Colonial KirkPA
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- Joined
- Apr 4, 2007
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- Location
- Colonial, PA
- Detector(s) used
- White's Pro XL
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Hey, what in the heck is uuuup forum dudes? KirkPA is here and ready to relate a tale of Colonial relic hunting. Yes, as many of you dudes may know, I am a passionate hunter of Colonial artifacts, sooooo I went in search of these things.
After I stated my boyfriendly, "Goodbye, sweetpie" to my babe, I was off in search of some old stuff. 
As I placed my detector verrrry softly in the back of my car and turned on some tunes (what in the heck
Elton John's "Daniel" started to play...Stacia still had her C.D. in my slot......oh well, I listened to it and smiled like a happy 'liker' of this great man/singer ), I was off to the "Old Colonial Road" site.
After unpacking my professional equipment, I was detecting my way to an area that I had in mind. After sweeping for about an hour with nothing to show for, I soon was welcomed with numerous nullings of my threshold. Now, being a professional, I knew that I was onto a dwelling. You may ask your intellagint minds , "How does he know that?" Well, let me tell you this, I just KNOW! :P Kyle and I have seen a amateur detectorist walk straight through these iron patches and say, "No iron!" Well, let me tell you this, we know it is iron and lets just keep it at that! :P 
After listening intently to these nullings, kind of like John Walter used to do and possibly STILL doing today , I came across a good signal and looked down...a flat button was on the ground. Cool! I soon started to grid with patience and was soon greeted with many signals. During the next couple hours, I dug numerous musketballs and a couple more buttons. I also picked up some nice pottery pieces and some black glass (typical on Colonial sites). As you will see, I also excavated a Colonial crotal bell...check out the pattern on it! Check out the pewter Colonial spoon part I dug! 
This was when it started to get fun...COLONIAL style, BABY! I was soon welcomed with a nice 46 VDI and looked down again...a relic or coin was on the ground. Cool! It turned out to be a Chinese cash coin...probably late 1700s. 
My patience started to pay off! 
In the same area, I got a nice iron hit and dug down to 3" and excavated what looked to be part of a knife. As you can see, the handle broke off of it...it is definitely Colonial! 
Just for reference, the knife was recovered about 50 yards from where I found my Levanna point. It kind of looks like a trade item that the white man would have given to the Native American in return for fur or other skins.
NOW, here comes the potential good part. I was digging a target, when this coin-looking object popped out of the hole. Zoyboy stated that it is characterstic of a spelter counterfeit cut piece. It is obvious that this thing is a coin of some sort. As you will see, it was obviously cut to make change. On the pic, check out the dot on the upper left...it could be porous surface due to the cheap metal...very typical for counterfeits. On the other side of the object, I can see what looks like a "C"...possibly the 'C' in 'Carolus.' What do you guys think?
All in all, I had a great time hunting a true Colonial site. Analog strikes again!
Keep the passion high!
Kirk
Hey, what in the heck is uuuup forum dudes? KirkPA is here and ready to relate a tale of Colonial relic hunting. Yes, as many of you dudes may know, I am a passionate hunter of Colonial artifacts, sooooo I went in search of these things.
After I stated my boyfriendly, "Goodbye, sweetpie" to my babe, I was off in search of some old stuff. As I placed my detector verrrry softly in the back of my car and turned on some tunes (what in the heck
Elton John's "Daniel" started to play...Stacia still had her C.D. in my slot......oh well, I listened to it and smiled like a happy 'liker' of this great man/singer ), I was off to the "Old Colonial Road" site.After unpacking my professional equipment
, I was detecting my way to an area that I had in mind. After sweeping for about an hour with nothing to show for, I soon was welcomed with numerous nullings of my threshold. Now, being a professional, I knew that I was onto a dwelling. You may ask your intellagint minds , "How does he know that?" Well, let me tell you this, I just KNOW! :P Kyle and I have seen a amateur detectorist walk straight through these iron patches and say, "No iron!" Well, let me tell you this, we know it is iron and lets just keep it at that! :P After listening intently to these nullings, kind of like John Walter used to do and possibly STILL doing today
, I came across a good signal and looked down...a flat button was on the ground. Cool! I soon started to grid with patience and was soon greeted with many signals. During the next couple hours, I dug numerous musketballs and a couple more buttons. I also picked up some nice pottery pieces and some black glass (typical on Colonial sites). As you will see, I also excavated a Colonial crotal bell...check out the pattern on it! Check out the pewter Colonial spoon part I dug! This was when it started to get fun...COLONIAL style, BABY!
I was soon welcomed with a nice 46 VDI and looked down again...a relic or coin was on the ground. Cool! It turned out to be a Chinese cash coin...probably late 1700s. My patience started to pay off! In the same area, I got a nice iron hit and dug down to 3" and excavated what looked to be part of a knife. As you can see, the handle broke off of it...it is definitely Colonial! Just for reference, the knife was recovered about 50 yards from where I found my Levanna point. It kind of looks like a trade item that the white man would have given to the Native American in return for fur or other skins. NOW, here comes the potential good part. I was digging a target, when this coin-looking object popped out of the hole. Zoyboy stated that it is characterstic of a spelter counterfeit cut piece. It is obvious that this thing is a coin of some sort. As you will see, it was obviously cut to make change. On the pic, check out the dot on the upper left...it could be porous surface due to the cheap metal...very typical for counterfeits. On the other side of the object, I can see what looks like a "C"...possibly the 'C' in 'Carolus.'
What do you guys think? All in all, I had a great time hunting a true Colonial site. Analog strikes again!
Keep the passion high!
Kirk
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