Patriot Relics
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Got out on two group hunts last week- the first on the colonial tear out in the lowcountry with Stef and Matt, then a second back upstate on the Nova site with DownNDirty. Back to the colonial tear out, a bit more dirt spreading has led to another nice new pile of colonial targets, although between the 3 of us the targets are getting a bit more scarce. That being said, these kinds of relic concentration don't come along often.
Last month my favorite dig from the site was a early 1500-1650 strap buckle. Very ornate and unlike any I'd dug in the past...what are the chances they were lost as a set back in the 1600s? Got a nice deep target on the DEUS and out pops this buckle
A bit of cleaning revealed a similar motif- a matching set of 1600 era buckles.
Here's a look at the pair reunited after 300 years
Not far from the buckle, a dozer was scraping and leveling the pad. After Matt had finished sweeping the area, I worked in behind just before a few feet of fill got dumped on top. Got a nice 12-92 on the XP and quickly recovered the plug before getting flattened by the truck
1797 1 Real
This site had given up a pair of nice 82nd Regiment of Foot buttons along with some confederate varieties, so it was nice to dig the remaining War of 1812 era button. This rifleman variety dates from 1811-1813.
As usual a nice pile of civilian flats
Also scored a nice batwing buckle...given the post positioning I believe this one is 18th century. Found the horse tac nearby as well
One lonely general service coat
Still trying to pin this partial plate- given the style and construction(stamped brass) suspect its part of an early 19th century British naval buckle.
Perhaps something similar to this one
Various bosses and tacs
Furniture hardware
1888 IHP
A few Victorian era finds include a nice turn of the century picture button
Copper wedding band
Looking for help with this one- cast copper alloy...
Here's the group shot from the first dig
Onward to site 2- this one was a more of a scouting trip in the upstate. The first plot was a massive 700 acre section of fields. While the area seems promising, very few indication of any old homesites. Working our way back to another 18th century field I did manage a few nice keepers.
My first target was another screamer...not sure how Glenn's trusty CTX missed it 1816 large cent
This one was definitely the shocker- fresh out of the upstate red dirt
Second spanish silver in a week and 3rd on the year! 1781 1 Real
Few other flat buttons and a partial buckle rounded out the hunt
All in all, not bad for a scouting hunt- here's the group shot. As always thanks for looking
Got out on two group hunts last week- the first on the colonial tear out in the lowcountry with Stef and Matt, then a second back upstate on the Nova site with DownNDirty. Back to the colonial tear out, a bit more dirt spreading has led to another nice new pile of colonial targets, although between the 3 of us the targets are getting a bit more scarce. That being said, these kinds of relic concentration don't come along often.
Last month my favorite dig from the site was a early 1500-1650 strap buckle. Very ornate and unlike any I'd dug in the past...what are the chances they were lost as a set back in the 1600s? Got a nice deep target on the DEUS and out pops this buckle
A bit of cleaning revealed a similar motif- a matching set of 1600 era buckles.
Here's a look at the pair reunited after 300 years
Not far from the buckle, a dozer was scraping and leveling the pad. After Matt had finished sweeping the area, I worked in behind just before a few feet of fill got dumped on top. Got a nice 12-92 on the XP and quickly recovered the plug before getting flattened by the truck
1797 1 RealThis site had given up a pair of nice 82nd Regiment of Foot buttons along with some confederate varieties, so it was nice to dig the remaining War of 1812 era button. This rifleman variety dates from 1811-1813.
As usual a nice pile of civilian flats
Also scored a nice batwing buckle...given the post positioning I believe this one is 18th century. Found the horse tac nearby as well
One lonely general service coat
Still trying to pin this partial plate- given the style and construction(stamped brass) suspect its part of an early 19th century British naval buckle.
Perhaps something similar to this one
Various bosses and tacs
Furniture hardware
1888 IHP
A few Victorian era finds include a nice turn of the century picture button
Copper wedding band
Looking for help with this one- cast copper alloy...
Here's the group shot from the first dig
Onward to site 2- this one was a more of a scouting trip in the upstate. The first plot was a massive 700 acre section of fields. While the area seems promising, very few indication of any old homesites. Working our way back to another 18th century field I did manage a few nice keepers.
My first target was another screamer...not sure how Glenn's trusty CTX missed it
1816 large centThis one was definitely the shocker- fresh out of the upstate red dirt
Second spanish silver in a week and 3rd on the year! 1781 1 Real
Few other flat buttons and a partial buckle rounded out the hunt
All in all, not bad for a scouting hunt- here's the group shot. As always thanks for looking
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