October old mill pond hunt

[CMDiamonddawg]

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

 

[OBN]

Love the Old Mills, great pictures, and some Kool finds... Very Nice copper!.....thanks for sharing

.........brought back some good, funny memory's. Had a digging partner who was digging my targets, came across a strong signal deep on the hillside where the mill set. Eric dug the target as I was continuing hunting else where, calls me over and ask if I'm ready for this. Out of the hole he pulls a heavy gold looking brick, We scratch the corner of the very heavy brick, it's gold.....we are like freaking out...Gold...well a closer look and some investigating when we get home, it's a Brick of brass or bronze, with a half moon cut into it about 2 inch's wide by 1 inch deep. Final conclusion, it was one of the mill wheel bearings.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

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

Horses harness mount It does have that back ,but without lugs ..looks like a pin clasp ..what's left of it , anyway . Thanks for the link .and let me know if you get a positive ID Your finds are Nice ! Thanks Erik

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

Jeff We use this info to the max ... and this is the weekend for the newest 1700's house ..Thanks and may the J- Team pull some more colonials out of hiding

Love the Old Mills, great pictures, and some Kool finds... Very Nice copper!.....thanks for sharing

.........brought back some good, funny memory's. Had a digging partner who was digging my targets, came across a strong signal deep on the hillside where the mill set. Eric dug the target as I was continuing hunting else where, calls me over and ask if I'm ready for this. Out of the hole he pulls a heavy gold looking brick, We scratch the corner of the very heavy brick, it's gold.....we are like freaking out...Gold...well a closer look and some investigating when we get home, it's a Brick of brass or bronze, with a half moon cut into it about 2 inch's wide by 1 inch deep. Final conclusion, it was one of the mill wheel bearings.

I like the story , there there be some silver but never gold at these places , oldeBeechnut ....Grist mills were a great part of commerce in my area , it is a great feeling to be able to dig some of these finds from such a location ...the raceways and these ponds are amazing . Have a great Fall weekend and "Go Phils "

 

[Erik in NJ]

Hi - thanks for your kind comments on my finds. Can u please post a pic of the back of ur relic (what may be a harness mount) -- all mine are approx. 2" x 2" .... Please also post dimensions - it certainly cleaned up well! Great find!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Hi - thanks for your kind comments on my finds. Can u please post a pic of the back of ur relic (what may be a harness mount) -- all mine are approx. 2" x 2" .... Please also post dimensions - it certainly cleaned up well! Great find!

Thanks , lemon juice, un diluted and cotton swabs . 2 " and what is left of the back , there is still some of the pin clasp intact

 

[Erik in NJ]

Hi - Thanks for posting the pic of the back. I think what you have there is in the same class as the items I've found - and quite a nice one. Bridle rosette/harness mount or boss - still don't have a definitive name or date, but the British site listed on the What Is It? thread shows some id'ed and almost identical finds in England. I thought they may be more common since I was fortunate enough to find four this season (my only 4), but it seems few have found them here ....let me know what you find out on your end. With the guilding they sure display well and yours is beautiful! Again, great find and thanks for sharing the cleaning tip!