SC Colonial River Digs

Patriot Relics · Oct 13, 2015

Hey guys,

Headed out on the kayak to revisit a few coastal sites on Monday. Few hours of swinging didn't produce much, but I refused to stop until I had at least dug a flat button :laughing7:

Finally landed on a site that has produced in the past...Gheenoe and I know it as the downed palm site...and managed a couple relics. Among the better digs were 2 padlock plates, 2 brass flat buttons, and an interesting copper button (the blue hue is do to the gradually erosion of the copper in salt water from the inside out).

I've worked them down in the past with electrolysis and all you end up with is a paper thin copper disk so I'm happy to leave this one as is. Also managed a few glass shards and a mystery copper piece. Feel free to guess this one?

bonepicker · Oct 13, 2015

Nice finds. :thumbsup:

Wish I could help with ID...

Silver Tree Chaser · Oct 13, 2015

I think the best find is the spoon handle fragment - dog nose variety. It came right after the trifid handle variety and dates to about 1700. Good digs! :thumbsup:

greatwun · Oct 13, 2015

Very nice! Do you detect in the water or the shore?

Patriot Relics · Oct 13, 2015

bonepicker said:
Nice finds. Wish I could help with ID...

No worries bone thanks for looking

Patriot Relics · Oct 13, 2015

greatwun said:
Very nice! Do you detect in the water or the shore?

These are all coastal recoveries from the shoreline great.

Patriot Relics · Oct 13, 2015

Silver Tree Chaser said:
I think the best find is the spoon handle fragment - dog nose variety. It came right after the trifid handle variety and dates to about 1700. Good digs!

Thanks for the ID silver, thought the curvature was a bit off for a lock plate, but then again you learn something new everyday one here.

against the wind · Oct 14, 2015

Very nice,, water still warm down there.

CASPER-2 · Oct 14, 2015

Rick (Nova Scotia) · Oct 14, 2015

Last item looks a lot like a rocker arm from a small engine. Yeah I'd just about bet on it esp. if the hole in one end was threaded...for valve adjustment.