October old mill pond hunt

CMDiamonddawg · Oct 17, 2010

10-17-10 Beautiful fall day , went to the site of an old grist mill . It has been hunted quite a few times but I was lucky enough to get some buttons , a lot of shotgun shell tops . Discovered why so many shell tops, when I stumbled over a couple of small buck skulls . Within a few hours I finally found my first decent find . A brass badge gilted in silver . Soaked it in lemon juice , I was ready to call it a day ,last dig of the day was the only coin this weekend .... a very nice condition, actually one of the best I ever dug , 1739 KG II , buried six inches in sugar sand . Hot peroxide bath , finished with with bees wax. A nice day out at the mill site ! I found a mill stone at a friends house , found it , at this site , years ago . These granite stones were shipped over from France according to my old bud, John . J has hunted since 1968 and has finds that are incredible. His last , were 3 eight reales from the Jersey shore . Thanks for stopping to see my Oct. digs

d aWg

dirtfishing · Oct 17, 2010

Nice Digs. A little persistance usually pays off! That Copper is really nice, rarely see them that clean.

Colonial Copper Zeus · Oct 17, 2010

Nice Copper my man. It's been a while since my group did a Millsite. Congrats.
Chris

umrgolf · Oct 17, 2010

Nice hunt there dawg.. Like the young bust georgie

CMDiamonddawg · Oct 17, 2010

Colonial Copper Zeus said:
Nice Copper my man. It's been a while since my group did a Millsite. Congrats.
Chris

Slim pickin's but a beautiful place with such great history .. have to hunt some millpond sites ,KKC group :thumbsup:

Thank You

dirtfishing said:
Nice Digs. A little persistance usually pays off! That Copper is really nice, rarely see them that clean.

How about my badge that cleaned up nice as well , never see those :dontknow:

umrgolf2010 said:
Nice hunt there dawg.. Like the young bust georgie

1739 he is just a young buck :laughing7:

aa battery · Oct 17, 2010

cool stuff :thumbsup:

West Jersey Detecting · Oct 17, 2010

I love the way those coppers come out of the Piney soils of your area. I can't wait until I get out to those sandy soils again!

Nice finds!

Indiana Digger · Oct 17, 2010

Good stuff, Dawg! Congrats! :icon_thumright:

~Indiana Digger~

Tnmountains · Oct 17, 2010

Great hunt ! Those grist stones are worth a penney or two. Nice old coin and it cleaned up well. Check out this link for your friend. They are in Atlanta. I have one in my yard.
http://www.millstones.com/

CMDiamonddawg · Oct 18, 2010

TnMountains said:
Great hunt ! Those grist stones are worth a penney or two. Nice old coin and it cleaned up well. Check out this link for your friend. They are in Atlanta. I have one in my yard.
http://www.millstones.com/

Whoa, a penny or two ... is four G's $$ Mercy

there are two :thumbsup:

Thanks for the link TnM d a w g

aa battery said:
cool stuff

Thanks aa battery, glad you liked the thread !

Neil in West Jersey said:
I love the way those coppers come out of the Piney soils of your area. I can't wait until I get out to those sandy soils again!

Nice finds!

Yep the closer you go East here the better the condition ...at least it seems that way . One thing for sure is no tree roots and easier to dig .You are doing well out there in the wild West ! Been checkin' in on your posts . Thanks, Neil

Indiana Digger said:
Good stuff, Dawg! Congrats!

~Indiana Digger~

Thanks >Indiana Digger< ...hope you have a great fall season :thumbsup:

DaWg

mainer · Oct 18, 2010

Nice digs Dawg. They look to be in great condition. :icon_thumleft:

steelheadwill · Oct 18, 2010

Great finds!
HH to ya!

Kirk PA · Oct 18, 2010

That SJ sugar sand is getting me excited. :laughing9:

I am loving that KG II. Hit that site for more Colonial money, Dawg. :icon_thumleft:

Kirk

september · Oct 18, 2010

Nice finds!! :icon_thumright:

Kyle PA · Oct 18, 2010

Beautiful 1739 halfpenny, Dawg. The sandy soil helped it out big time!

Skelly607 · Oct 18, 2010

Nice!

PANNONIAN · Oct 21, 2010

Nice copper,and great pictures.Hmm peroxide and bee wax. Good idea.Thanks for sharing.

CMDiamonddawg · Oct 21, 2010

mainer said:
Nice digs Dawg. They look to be in great condition.

Thanks mainer , 50 cotton swabs later .. the lighting makes the copper look like a gray pewter

steelheadwill said:
Great finds!
HH to ya!

Thanks steelhead l herb I hope you do well this fall :icon_pirat:

Kirk PA said:
That SJ sugar sand is getting me excited. I am loving that KG II. Hit that site for more Colonial money, Dawg.

Kirk

Aye Capt Kirk ... more coppers Great colonial oddity with the pipe ...very impressive work

september said:
Nice finds!!

Thanks and much success with future hunts

Kyle PA said:
Beautiful 1739 halfpenny, Dawg. The sandy soil helped it out big time!

Thanks my friend ..a welcome addition to the royal family of KG's course white sand ..good dark top soil and fertilized field dirt ...bad :hello:

Skelly607 said:
Nice!

My Best to you and Have Fun

PANNONIAN said:
Nice copper,and great pictures.Hmm peroxide and bee wax. Good idea.Thanks for sharing.

I am using the knowledge from the cleaning info ...shared on T-Net Thanks and HH to all this Fall :headbang:

umrgolf · Oct 21, 2010

"I am using the knowledge from the cleaning info ...shared on T-Net"

I was thinking about that yesterday when we were out hunting... In the last year since I started posting, I've learned so many new tricks.. kinda start to take em for granted :tongue3:

anyway, get out there and move some dirt this weekend dawg :hello2:

Erik in NJ · Oct 21, 2010

I think your "badge" is similar to what I have found 4 of this season - tentatively identified as a horse's harness mount....see thread here and on the What Is It? forum:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,357691.0.html