not much but a cufflink

[johnnyi]

I had to hit the marsh one last time, as the hunting season begins tomorrow. Done for the season now, except for nice easy fields. Glad I did hit it because I won't wonder all winter about what I might have missed. What you see is pretty surely the last of pea pickin' on this little colonial site.

A few buttons, heavy bag seal, fragment of iron shoe buckle, strange lead weight with number, and a colonial cufflink. It's one of the few colonial cufflinks I've ever found that is complete, and not just a half so I'm happy to have found it. I soaked it for about twenty minutes in the peroxide just now and it's starting to come up a little . Aside from these little finds and a few old fragments, it was just shotgun shells and spent bullets. Thanks for looking.
(seriously, thanks for looking...this is another one of those tough days...but got to show the bad with the good )

 

[Kyle PA]

This is why I love Colonial hunting. Just think, the fella who lost those links was probably wearing, at the time, breeches with ornate brass shoe and knee buckles. I love it!!

Nice cufflinks, John! You are hunting a special site.

 

[Iron Patch]

Nice early one and you're right, they are certainly not an every day find. I have a few very neat cufflink buttons. (just singles)

 

[Don in SJ]

Glad you got out there again John, I went back to the site I found the Va Halfpenny at on Thanksgiving, had trouble with my detector setup, could not go into brush, evidently wire is shorting if bumped, so stayed in the open areas, 5 buttons, one pewter spoon handle, one round coin/button lead disk, piece of ceramic and my best find, no not a coin, a cufflink, but only 3/4 of the total, had the one half, the link and the eye shank of the other one. LOL,, Cleaning now in peroxide and it has a flower design on it. I think this has been my best year for cufflinks, 3 complete sets and two or three individual finds...................

Don

 

[Iron Patch]

Glad you got out there again John, I went back to the site I found the Va Halfpenny at on Thanksgiving, had trouble with my detector setup, could not go into brush, evidently wire is shorting if bumped, so stayed in the open areas, 5 buttons, one pewter spoon handle, one round coin/button lead disk, piece of ceramic and my best find, no not a coin, a cufflink, but only 3/4 of the total, had the one half, the link and the eye shank of the other one. LOL,, Cleaning now in peroxide and it has a flower design on it. I think this has been my best year for cufflinks, 3 complete sets and two or three individual finds...................

Don

Ever been a cufflink bonanza thread on the T-net?

...well there is now.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=286424.msg2051272#msg2051272

 

[jeffk]

not bad
jeffk

 

[timekiller]

I guess if I'm following.This is your last post you just made by the date and all. Little confused cause I thought you said you were going to fields.Anyway the marsh looks like it has a grip on you buddy! And you are coming up with the goods. Nice work again!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Cufflinks are surely one of CKK's priorities so congratulations Johnnie.
Chris

 

[romeo-1]

cufflinks are always cool!

 

[pinebarrens1]

your doing great ............just wear Orange to go out . its to early to give up now . you going to wonder all winter what you missed and i think everything sinks more over the winter . it great to see a local guy doing so well

 

[Rusted_Iron]

I wouldn't call that a bad day. Looks like some nice early relics. The cufflinks are great, definitely a rare find.