Some of my better finds from the 2011-2012 season

[Bill D. (VA)]

With lots of research, success with permissions, and loads of free time I was able to pull off quite a season. Be difficult to duplicate this year, but I have a chance if I can gain access to a few sites I have my eyes on. Good luck to everyone this year.

 

[worldtalker]

Bill, A good lot of finds,I really like the button in the center!!! God Bless Chris

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

The first thing I see is the sea of silver with the golden island in the center!! Way too many great finds to list so here is a

VPR

 

[mtholen]

How are people finding clay pipes? I assume you went MDing for everything else, but how did you come across the clay pipes? I have seen then in some other posts too.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

How are people finding clay pipes? I assume you went MDing for everything else, but how did you come across the clay pipes? I have seen then in some other posts too.

At every colonial site I hunt I try to find the trash pits. Sometimes they're easy and sometimes not so much. These pits usually contain brick, iron, oyster shells, pottery and glass frags, and sometimes pipe stems and bowls. I wrote an article a while ago for a detecting magazine about how I go about locating these pits. If you're interested send me a PM with your email address and I'll forward a pdf copy of the article to you.