Short Hunt on Ancient Site w/CTX & 6" Coil

[lonewolfe]

Hey all

got out for a few hrs a couple days ago but been too busy to post til now!

Found a site in use from 1830s thru 1860s or so but it's been dug by others in the past.

I did manage a few goodies with the CTX & 6" coil though :-)

The iron was pretty bad (machine gun type)!

The 1837 Canada 1/2 penny read like iron as it was on edge and approx. 7" deep but the Target Trace and sound was "telling" in the case of "to dig or not to dig" ;-)

Found a couple mini lead pistol balls - a Quality button, some sort of triangle thing??, flat button, lead weight, flat thimble, etc.

All in all it was a fun hunt --- thanks for looking/reading and

HH all

 

[Deerhunter24]

Nice finds.

That lead weight you found is called a "hem weight" or "hemweight."

They were tied to strings and hung from the inside of women's dresses pre-1900. These hemweights kept the dress from blowing up in the wind.

 

[Mike from MI]

The lead thing is a hem weight. Nice finds!

 

[postalgriff]

nice bunch of oldies!...congrats on a great hunt! Love that old Canadian coin, nice nab catching it on edge too!

 

[flakefinder]

Sounds like a good site to bad it has been hit before , but you still managed to pull some nice keepers out of there , congrats !

 

[fistfulladirt]

You can always tell the age of a site by the quality of digs, congrats!

 

[Brentallica]

Great finds!! The old 1/2 Canadian Penny is cool. Congrats on some sweet digs

 

[Giant056]

Fantastic bunch of finds ya got there

 

[Michiganne]

Fine digs. WTG on the relics and Canadian halfpenny. Gotta love those big (old) coppers!

HH