Started an 1820 property - 1st finds

[ModernMiner]

Just finding time to post. I started an 1820's property last Saturday. 80+ acres, original house, log tenant house, slave graves, etc. Was able to get in about 5 hours worth of detecting before the snow. As you know, finding old properties that haven't been detected before is getting tougher and tougher nowadays. Although I didn't find any old coins yet, I did recover a few nice old relics indicating that this place should provide me many happy return experiences. One of the horse pastures by the tenant house is just littereds with surface finds like the aluminum buckle, dog vaccine tag, glass shards, etc.

Some of my keepers were:
*Great looking brass heel plate w/unusual design.
*Whiffletree (as identified by Creskol in the "What is it" section)
*Mid-1800's "Treble Gilt" button

This place should turn up plenty of relics which I place on making the owners a display with for letting me detect.
I'll be hitting it again on Saturday.
Cheers,
MM

 

[ModernMiner]

Nice heel plate, and what's a whipporwill used for?

Whippletrees are used in tension to distribute forces from a point load to the traces of draught animals (the traces are the chains or straps on each side of the harness, on which the animal pulls). For these, the whippletree consists of a loose horizontal bar between the draught animal and its load. The centre of the bar is connected to the load, and the traces attach to its ends. Whippletrees are used especially when pulling a dragged load such as a plough, harrow, log or canal boat or for pulling a vehicle (by the leaders in a team with more than one row of animals).

 

[ModernMiner]

Thanks so much everyone.
Hopefully the relics keep coming.
Have a great week.
For all of you in the frozen tundra of the North, your spirits will be with me.
-MM-

 

[AlaskaAng]

Very nice, I am envious! One because you can STILL use your detector without freezing something important off and two because you've found a great spot! I was stationed in North Carolina (Goldsboro) from 96-2000 and had the opportunity only once to detect an old private battlefield nearby...I found a confederate officers script I button and an eagle button along with several minis and eyeballed some clay pipes....no better fun than that!

Angie

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

Dig far and dig wide my friend,you never know whats waiting out there,GOOD LUCK. ....................K.KID.

 

[ModernMiner]

Very nice, I am envious! One because you can STILL use your detector without freezing something important off and two because you've found a great spot! I was stationed in North Carolina (Goldsboro) from 96-2000 and had the opportunity only once to detect an old private battlefield nearby...I found a confederate officers script I button and an eagle button along with several minis and eyeballed some clay pipes....no better fun than that!

Angie

Thanks Angie.
I feel lucky to be in NC. Lot's of great old history and CW relics to be found.
Stay warm. We are currently at a whopping 25 degrees right now.
-MM-

Dig far and dig wide my friend,you never know whats waiting out there,GOOD LUCK. ....................K.KID.

Thank K Kid.
I'm hoping to find a few old coins soon.
-MM-

 

[trixie charger]

Hey MM, I'm less than a mile from the Camp that Hardee made in Trinity during the CW. There are alot of CW and REV battle sites in NC, not Four miles from my house is the Birthplace and childhood home of Jefferson Davis. Oh and thanks for your help, I will be attending the next meeting for ONSD and joining. HH

 

[SkyPirate]

Nice finds Doug! Good to see you are back out detecting again. I have to get back out when the weather warms up a bit. HH

 

[allen]

looks like a very promising site so far with those relics

 

[JerV3]

Nice relics,

Love that old heal plate. Looks like a good site.

Jer

 

[ModernMiner]

Hey MM, I'm less than a mile from the Camp that Hardee made in Trinity during the CW. There are alot of CW and REV battle sites in NC, not Four miles from my house is the Birthplace and childhood home of Jefferson Davis. Oh and thanks for your help, I will be attending the next meeting for ONSD and joining. HH

TC,
Glad to help. The club in Greensboro has a great group of guys.
Sounds like you are in a fantastic area for war relics. Looking forward to seeing your posts. Good luck. As I mentioned, detecting is VERY addicting.
Keep me posted.
-Doug-

Nice finds Doug! Good to see you are back out detecting again. I have to get back out when the weather warms up a bit. HH

Joe,
I took off detecting for at least 4 months during the hot summer we had. I'm glad we have mild winters to make up for it. Now I just need to be careful of the deer hunters.
-Doug-

looks like a very promising site so far with those relics

Thanks Allen.
Not a bad start. I'm very happy with the maiden voyage.
-Doug-

Nice relics,

Love that old heal plate. Looks like a good site.

Jer

Thanks Jer,
That's my finest one so far. It will look great in the display.
-Doug-

 

[BuckleBoy]

That flat button modified into a four-holer is a VERY cool find. I've never found one that size that was modified. In Kentucky, it was usually the big "dandy buttons" that were modified (my guess is that this was probably due to a shortage of buttons in the early pioneer days).

Very cool! I like the heel plate too. I have one or two of those, but most of the ones like that I've found were broken.

Cheers,


Buck

 

[{Sentinel}]

Congrats Doug on the finds and the Heel Plate. I really like the flat button that's been modified with holes. Someone who was crafty and didn't have alot of money used alittle ingenuity to find a way to still use it once the shank had snapped off. Very interesting find!

 

[spitfire55]

 

[pepperj]

Nice heel plate, and what's a whippoorwill used for?

Whippletrees are used in tension to distribute forces from a point load to the traces of draught animals (the traces are the chains or straps on each side of the harness, on which the animal pulls). For these, the whippletree consists of a loose horizontal bar between the draught animal and its load. The centre of the bar is connected to the load, and the traces attach to its ends. Whippletrees are used especially when pulling a dragged load such as a plough, harrow, log or canal boat or for pulling a vehicle (by the leaders in a team with more than one row of animals).

Thank you for the explanation on the item.
Never knew that, so it's a good day already learning something new of the old..

 

[HISPAN]

Great finds!....Congrats!

 

[ModernMiner]

That flat button modified into a four-holer is a VERY cool find. I've never found one that size that was modified. In Kentucky, it was usually the big "dandy buttons" that were modified (my guess is that this was probably due to a shortage of buttons in the early pioneer days).

Very cool! I like the heel plate too. I have one or two of those, but most of the ones like that I've found were broken.

Cheers,
Buck

Thanks Buck.
Back tomorrow for round two before the cold front rolls in. Hopefully the other heel plate will show up.
Have a great weekend,
Doug

Congrats Doug on the finds and the Heel Plate. I really like the flat button that's been modified with holes. Someone who was crafty and didn't have alot of money used alittle ingenuity to find a way to still use it once the shank had snapped off. Very interesting find!

Thanks Joshmeister.
A crafty person indeed.
-Doug-

Nice heel plate, and what's a whippoorwill used for?

Whippletrees are used in tension to distribute forces from a point load to the traces of draught animals (the traces are the chains or straps on each side of the harness, on which the animal pulls). For these, the whippletree consists of a loose horizontal bar between the draught animal and its load. The centre of the bar is connected to the load, and the traces attach to its ends. Whippletrees are used especially when pulling a dragged load such as a plough, harrow, log or canal boat or for pulling a vehicle (by the leaders in a team with more than one row of animals).

Thank you for the explanation on the item.
Never knew that, so it's a good day already learning something new of the old..

No problem. I never knew what one was either.
I've learned a LOT here on Tnet. More than I learned in high school I think.
-MM-

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