Started a 1804 house Friday

ModernMiner · Apr 12, 2009

I just started detecting an 1804 house on six acres on Friday. This is what I found before I got rained out. Nothing major, but I have a LOT of area to cover.
Have a great week,
MM

*Two silver plated spoons - The decorative one has "R & B" on it. The other is a Wm. Rogers like I normally find.
*A mid-1800's flat button with shank- Back mark is "Treble Gilt"
*Buffalo nickel (no date) & a few wheat pennies (two 1919 so far).
*A gold plated cuff link.
*Decorative brooch - Victorian era I believe. (Dug on Thurs)
*Small toy car
*Small harmonica reed
*Asst'd decorative pieces.
*Lead seal (no markings)
*Key
*Many bullets & lead
*Tiny decorative buckle

Michigan Fats · Apr 13, 2009

old home sites rule!
nice one bud :thumbsup:

MF

Got_4by4 · Apr 13, 2009

What a great start. :icon_salut:

I can only imagine what a great shadow box will be made to show off those relics. But I think that the buckle pic (1488) needs to rotate 180 deg. Then it looks like a monogram "T". Love those old houses and can't wait to see what comes next.

Steve, So. Calif.

paulcart43778 · Apr 13, 2009

ModernMiner said:
I just started detecting an 1804 house on six acres on Friday. This is what I found before I got rained out. Nothing major, but I have a LOT of area to cover.
Have a great week,
MM

*Two silver plated spoons - The decorative one has "R & B" on it. The other is a Wm. Rogers like I normally find.
*A mid-1800's flat button with shank- Back mark is "Treble Gilt"
*Buffalo nickel (no date) & a few wheat pennies (two 1919 so far).
*A gold plated cuff link.
*Decorative brooch - Victorian era I believe. (Dug on Thurs)
*Small toy car
*Small harmonica reed
*Asst'd decorative pieces.
*Lead seal (no markings)
*Key
*Many bullets & lead
*Tiny decorative buckle

paulcart43778 · Apr 13, 2009

ModernMiner said:
I just started detecting an 1804 house on six acres on Friday. This is what I found before I got rained out. Nothing major, but I have a LOT of area to cover.
Have a great week,
MM

*Two silver plated spoons - The decorative one has "R & B" on it. The other is a Wm. Rogers like I normally find.
*A mid-1800's flat button with shank- Back mark is "Treble Gilt"
*Buffalo nickel (no date) & a few wheat pennies (two 1919 so far).
*A gold plated cuff link.
*Decorative brooch - Victorian era I believe. (Dug on Thurs)
*Small toy car
*Small harmonica reed
*Asst'd decorative pieces.
*Lead seal (no markings)
*Key
*Many bullets & lead
*Tiny decorative buckle

That,s a MG TD from 1950-1953 :thumbsup:

Hunter · Apr 13, 2009

Great finds nice variety!

dfxmatt · Apr 13, 2009

holy tamoli 1804 wow.........gotta be a patch in the 6 acres where they had their little picnics........keep looking!.......somewhere out there there's a patch full of liberty in copper and silver forms.

ModernMiner · Apr 13, 2009

Admiral de Salee said:
Great initial bunch of stuff, and I'm sure we'll see a lot more!

The Cinderella Coal seal is from a coal oil container, which you probably already knew. They call them kerosene lamps, but coal oil was cleaner-burning. I've got a bunch of them, some from Kentucky coal companies, but no Cinderellas yet.

Admiral,
Thanks for the ID on that Cinderella Coal piece. I had no idea what it was. :thumbsup:

-MM-

Got_4by4 said:
What a great start. I can only imagine what a great shadow box will be made to show off those relics. But I think that the buckle pic (1488) needs to rotate 180 deg. Then it looks like a monogram "T". Love those old houses and can't wait to see what comes next.

Steve, So. Calif.

Thanks Steve.
See what happens when I don't put my glasses on.

You're right, it looks better as a "T". :thumbsup:

-MM-

PAUL,
Thanks for the ID on the MG.
-MM-

dfxmatt said:
holy tamoli 1804 wow.........gotta be a patch in the 6 acres where they had their little picnics........keep looking!.......somewhere out there there's a patch full of liberty in copper and silver forms.

Matt,
I sure hope so. I'll probably just find Colonial tinfoil from their picnics though. :tongue3: