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Last weekend I got out in the water for the first time and dug the 1838 seated dime and yesterday I scooped up two 1600's Spanish cobs. This time my buddy Beau and I met up to check a site further up the creek from where I was last weekend. We only had a half day but it sure was fun and I can't wait to get back. Perhaps next weekend for my third trip I will dig three silvers ha ha.
Anyways - we were looking for a civil war camp but I also knew there was an early colonial site along this stretch and that was where we began. Funny enough, the first two targets between the two of us were civil war bullets (we each dug one) and then nothing else for a while except colonial.
I ended the day with 16 buttons and many of them quite rare for most colonial relic hunters...the two piece soldered button. Typically we will dig the dished back and once in a blue moon it will still have the pewter face attached to it. Well due to the clay we were digging in, many of these are near perfect - total I dug 4 of these with all being intact.
I also dug some pretty early pewter buttons (check out the shank on this one, holy cow!). I actually dug very few 1800s buttons, but the Civil War eagle is a beauty and I only wish the Civil War kepi number (6 or 9) was in equally as good of shape. It is now in three pieces as I did not realize what it was until after breaking away some of the crust. One other cool civil war find was the intact solder from a ration can, the tin can itself has rotted away while the solder is in incredible shape still.
Obviously the best of all were the two colonial silvers, both are cobs with one being cut. This now makes three good silver coins in two trips and also puts me on the board for the season with two colonial silvers already!
The rest of the day was fun digging plenty of targets, including lead, brass tacks, sinkers, modern stuff, part of a colonial women's spur, and even a late 1800's "Massage Cream" jar! I wish it were full as I needed it today!.
HH
Dan
Anyways - we were looking for a civil war camp but I also knew there was an early colonial site along this stretch and that was where we began. Funny enough, the first two targets between the two of us were civil war bullets (we each dug one) and then nothing else for a while except colonial.
I ended the day with 16 buttons and many of them quite rare for most colonial relic hunters...the two piece soldered button. Typically we will dig the dished back and once in a blue moon it will still have the pewter face attached to it. Well due to the clay we were digging in, many of these are near perfect - total I dug 4 of these with all being intact.
I also dug some pretty early pewter buttons (check out the shank on this one, holy cow!). I actually dug very few 1800s buttons, but the Civil War eagle is a beauty and I only wish the Civil War kepi number (6 or 9) was in equally as good of shape. It is now in three pieces as I did not realize what it was until after breaking away some of the crust. One other cool civil war find was the intact solder from a ration can, the tin can itself has rotted away while the solder is in incredible shape still.
Obviously the best of all were the two colonial silvers, both are cobs with one being cut. This now makes three good silver coins in two trips and also puts me on the board for the season with two colonial silvers already!
The rest of the day was fun digging plenty of targets, including lead, brass tacks, sinkers, modern stuff, part of a colonial women's spur, and even a late 1800's "Massage Cream" jar! I wish it were full as I needed it today!.
HH
Dan
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