blaze~

The Patriot · Dec 2, 2014

nice score on the bell and silver…always exciting watching silver come out of the ground, just don't know the age of it for the most part here...

pepperj · Dec 2, 2014

Nice catch on the silver and bell, both show that the site still has some life in it yet. With the + temps that are coming up on us again the soils might be a little softer once again.

MackDog · Dec 2, 2014

Sweet finds congrats

Ironman! · Dec 2, 2014

WTG Dave on some more great finds! Don't ya just love digging up history!! Keep at it before you get snowed out!!!

IM

BuckleBoy · Dec 3, 2014

I love the bell, and the silver is excellent--but my favorite piece by FAR is the push-up candlestick stem! SO seldom that those pieces are recovered, and even less often are they recognized as to what they were. VERY well done, my friend!

-Buck

ANTIQUARIAN · Dec 3, 2014

OldJerseyGirl said:
Good place and nice finds. I just love the bells. Found my first one yesterday, and hope I find more.

Congrats on your first bell find JerseyGirl! :thumbsup:

It's always nice when they come out an they're complete!
Dave

Carolina Tom said:
Very nice finds. Congrats. GL&HH.

Thanks very much Tom, best of luck to you my friend! :occasion14:

Dave

Msbeepbeep said:
Nice finds! I like the brass candle stick.
I see the younger set played in the field and lost their toy car too.
I have yet to find a bell, looking forward to it though!

Best of luck for your Wednesday hunt!

Thank you for your post MsBB!
This is the second 'Lesney" car I've found in this field, unfortunately they've all bee trashed. :dontknow:

My favourite find is the candlestick as well! :thumbsup:

Hope you're still out detecting in Mass,
Dave

treblehunter said:
Nice finds and nice pix, you must of got mud all over your phone/camera

I'll tell you Brad, I just got a new Samsung Galaxy 6 Phone and I'm scared to death of dropping it in the mud when I take a picture of the find! :laughing7:

Take care buddy,
Dave

johnnyblaze said:
Nice variety Dave that button must have been a beauty in it's day

~Blaze~

Thanks Johnny, I assume you're talking about the brass rosette?
This is the second one I found here, unfortunately they've both suffered damage. :-[

Dave

The Patriot said:
nice score on the bell and silver…always exciting watching silver come out of the ground, just don't know the age of it for the most part here...

This is so true my friend!
You want to rub it to see how old it is, but you resist just in case it's a rare one... although it never is! :laughing7:

Thanks for your post,
Dave

pepperj said:
Nice catch on the silver and bell, both show that the site still has some life in it yet. With the + temps that are coming up on us again the soils might be a little softer once again.

Thanks for your post Jim! :occasion14:

I keep crossing the area from different directions, there was obviously a lot of continuous activity here.
I'm heading back again today for at least 5 hrs to investigate the corner of the field where the barn foundations are located. :thumbsup:

Dave

MackDog said:
Sweet finds congrats

Thanks Mack! :thumbsup:

Ironman! said:
WTG Dave on some more great finds! Don't ya just love digging up history!! Keep at it before you get snowed out!!!

IM

Thanks IM! :occasion14:

I'm headed back again today... I just love this site, it has so much to give!
Dave

BuckleBoy said:
I love the bell, and the silver is excellent--but my favorite piece by FAR is the push-up candlestick stem! SO seldom that those pieces are recovered, and even less often are they recognized as to what they were. VERY well done, my friend!

-Buck

This is the first 'candle stem' I've found, though last year I found the brass finger loop for a candle stand.
The bell is a great find because it didn't 'break off' the leather horse harness as most do.
This one still has the brass attachment at the top, a first for me! :thumbsup:

Thanks for your post my friend,
Dave

PS. Here are pics of what I did with the 'candle loop' I found last year! :laughing7: