Old Colonial Tavern Gives Up Its Treasures.....

[artyfacts]

I had a day that I only thought I would read about. I found an area away from the Tavern and well, it was about 60 feet by 50 feet wide and it was loaded with signal after signal non stop for two days worth of hunting. Mixed in with the good signals was iron and lots of it. Large spikes, nails, pieces of large iron cauldrons, iron cannon balls, 172 buttons, buckles, lead, pottery, window glass and nine new coins so far. I found one button in particular that I sent pictures of to the masonic library and museum in London, hopefully they get back to me soon its definitely one of a kind. I felt like I walked through a door in history, holy smokes, I still cant believe it. This all started with the 4 reales pillar and waves 1695 coin that is pictured to the left five weeks ago. The button count is 261. The coins are a, almost completely void copper, the only thing left is the pony tail the bust faces right, 1700 King William the third, 1722 Rosa Americana, 1723 Hibernia, 1788 New Jersey Copper,1803 large cent, 1804 1/2 cent, 1813 large cent, 1817 large cent.

 

[Sniffy]

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Without a doubt, that place is heaven.

 

[CRUSADER]

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What a tremendous pile of finds! I can only imagine the pile of trash you had to go through to get those. What size coil were you using...a 5 incher?

BTW, I think the Masonic button is actually one end of a cuff link. Maybe the other part is still out there.

Keep posting them!

yeap


Good bunch of oldies

 

[DMN]

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Hey, what are those "Golden West" buttons? Any chance of getting a closer picture of them? Thanks!

 

[Kirk PA]

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Un-Colonial-believable! Do you know that you found a USA Rev war button?

Kirk

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

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Love the cufflink and USA button
great finds there

 

[Evan/tn]

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Good grief!!!!
if ya need any help cleaning that site up drop us a line
what a site! congrats on all the nice finds!!

 

[LabradorBob (Missouri)]

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Looks like a civil war token there too,should say union forever on it.

Congrats on all the terrific finds

 

[terpfan]

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You've found one heck of a site, I'm so happy for you. You are right, its the type of site that most of us only read about! BTW, the 1817 LC has 15 stars, and is a Newcomb 16.

 

[Tubecity]

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Great finds. Amazing all the people & activity in that area back then. It's the spot
we all dream about. Congrats.

 

[diggerfororo]

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Super bunch of finds. I think you ripped it "as we used to say years ago" I think your long pins with the bent ends are DOOR SPIKES. These spikes were nailed through the cross braces of the door with a metal washer at the head and bent over on the back side. These doors were very heavy and thick with heavy hardwear and were on large homes and fortifications. If you do a google search of doors of the 17th and 18 centurys I think you will find them.

Les

 

[DaleGM]

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got that DFX smoking on those relics, nice diggs.......

 

[richm]

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The coil I was using was stock with the DFX. I had a 10 inch accelerator coil crap out the day I found the cob and had to stop hunting. I carry a backup now. Still waiting for replacement over a month now. I tryed my 12x14 coil that I use on the beach but the pinpointing is horrible and I stopped using it for fear of ruining a choice find. Still pulling iron out of the site, as I clean it up small treasures are underneath. The Golden West buttons I think there are six total where found on trails next to my site. The company was a clothing manufacturer from the late or mid 19th century into the 20th century.

AWESOME finds!! What program do you use on the DFX?? Rich.

 

[DMN]

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Sounds like that detector is a pretty good one. Have a x-70 minelab which does alright. Still messing with it and oit's been good and a paina ll at once. Found a great little cellar hole which appears to be either a small out building or possibly a cabin but the ground is full of iron and hot rocks, which makes the detecting business really tough. Seems like you put the time in and the benefits came right on through!

 

[detectahead]

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Dreams do come true, what a wonderful site you have there!

 

[Marc(NB)]

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OMG!!! a site of a lifetime!! Were all happy for ya

 

[DMN]

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Looks like I'll just need to dig everything to unmask the treasures at the cellar hole I found. You have quite the iron collection there.

 

[grafter]

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nice job

 

[JerV3]

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Wow,

That button count is unreal. You should have found about 50 coppers at that site. That place was used heavily. Congrats on finding such a great site.

HH Jer

 

[allen]

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i think id be camping at that spot for a week or two !!
Congrats on that awesome assortment of goodies !!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

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Wonder how many thought South Jersey was the least likely place to have a site like the one you have ..your finds prove that this happens here ,try not to let too many know really like the snake buckle piece and the button count is phenomenal most I found in a single weekend were about seventy CMDawg , from the Cape