bonepicker
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- MS, Lynchberg
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- XP DEUS
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- Relic Hunting
Went back to the Old trusty half-dime field today after cutting up some Oak for firewood.
Decided to get 2 birds with one stone. Some fire wood and metal detecting at one of my permissions.
I havent found much at this site in a while, but being persistent and digging everything paid off today.
Dug a little pottery, lots of melted lead, some rusty blobs, and some tiny brass today.
The big surprise was the half dime. #4 for me, and #7 from this site. It was a faint tone on the XP, in an area i was digging lots of melted pieces of lead.
I say semi key date, because there was only 140,000 minted at the Orleans mint that year. VF-20 puts it at $220. I think mine could possibly have VF details.
First one to come out completely black from this site. I think its due to it being dug in a low area of the field, near a tree line, that usually stays damp.
Shade, and easy diggin. Got kinda warm today for jeans and a t-shirt.
I also dug a folded over triangle which looks like a kettle point. Not that familiar with these, but ive dug quite a few folded over brass triangles from this site.
After reading in the Fur Trade section, i cant help but to wonder if the item pictured in the palm of my hand is a brass kettle point.
The land owner told me his father in law used to find arrow heads near this field a long time ago.
I recently searched the land deeds on this site, and one of the 2 names on the deed was WAK I O NAH.
On the actual deed it refers to a Choctaw Certificate, so i believe that the land was indian land at one time.
Decided to get 2 birds with one stone. Some fire wood and metal detecting at one of my permissions.
I havent found much at this site in a while, but being persistent and digging everything paid off today.
Dug a little pottery, lots of melted lead, some rusty blobs, and some tiny brass today.
The big surprise was the half dime. #4 for me, and #7 from this site. It was a faint tone on the XP, in an area i was digging lots of melted pieces of lead.
I say semi key date, because there was only 140,000 minted at the Orleans mint that year. VF-20 puts it at $220. I think mine could possibly have VF details.
First one to come out completely black from this site. I think its due to it being dug in a low area of the field, near a tree line, that usually stays damp.
Shade, and easy diggin. Got kinda warm today for jeans and a t-shirt.
I also dug a folded over triangle which looks like a kettle point. Not that familiar with these, but ive dug quite a few folded over brass triangles from this site.
After reading in the Fur Trade section, i cant help but to wonder if the item pictured in the palm of my hand is a brass kettle point.
The land owner told me his father in law used to find arrow heads near this field a long time ago.
I recently searched the land deeds on this site, and one of the 2 names on the deed was WAK I O NAH.
On the actual deed it refers to a Choctaw Certificate, so i believe that the land was indian land at one time.
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