masstreasurehunter
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Hi All,
I revisited the potential old house site at a farm in MA. The current farm house is believed to date to the early 1800s, but the finds in the field are older. There is a ton of iron signals in the ground. In my previous visit, the highlight was a coin that appears to be a King George II Half Penny. This next visit included a definite King George II Farthing (first and second photographs), possibly an early head, and a French Sol dated 1775 (third and fourth photographs). The last photo contains a number of other finds from the same area. The bottom row from left to right is what I believe to be an ox knob (has a small hole in the side - any date ideas?), a musket ball (0.61 inch diameter -- not sure of when this would be used), and an old square nail (one of many). The next row above, left to right is a brass button (with some kind of central arrow design), a silver-colored possible button (not silver), which seems to be more modern, third a possible pewter button (crumbly), and some kind of brass/copper tiny wedge thing. The third row up, from left to right, has what seems to be the end of a utensil handle, no idea what the second thing is, possible a piece of button third, and a lead weight of some kind with holes on either end. The top row is a 1937 Mercury dime, a copper/brass item, part of a buckle (knee or shoe?), a piece of lead (cannot see a design), and a thimble. I do have more finds, but will post them later. I may also post some of these to the What is it? forum for ID.
I look forward to going back.
Thanks for reading,
Josh
I revisited the potential old house site at a farm in MA. The current farm house is believed to date to the early 1800s, but the finds in the field are older. There is a ton of iron signals in the ground. In my previous visit, the highlight was a coin that appears to be a King George II Half Penny. This next visit included a definite King George II Farthing (first and second photographs), possibly an early head, and a French Sol dated 1775 (third and fourth photographs). The last photo contains a number of other finds from the same area. The bottom row from left to right is what I believe to be an ox knob (has a small hole in the side - any date ideas?), a musket ball (0.61 inch diameter -- not sure of when this would be used), and an old square nail (one of many). The next row above, left to right is a brass button (with some kind of central arrow design), a silver-colored possible button (not silver), which seems to be more modern, third a possible pewter button (crumbly), and some kind of brass/copper tiny wedge thing. The third row up, from left to right, has what seems to be the end of a utensil handle, no idea what the second thing is, possible a piece of button third, and a lead weight of some kind with holes on either end. The top row is a 1937 Mercury dime, a copper/brass item, part of a buckle (knee or shoe?), a piece of lead (cannot see a design), and a thimble. I do have more finds, but will post them later. I may also post some of these to the What is it? forum for ID.
I look forward to going back.
Thanks for reading,
Josh
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