Ornate Musket Escutcheon Plate, George III Copper, Silvers

Hunthicks · May 26, 2015

Well what started out as a three day hunt turned into about 1.5 days of hunting spread over 4 days for me - real life just got in the way! While the first day saw my best find right alongside all the trade axes popping up, it was a good effort put forth and I had a lot of good digs for the time I was out there.

My best find was this ornate musket escutcheon thumbplate which popped up just a couple feet from the cache of trade axes. While I can't find any info on it, given the proximity to the axes it's most likely french and dates to the early to mid 1700s.

Also dug a few coins, including this george III and 1880 5 cent silver, along with a couple 1893 large cents and a couple 1940s silver dimes.

And this WWI era artillery hat badge.

Group photo:

pepperj · May 27, 2015

Really nice assortment finds which makes for a great hunt(s) the escutcheon plate is great keeper. Congrats on the recoveries from the fragmented hunt that you had.

Carolina Tom · May 27, 2015

Very nice assortment of finds. Congrats.

The Patriot · May 27, 2015

Yes that comes to mind too as the last better multi hunt....unreal 6 years...hard to believe!!

Iron Patch said:
Yeah that makes a pretty incredible display and story to go with it. I think we have to go all the way back to 2009 and the NJ site since 3 of us had a multi day quality hunt like that. Hard to believe that was over 5 years ago, closer to 6!

Hunthicks · May 27, 2015

Iron Patch said:
That is a great escutcheon, and it definitely fits in with the trade axes. It being an openwork design also adds to it, and I'm pretty sure since a marked 22nd Regiment one did not get up top, this one will not.... but make no mistake it's worthy. I'll even go a step further and say because I've dug a few trade axes to me that is the find of the hunt, even over the 6 axes in the same hole. I'd rather have that in my case than more iron.

As soon as I dug it I figured it was something pretty cool, and it's going to make a great display piece. And the fact it popped out after 8 total trade axes, there was already some excitement going on so that made it even better! It's a piece I'll appreciate and that'll help me remember a pretty cool site!

The Patriot · May 27, 2015

Hunthicks said:
As soon as I dug it I figured it was something pretty cool, and it's going to make a great display piece. And the fact it popped out after 8 total trade axes, there was already some excitement going on so that made it even better! It's a piece I'll appreciate and that'll help me remember a pretty cool site!

Yes one that we'll hit again! even with all that garbage...