Don in SJ
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I been out a few times in November and have gotten a few nice relics, the SV British button being the best find thus far this month, but I had no Large coppers for the month. No big deal,(except for not doing as well as my son 
), but it is nice to get one once and while. I have been revisiting all old sites the entire year and the finds are getting harder to come by.
Today I went to a site that actually has a cellarhole, I really think this is a root cellar and that about 20 feet away are the remains of the dwelling. The photos show how nicely stacked the stones are and it is rare in this area to have stones of this type used as foundation stones, they must have been brought in from far away. So, in previous trips to this homestead I have only ever gotten a few buttons and Indian head cent. Today I went as slow as I could stand and it was solid iron hits, but again, no artifacts were found worth mentioning. I did photograph one of the bottles lying a bit behind the cellarhole, I am not sure of the age of the bottle, but assume it has to be at least pre WWI but that is about all I know.
I finally gave up on this site for the morning and did a sweep of the other side of the dirt road where I have previously gotten coins such as William III, half real and KG coppers and lately Coronet Large Cents. Well, I hunted for a good hour and was getting some targets to dig, but no coins or buttons...
Just as I was leaving the last site to turn off the detector I got a loud scream of a reading and it was shallow! I thought for sure it was going to be a clad quarter, lost by a hunter, since it was at an intersection of dirt roads where previously I have found modern clad.
Nope, it was a Large Cent, heavily encrusted, but I did not care, I had my November Large Copper now and time to go home, but right next to the coin reading I had another reading and this turned out to be a flattened two piece button, backmark WH Jones & Co. dates to 1835-1840, which happens to match the 1837 Large Cent next to it rather well. Now I was ready to quit for the day for sure, but again the detector sounded off within a few feet of the button and coin. Now, I got the modern money I thought I would get, two memorials and two Wheaties all together in one hole.
Had a nice walk, always enjoy looking at the 18th century sawmill pond and the current wiped out 19th century bridge on the dam breast.
Time to leave the woods for the deer hunters for the next few weeks and maybe hit the beaches at the shore if the weather is decent.
Don
), but it is nice to get one once and while. I have been revisiting all old sites the entire year and the finds are getting harder to come by.Today I went to a site that actually has a cellarhole, I really think this is a root cellar and that about 20 feet away are the remains of the dwelling. The photos show how nicely stacked the stones are and it is rare in this area to have stones of this type used as foundation stones, they must have been brought in from far away. So, in previous trips to this homestead I have only ever gotten a few buttons and Indian head cent. Today I went as slow as I could stand and it was solid iron hits, but again, no artifacts were found worth mentioning. I did photograph one of the bottles lying a bit behind the cellarhole, I am not sure of the age of the bottle, but assume it has to be at least pre WWI but that is about all I know.
I finally gave up on this site for the morning and did a sweep of the other side of the dirt road where I have previously gotten coins such as William III, half real and KG coppers and lately Coronet Large Cents. Well, I hunted for a good hour and was getting some targets to dig, but no coins or buttons...
Just as I was leaving the last site to turn off the detector I got a loud scream of a reading and it was shallow! I thought for sure it was going to be a clad quarter, lost by a hunter, since it was at an intersection of dirt roads where previously I have found modern clad.
Nope, it was a Large Cent, heavily encrusted, but I did not care, I had my November Large Copper now and time to go home, but right next to the coin reading I had another reading and this turned out to be a flattened two piece button, backmark WH Jones & Co. dates to 1835-1840, which happens to match the 1837 Large Cent next to it rather well. Now I was ready to quit for the day for sure, but again the detector sounded off within a few feet of the button and coin. Now, I got the modern money I thought I would get, two memorials and two Wheaties all together in one hole.
Had a nice walk, always enjoy looking at the 18th century sawmill pond and the current wiped out 19th century bridge on the dam breast.
Time to leave the woods for the deer hunters for the next few weeks and maybe hit the beaches at the shore if the weather is decent.
Don
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That baby cleaned up nicely too.
Have no idea Doug
