Sometimes the Eyeball Finds are better then the Detector Finds!

ANTIQUARIAN · May 19, 2020

Yesterday I got back to a site I found through research 5 years ago. I noticed last week that the soil had been disked, preparing it for this year’s corn crop. Unfortunately, the non-ferrous finds are now getting slim here, thankfully the pottery and buttons are still ‘turning up’ or in this case, getting ‘turned over’. :laughing7:

In 2hrs here, I found an almost complete ink pot, a headless figurine, and the remains of a horse stirrup.

Thanks very much for looking,
Dave

creskol · May 19, 2020

That's a smokin' pot, Dave! I see you also got an early bedrail fastener. Ya dun good for eyeballin'!

Trezurehunter · May 19, 2020

Nice looking ink pot. Even with the little chip, its a nice find. Hard to believe it survived all of those years.

A2coins · May 19, 2020

Cool ink pot I love finding stuff like that I find alot of pottery frags but never a whole piece YET lol Good job on some nice finds.....Tommy

Digger RJ · May 19, 2020

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Professor of Engineering · May 19, 2020

Nice finds, congrats! :occasion14:

ANTIQUARIAN · May 20, 2020

creskol said:
That's a smokin' pot, Dave! I see you also got an early bedrail fastener. Ya dun good for eyeballin'!

Thanks creskol, I'm going to have to look up what a bed-rail fastener is.
Can I assume this is a button the bed mattress was sewn together with? :icon_scratch:

Dave

Trezurehunter said:
Nice looking ink pot. Even with the little chip, its a nice find. Hard to believe it survived all of those years.

Thank you for your post Trezurehunter. :thumbsup:

This is only the third clay pot I've found, although I've found half a dozen glass examples over the years.
Dave

A2coins said:
Cool ink pot I love finding stuff like that I find alot of pottery frags but never a whole piece YET lol Good job on some nice finds.....Tommy

Thanks Tommy, this is one of the main reasons why I revisit these sites each year long after they've stopped giving up metal relics.
Best of luck to you Sir,
Dave

Digger RJ said:
Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Thanks Randy.

Professor of Engineering said:
Nice finds, congrats!

Thank you Professor, I appreciate your support. :thumbsup:

Dave

PS. Here's a pic of the three clay ink pots I've found.

creskol · May 20, 2020

ANTIQUARIAN said:
Thanks creskol, I'm going to have to look up what a bed-rail fastener is.
Can I assume this is a button the bed mattress was sewn together with?
Dave

A bed rail fastener is the device that attaches the side boards (rails) to the posts of the head board and footboard. I am thinking this is one of those devices.

Check out this older post: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/398642-horseshoe-like-object.html

ANTIQUARIAN · May 20, 2020

creskol said:
A bed rail fastener is the device that attaches the side boards (rails) to the posts of the head board and footboard. I am thinking this is one of those devices.

Check out this older post: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/398642-horseshoe-like-object.html

Thank you so much for the follow up and for the link to the other post creskol. :thumbsup:

Considering how many homestead sites I hunt, I'm surprised I haven't found one of these before.
I'd just assumed it was some type of plow hardware. :laughing7:

Take care buddy,
Dave