Quick hunt in a Rev war camp

[Joe-Dirt]

Been working on getting into this permission for a while. It’s right in the center of a small Massachusetts town where troops were camped. The campsite is split up by 4 houses and a large church, I have permission to one of the houses and spent an hour there today. It was 63* today and the ground was like melted chocolate ice cream with grass mixed in. The property owner told me his yard is very wet all year and that explains the condition of my KG?? I’ll be going back with my 15” coil and more time. There’s lots of deep iron due to the house prior to the current dwelling that burned in 1906, but lots and lots of good deep targets. I was told it was built in the 1830’s and the current house built in 1911, anyway, I’ll post more if it comes out.

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[smallfoot]

Not bad for a quick hunt...keep it up!

 

[A2coins]

! hour you get a Copper its been 5 years Im still looking lol Thats a great site an old camp wow you gotta be excited hope you find lots of goodies that 15 coil should help cover some serious ground Good luck my friend Tommy

 

[Silvermonkey]

Very nice finds. Sounds like that site has some great history behind it. I have no doubt that you will uncover more goodies.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice job, congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[xcopperstax]

Joe I'd donate my detecting arm to science to find something from the Rev War! Good luck and let us know if you find anything. That King George is a fantastic start!!!

 

[silverfreak]

Looks like you've got yourself locked into a nice spot!

 

[cannonball]

I'm guessing that site wants to give some pleasant surprises.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice finds. It will be interesting to hear if the bigger coil helps pop some deeper coins. And maybe the neighbors will allow you to dig the adjacent properties. Never know. Congrats!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Very nice finds, sounds like you have a super permission can't wait to see what else you find

 

[washingtonian]

Way to go! Didn’t know they carried Mercs during the revolutionary war

 

[signal]

How does one find “camps”? Are you talking about official camps like “Camp Smith”, etc, or some unofficial place where soldiers just camped?

 

[Joe-Dirt]

How does one find “camps”? Are you talking about official camps like “Camp Smith”, etc, or some unofficial place where soldiers just camped?

According to local history, the local militia camped there for a week before moving on. They mustered in the town square and went northeast to Boston for the siege from what I’m told but these “local” stories always have several versions