New site produces 2 Spanish silvers plus a touch of gold from an old site

[Bill D. (VA)]

My bud Dan and I were finally able to get in our first full day of hunting of the new season on Saturday, and made our initial stop at a small but new site that was adjacent to one of our most productive areas from the past couple of years. Even though the crops had been cut it was a difficult site to hunt, and it was hard to find a spot to get the coil to the soil. But we were able to quickly confirm early occupation with a variety of mostly 18th century finds. Just about the very first target I encountered surprisingly turned out to be a cut piece of silver which was a good omen. Less than an hour later Dan tied the score with a nice cut pistareen of his own, but I quickly countered with another to take back the lead in our friendly but intense competition for "colonial silver king". I also recovered a variety of other early artifacts that we typically find on these kind of sites, including another 4 thimbles which seem to heavily populate just about every colonial homesite we hunt. We stayed there until mid-afternoon, and then opted to finish out the day at another of our old sites where the crops had just been cut. We've pounded this place the last 2-3 years, but it always seems to provide a few keepers. I ended up with a few more buttons and buckle pieces, but was quite surprised when a small, monogrammed gold ring appeared in the field that was found in the midst of the heavy iron, black glass and brick frags. It was a very low and broken signal that I was tempted not to dig, but I just had to see what it was that would give that type of a target response. And a small gold ring with a broken band fit the bill exactly. I don't think it has a whole lot of age to it - maybe early 1900s at the very earliest - but it was still a nice way to end the day.

 

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[WheatWaffle]

Nice finds!

 

[Ahab8]

Great hunt Bill. Love the Spanish of course and though it's not a real early find the ih is in very nice shape. Silver and gold and relics plus a few hours with a good buddy ...I'd call that a great day

 

[Cross Potent]

Love the Spanish cuts.

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Nice variety of finds. Congrats on the two cut silvers and i really like the gold ring.

 

[gordonquixote]

Any chance your cut silvers from this site or the one close by are from the same coin?

 

[The Patriot]

Now that was a very productive hunt! Never got a cut spanish yet…maybe next week…Congrats

 

[cjon455]

Rrally nice finds, great variety too!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice hunt Bill. I have never dug a gold ring. Keep the posts coming. I love that eye candy!

 

[HomeGuardDan]

Had fun as always buddy...no worries...I will catch up, just don't go soaring ahead right away.

The ring is awesome man...have you absolutely figured out the initials?

 

[The Rebel]

WTG Bill on the Gold! Love all the finds, but that ring is beautiful!

 

[MackDog]

Awesome diggs congrats

 

[coinman123]

That ring is probably older than what you thought, I'm guessing 1850's. In the photos below are signet rings from the mid 1800's, this style of ring was not as popular in the 20th century. Very nice finds!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very nice finds, as usual. GL&HH.

 

[metalev4]

Very nice recoveries Bill. I especially like the signet ring. Congrats on the 2 silvers!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That ring is probably older than what you thought, I'm guessing 1850's. In the photos below are signet rings from the mid 1800's, this style of ring was not as popular in the 20th century. Very nice finds!
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That would be nice to know that the ring is a bit older, but for sure its definitely not colonial. BTW - it looks like the first letter is a script "A", but not sure about the 2nd. Is that a "V" I'm seeing? Thanks for your comments.

 

[chriskellyco]

Awesome finds! I think I might be only one of a handful of people who get disappointed when we don't get any hurricanes here in Florida..I need the beach stirred up!

 

[joeyfresh]

You didn't tell me about the ring. What a great day! I honestly don't think you need a new detector. That f75 and you are deadly!

 

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[Valley Ranger]

Great digs, as always.