FoundInNC
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2012
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- Location
- Mebane, North Carolina
- 🥇 Banner finds
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Gold and AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I went to one of my favorite sites in Mebane NC today and got some good stuff. I ended up with a brick, two tombac buttons, an earring, three pottery shards and three hand forged nails.
The best find in my opinion was the little cast tombac button. That little guy has some amazing character. Does anyone know the approximate age on that? I also found another tombac button that was right on the surface of the ground. I didnt even have to dig a hole. I noticed that both shanks are missing from the tombac buttons. I bet they rusted away because they were steel.
An interesting find was the flower earring. You don't often see earrings dug on colonial sites.
I was intrigued by the brick. I kept it because it was the only brick I have seen. This house must have been a log cabin with a solid rock chimney and foundation. I dug a hole looking for an "iffy" signal and saw it down there. It is very crudely made. You can see saw marks or something on the first picture. Then, if you look hard, you can see the imprint of a leaf on the side from when it was fired. Does anyone know how to age bricks? Or, does anyone know what kind of brick this is?
Notice the lines across this brick. I wonder what they were from. They look like saw marks.
The imprint of a leaf!
Awesome tombac button. This material holds up as good as silver!
The rears of my non ferrous digs
EARLY earring
Tombac button
The best find in my opinion was the little cast tombac button. That little guy has some amazing character. Does anyone know the approximate age on that? I also found another tombac button that was right on the surface of the ground. I didnt even have to dig a hole. I noticed that both shanks are missing from the tombac buttons. I bet they rusted away because they were steel.
An interesting find was the flower earring. You don't often see earrings dug on colonial sites.
I was intrigued by the brick. I kept it because it was the only brick I have seen. This house must have been a log cabin with a solid rock chimney and foundation. I dug a hole looking for an "iffy" signal and saw it down there. It is very crudely made. You can see saw marks or something on the first picture. Then, if you look hard, you can see the imprint of a leaf on the side from when it was fired. Does anyone know how to age bricks? Or, does anyone know what kind of brick this is?
Notice the lines across this brick. I wonder what they were from. They look like saw marks.
The imprint of a leaf!
Awesome tombac button. This material holds up as good as silver!
The rears of my non ferrous digs
EARLY earring
Tombac button
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