Summer Hunt - I came out of hibernation this once (colonial, silver, bell, buttons)

[Scrappy]

Summer Hunt - I came out of hibernation this once (colonial, silver, bell, bu...

I'm not a fan of summer. The heat had been oppressive and the overgrowth is unbelievable this year. So with temps in the low 80's, I took Friday afternoon off and hit a site I hadn't been to in a while.



I called it quits but then went out for another hour.

Here's the results.



Blanked copper. Likely US with the high reading on the detector. Some buttons and a piece of furniture hardware. Perhaps a pull.



Interesting button.







Here's the pewter plating from an iron shoe or knee buckle. I peeled the iron off since it was flaking. I wish I'd taken a picture before I did.





Anyway, so old and new. I had a good time now back into hibernation for me!

Good hunts

Steve

 

[DownNDirty]

Good job Steve-glad you were able to get out and enjoy the heat Nice bunch of finds especially the coins. You should come down to South Carolina and hunt some fields with me-you'd love it, especially around 1:00 p.m.

 

[Z.K.]

Good to see you back at it...and if that comes from 3% of a site that is available to you, just wow.

Out of curiosity, how many skeleton keys have you dug? It seems like dozens, and I'm envious. They are so cool and would display brilliantly. Yet I haven't. found. one. : (
Cheers

 

[Patriot 1776]

Great finds
Happy Treasure Hunting
dennis

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice hunt Steve. Looks like you loaded up on the silver. Maybe next time the dates on those will be about 200 years earlier. Good luck!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice hunt!

 

[Scrappy]

Good job Steve-glad you were able to get out and enjoy the heat Nice bunch of finds especially the coins. You should come down to South Carolina and hunt some fields with me-you'd love it, especially around 1:00 p.m.

Hah, thanks Glenn. If I ever make it down there I'll let you know. But I know southern heat so perhaps after first frost. Lol

 

[Scrappy]

Good to see you back at it...and if that comes from 3% of a site that is available to you, just wow.

Out of curiosity, how many skeleton keys have you dug? It seems like dozens, and I'm envious. They are so cool and would display brilliantly. Yet I haven't. found. one. : (
Cheers

Funny enough I had a really tough time finding my first skeleton key, but after that it was like a switch flipped. Anyway, I had some fun with this one. Here are my complete ones.

 

[Scrappy]

Summer Hunt - I came out of hibernation this once (colonial, silver, bell, bu...

Nice hunt Steve. Looks like you loaded up on the silver. Maybe next time the dates on those will be about 200 years earlier. Good luck!

Bill that's a sore subject. I asked a few friends we share for good luck Via. Text, and neither one of them got back to me. Lol. After my hunt I said to Mr H. and the other Mr H. that had they wished me luck, those coins would have been Spanish lol.

Cheers bud

 

[A2coins]

Great finds Steve gotta get a fix here and there and it looks like that fixed ya Thanks for the post!!!Tommy

 

[Z.K.]

Funny enough I had a really tough time finding my first skeleton key, but after that it was like a switch flipped. Anyway, I had some fun with this one. Here are my complete ones.
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Fantastic picture, thanks for posting that.

 

[Steve in PA]

Glad to see you were able to Feed the Need. I did the same this past weekend.

 

[Relicific]

Yup it ain't easy to hunt in summer,but
Sometimes that's when we get the unexpected
Finds.
Nice hunt Scrappy

 

[Scrappy]

Glad to see you were able to Feed the Need. I did the same this past weekend.

Thanks Steve. But when you itch a scratch it only becomes itchier. Think I need a Dr.

 

[Scrappy]

Yup it ain't easy to hunt in summer,but
Sometimes that's when we get the unexpected
Finds.
Nice hunt Scrappy

Absolutely right. The strangest and most wonderful things show up when you're scrounging around in whatever earth is exposed. Cheers bud; thanks for looking

 

[Calabash Digger]

nice hunt I too have took this summer off ,had the jones so went this afternoon wasnt to bad. didnt find anthing but sweated off 5 pounds. come on fall