The Dirty Crusty Dozen

[Iron Patch]

Out today with Ironhorse and the plan came together. Did lots of digging, and it's been a long time since I dug 12 old coins in a day. They're pretty rough, but it was a fun day out. Also got a nice little sling buckle.

American Flying eagle cent (1850s)
1736 George III Irish Hibernia Halfpenny
George III British Halfpenny Circa. 1770-1775
Ships Colonies & Commerce token (1830s)
1814 British Commerce token
1815 Halifax token
1815 Starr & Shannon Halifax token
1815 john Alexr. Halifax token
1812 Lower Canada One Penny token
2 1816 Isaac Brock tokens
Copper disk.

 

[46Wheat]

Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures with us

 

[metalev4]

Nice assortment there, excellend day of digging.

 

[The Rebel]

WTG on the saves IP! Any ideas what that buckle is from?

 

[pepperj]

Good assortment of tokens for one day out, well done.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Man, what a boatload of coppers IP! Don't believe I've ever seen anyone post that many from a single hunt outside of a cache. Pretty incredible day in my book.

 

[GioTheGreek]

Now that is my kind of hunt!

You have found another copper mine by the looks of it!

 

[The Patriot]

that's the way it's done...brings back some good memories right there...silver eluding you but not for long!

 

[Iron Patch]

WTG on the saves IP! Any ideas what that buckle is from?

Not sure. It's certainly nothing close to my large musket sling buckle, but does seem to be some type of sling buckle, and is fairly old.

 

[romeo-1]

Lotta coppa! Where are the plate pieces?

 

[Iron Patch]

Not sure. It's certainly nothing close to my large musket sling buckle, but does seem to be some type of sling buckle, and is fairly old.

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[romeo-1]

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Too cool...have you guys got back to look for more?

 

[Iron Patch]

Too cool...have you guys got back to look for more?

No, chances are we won't return until the Spring. But there is two more sites there.... one a couple fields away, and another that I believe is in the woods. I have a ton of places marked right now from several hours of research, so every day out will be about hitting somewhere new. I actually believe I'll have many left over when the season ends. I've changed my methods recently from shooting for the oldest, to totally dissecting areas and hitting every thing that's there.(1820s-1850s mostly) There's one river I did which we had pretty much given up on feeling like we were everywhere, and I marked 20 sites in 20 minutes! On average we only get out once a week and last time was basically just that one field... and I literally have at least 40 I want to walk! So with maybe 6 weeks left I can't see us covering them, and as I said I will be adding to the list and moving the better ideas to the top... and as you can see the last hunt those fields immediately went up, and it actually worked.