Seated Silver, Civil War relics, and a SIX POUNDER

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

Went out last week for a Thanksgiving marathon with Shangalang and Diggergirl (my wife). Her and I got to spend Thanksgiving together camping out at the dig site, and Shangalang came to visit and dig with us some. Along with lots of great finds for all of of us, little did I know that I'd leave the field with a Six Pound Turkey--and no, I'm not talking about the bird! Became swamped with work so I didn't get this posted until now. Glad to have everything cleaned and the cannonball in the tank

Here's the video:




The finds are too numerous to recount in a written form, so please watch the video I'll just show some photos from the field:

1848-O Seated Half Dime (beaten to death she's pretty to me)



The center of a 3-piece button which (strangely enough) DiggerGirl found the rim of on a previous hunt. I think I'm gonna have it restored for her if possible. It's a University of the South (Sewanee) button! The center of it has a handshake and reads "Ecce Quam Bonum" in Latin. (Non-dug example pictured as well):



A Civil War rivet from a Sword Belt rig:



A silver Catholic medallion sticking out of the dirt:



An Eagle "I" cuff button and a New York cuff button:



Numerous old beads (Rosary, Mardi Gras, or Trade--but probably the first 2 options coming from this field). I got this nice big cobalt blue:



An apothecary weight or coin weight:



Diggergirl got a nice Spanish-style spur rowel and a Civil War era "pocket Saint" made out of lead that I'm pretty jealous of:



I dug five old nickels, and for once all of them had dates 1870 Shield, 1916-D Buffalo, and 1901, 1904, and 1906 V Nickels.



Numerous marbles, flat buttons, jeans buttons, glass buttons, baby doll legs and arms, some spur pieces and other interesting bits were dug.

I dug linked 1944 Philippine Occupation silver coins. We have found 3 others of these coins in this field and thought that they were perhaps souvenirs brought home from WWII--or buttons on a garment that was tossed out. This pair confirms that they were in fact a bracelet.



And of course--my Six Pound baby which I flipped out of a deeep hole:



Here are some of DG and my finds. Missing are the iron finds, including the shell fragments I dug (which I think are Schenkl, but electrolysis will confirm).



I did have one wardrobe malfunction, which is par for the course for me. Luckily this time it was only a boot lace and not the butt of my pants.






Best Wishes and Happy Hunting,





The CaneField Bandits

 

[Louisiana Ken]

Nice finds!!!!!! Keep the vids coming!!!!!!!!

 

[toasted]

Great finds as usual. Since you all find more half dimes than anybody else, I have to ask just how many do you have? Must be nice to hunt an area where silver was pretty much all that circulated in that time period. I wouldnt care if I ever dug another toasted copper from my fields

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great finds as usual. Since you all find more half dimes than anybody else, I have to ask just how many do you have? Must be nice to hunt an area where silver was pretty much all that circulated in that time period. I wouldnt care if I ever dug another toasted copper from my fields

It's interesting, we've actually dug more spanish silvers than seated. I think that's because seateds didn't circulate here much until the 1840s, and spanish silver continued to circulate until close to the Civil War. In six years, we've dug 51 Seated Half Dimes and 82 Half Reales. Seems like we always want to dig what we don't regularly find. I really want to dig a KG copper. Been wanting one for years and couldn't get my coil over one when I lived in the mountains of Virginia or KY.

 

[Truth]

BuckleBoy you have to be in Louisiana too? Throw some of that luck my way and congratulations on your finds. With all your past finds you are quite impressive. Great job my friend.


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[A2coins]

Sweet finds wow Id be freakin really glad to find all that and a cannon ball. Thanks for posting em hope you find that copper soon Tommy

 

[scruggs]

What else can be said...awesome finds! Congratulations on a spectacular hunt!

 

[Tangelone]

What a nice mix of finds! Great video and post cleanup photos!

 

[Calabash Digger]

great finds!

 

[Trezurehunter]

What an outstanding hunt ! Congrats on some great finds.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Thanks for the video and nice post. Exceptional finds as usual. You get some really nice old coins and relics. I’m really liking the pocket saint and Bennington marble. Congrats sir.

 

[saftgeek]

Sweet!!! What a great day and a cannonball as a topper. That is on the very tip-top of my bucket list. One of these days, hopefully. Thanks for sharing your finds.
Saftgeek-

 

[Phishfarmer]

Great finds~ Thanks for posting!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Great video and awesome finds! Love all the glass beads and the cannonball! The Saint and rowel are special pieces there! Way to go guys, keep it up!

 

[EasternShoreMetal]

That's just a great bunch of interesting finds. Love em. WTG!

 

[BLK HOLE]

congratulations! I haven't had a hunt anywhere near successful......yet. Post like this keep me motivated and inspired to get back out there, thanks!

 

[xr7ator]

NICE DIGS! I found one of those Philippine's silvers back in the 80's. Grats!

 

[WaterScoop]

Awesome hunt and amazing treasures. Keep those videos coming they are very contagious to
A positive attitude to keep going...”there is treasure out there in them fields...”

 

[BuckleBoy]

Sweet finds wow Id be freakin really glad to find all that and a cannon ball. Thanks for posting em hope you find that copper soon Tommy

Thanks Tommy, I hope I can dig a KG soon too. Been forever since we've even dug a LC down here. I think they all hear us coming and burrow deeper in the ground

 

[BuckleBoy]

Thanks for the video and nice post. Exceptional finds as usual. You get some really nice old coins and relics. I’m really liking the pocket saint and Bennington marble. Congrats sir.

Thanks so much for your kind reply, Tom!