Twin Picks
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2015
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- Location
- Low Country
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I have been a lurker on here for sometime but this will be my first post of finds. Not long ago I moved to South Carolina from southern Cal. I had vary little in the way of places to dig and people to dig with. A few posts and PMs later that all changed. Thank you to T-Net for providing a place to share this great hobby!
On to the patch.... It should be called the iron patch as every inch of this place is thick with it. Since the ground is disturbed, none of the targets are mineralized in the ground and therefore sound like they are 1/4 the size they actually are. I run an Etrac so the tactic was to go reeeeeal slow. Well, it paid off with bountiful and diverse finds spanning 300 years of Charleston's history. Some of the highlights include:
1781 & 1789 1/2 reales -Mexico mint
Flowing hair draped bust large cent (date unknown and very toasty)
Georgious II Hibernia (date unknown)
War of 1812 cannon Artillery button
Fatty Indian head 1859
Hunk of melted silver
And numerous buttons and bobs.
I am glad to see all the a Items that have been saved from the Watermelon Patch. Especially the slave tag that Jon found. A sad but very important piece of history rescued from the concrete tomb that will soon erase this place.
Hope you enjoy these items. I will surly cherish this whole experience.
One more thing.. If your thinking about going to the patch you best watch out, Someone done knocked up Darlene and Uncle Cletus is fixin to dig whole for the sad SOB who done it. Rekon he don't care if in it was you or not, hes gonna dig that hole and put someone in it.
Happy hunting everyone!!
Link to more pictures:
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
On to the patch.... It should be called the iron patch as every inch of this place is thick with it. Since the ground is disturbed, none of the targets are mineralized in the ground and therefore sound like they are 1/4 the size they actually are. I run an Etrac so the tactic was to go reeeeeal slow. Well, it paid off with bountiful and diverse finds spanning 300 years of Charleston's history. Some of the highlights include:
1781 & 1789 1/2 reales -Mexico mint
Flowing hair draped bust large cent (date unknown and very toasty)
Georgious II Hibernia (date unknown)
War of 1812 cannon Artillery button
Fatty Indian head 1859
Hunk of melted silver
And numerous buttons and bobs.
I am glad to see all the a Items that have been saved from the Watermelon Patch. Especially the slave tag that Jon found. A sad but very important piece of history rescued from the concrete tomb that will soon erase this place.
Hope you enjoy these items. I will surly cherish this whole experience.
One more thing.. If your thinking about going to the patch you best watch out, Someone done knocked up Darlene and Uncle Cletus is fixin to dig whole for the sad SOB who done it. Rekon he don't care if in it was you or not, hes gonna dig that hole and put someone in it.
Happy hunting everyone!!
Link to more pictures:
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
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