Old home site in Virginia still producing

TomB · Oct 22, 2010

Returned to an old home site in southwest Virginia that has produced a number of relics. Today I recovered a solid brass button (need to be cleaned to read back mark) four .69 cal musket balls, a fired musket ball and an odd size bullet (may be modern).

From this site I have recovered 38 .69 cal musket balls, one buck & ball also .69 cal, tow pistol balls (not sure of cal) 1856 Liberty quarter, two brass buttons, brass key, flint in led from a flintlock weapon, melted lead pieces. Goes to show there still a lot of relics out there to be found.

HH TomB

umrgolf · Oct 22, 2010

nice lead and love that seated quarter.. id like to get one in any condition :headbang:

billydabeeg · Oct 22, 2010

Nice digs. Looks like you had fun.

FortBedfordbob · Oct 23, 2010

Nice Bunch of Lead !

Goes4ever · Oct 23, 2010

where is the quarter? I don't see it in the pic?

ANTIQUARIAN · Oct 23, 2010

Love the musket balls & the old brass key Tom. :icon_thumright:

Any chance it can be straightened out? :icon_scratch:

Indiana Digger · Oct 23, 2010

Nice Digs! Congrats! :icon_thumright:

~Indiana Digger~

TomB · Oct 23, 2010

Goes4ever said:
where is the quarter? I don't see it in the pic?

In the middle of the pic, just above the flint and next to the two buttons. It came out of the ground white and I'm not real sure how to attempt to clean it.
It's the first piece of silver I have recovered with a whit patina. TomB

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