BuckleBoy
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The IRON BRIGADE's Colonial Site Visit
Hello All,
Kindafoundabuckle came up with a GREAT name for our treasure crew--in thinking about the pounds and POUNDS of IRON we clear from old house sites in order to get the goodies, he nicknamed us the Iron Brigade. Well...the name has stuck.
So here is the story of our latest Iron Brigade hunt...
With snow all over the ground, I braved the weather and went with Rodeo Recon, Foxhound, and Recon's Girl back for one more visit to the colonial house site. Last time we were there, we had pounded the flat button spot on the site to death. I realized on the drive there this time that I had never hunted the opposite side of the site from that spot as meticulously--so I decided that I at least had a game plan for this pounded site. When we got there, I turned on my detector at the top of the hill, took a few sweeps, and got a flat button (the farthest one yet from the site). At this point I knew we at least had a chance for a successful hunt. After circling around the spot where the button came up, I headed down the gentle slope and into the site. I spent most of my time well away from that pounded "button honey hole" and got my game face on
Pretty soon, I had my first coin--a 1907 Indian Head. The photo doesn't really do this coin justice, but it is one of the nicest IH's I have ever recovered (and that's saying a lot, considering that most of mine came from those wonderful, sandy soils during my time in Virginia as a kid). Here's a photo of the coin after cleaning:
I continued to work this area as a relic hunter would--you CW hunters out there will understand what I mean by this. Oh yes I dug plenty of iron this visit too--but not much BIG iron (whew!). I did manage to get a small OLD buckle out of an nail infested spot. I'm assuming it is probably a shoe buckle. It has a dull luster to it like pewter, and it appears to be crudely cast or handmade. Here's a photo:
My next goody was an eyeball find--it had weathered out of a previous dighole after the rains and snows. A Colonial clay pipe stem
I like this one a great deal, as it is more ornate than many of the pipe fragments we're apt to find.
I kept working up close to the brush and managed a shallow--but large--croatal bell. I have a theory that one of our bunch walked over it and dismissed it as Big Iron because it was an overload signal. I have learned through the years that overload signals aren't always reliable in plowed fields.
I had never found a croatal bell before, so I was stoked. The bell bears the number "2" cast into it--and it retains the piece of twisted iron at the top that was used to fasten it on so many years ago. It also has the iron ball clapper still inside.
Here's the photo of all of the finds:
This site has been very good to us. Since targets are getting quite thin there, I think it's safe to post our totals from the site:
COLONIAL ERA FINDS:
1 1774 Half Real
1 1789 Half Real
1 1781 Real
32 Flat Buttons
2 Pewter Buttons
9 Musket Balls
12 Pewter Spoon Fragments
1 Ramrod Thimble for a Flintlock Rifle
1 1820's Pewter Military Whistle
1 Colonial Clay Pipe Fragment
1 Small Buckle
MID-1800's FINDS:
1 1850's Militia Belt Plate
1 1850's Powder Flask (one whole panel)
2 CW-Era Remington Revolver Powder Flask Fragments
1 Eagle Button
5 Toe/Heel Taps
1 .54 Cal. Spencer Bullet Casing
1 Minieball
1 Fragment of a Silver Pocketknife depicting a Rifleman
1 Brass Spoon Fragment
2 Small Buckles
1 Croatal Bell
1 Brass Escutcheon
LATE 1800's-EARLY 1900's FINDS
1 1895 "V" Nickel
1 1895 Indian Head Cent
1 1906 Indian Head Cent
1 1907 Indian Head Cent
1 1909 Wheat
1 1910 Wheat
1 Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway Button
1 Brass Key for a Mantle Clock
1 Pocket Watch Frame
3 Assorted Buckles
1 Suspender Clip
Plus Harmonica Reeds, Melted Lead, other bits... and iron, and More Iron, and EVEN MORE IRON... :P
If you missed any of our hunts on this FANTASTIC site, here are the links:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,138237.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,139354.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,138694.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,139346.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,138400.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,139494.0.html
Best wishes to all of you from the Iron Brigade,
Buckleboy
Hello All,
Kindafoundabuckle came up with a GREAT name for our treasure crew--in thinking about the pounds and POUNDS of IRON we clear from old house sites in order to get the goodies, he nicknamed us the Iron Brigade. Well...the name has stuck.
So here is the story of our latest Iron Brigade hunt...With snow all over the ground, I braved the weather and went with Rodeo Recon, Foxhound, and Recon's Girl back for one more visit to the colonial house site. Last time we were there, we had pounded the flat button spot on the site to death. I realized on the drive there this time that I had never hunted the opposite side of the site from that spot as meticulously--so I decided that I at least had a game plan for this pounded site. When we got there, I turned on my detector at the top of the hill, took a few sweeps, and got a flat button (the farthest one yet from the site). At this point I knew we at least had a chance for a successful hunt. After circling around the spot where the button came up, I headed down the gentle slope and into the site. I spent most of my time well away from that pounded "button honey hole" and got my game face on
Pretty soon, I had my first coin--a 1907 Indian Head. The photo doesn't really do this coin justice, but it is one of the nicest IH's I have ever recovered (and that's saying a lot, considering that most of mine came from those wonderful, sandy soils during my time in Virginia as a kid). Here's a photo of the coin after cleaning:I continued to work this area as a relic hunter would--you CW hunters out there will understand what I mean by this. Oh yes I dug plenty of iron this visit too--but not much BIG iron (whew!). I did manage to get a small OLD buckle out of an nail infested spot. I'm assuming it is probably a shoe buckle. It has a dull luster to it like pewter, and it appears to be crudely cast or handmade. Here's a photo:
My next goody was an eyeball find--it had weathered out of a previous dighole after the rains and snows. A Colonial clay pipe stem
I like this one a great deal, as it is more ornate than many of the pipe fragments we're apt to find.I kept working up close to the brush and managed a shallow--but large--croatal bell. I have a theory that one of our bunch walked over it and dismissed it as Big Iron because it was an overload signal. I have learned through the years that overload signals aren't always reliable in plowed fields.
I had never found a croatal bell before, so I was stoked. The bell bears the number "2" cast into it--and it retains the piece of twisted iron at the top that was used to fasten it on so many years ago. It also has the iron ball clapper still inside.Here's the photo of all of the finds:
This site has been very good to us. Since targets are getting quite thin there, I think it's safe to post our totals from the site:
COLONIAL ERA FINDS:
1 1774 Half Real
1 1789 Half Real
1 1781 Real
32 Flat Buttons
2 Pewter Buttons
9 Musket Balls
12 Pewter Spoon Fragments
1 Ramrod Thimble for a Flintlock Rifle
1 1820's Pewter Military Whistle
1 Colonial Clay Pipe Fragment
1 Small Buckle
MID-1800's FINDS:
1 1850's Militia Belt Plate
1 1850's Powder Flask (one whole panel)
2 CW-Era Remington Revolver Powder Flask Fragments
1 Eagle Button
5 Toe/Heel Taps
1 .54 Cal. Spencer Bullet Casing
1 Minieball
1 Fragment of a Silver Pocketknife depicting a Rifleman
1 Brass Spoon Fragment
2 Small Buckles
1 Croatal Bell
1 Brass Escutcheon
LATE 1800's-EARLY 1900's FINDS
1 1895 "V" Nickel
1 1895 Indian Head Cent
1 1906 Indian Head Cent
1 1907 Indian Head Cent
1 1909 Wheat
1 1910 Wheat
1 Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway Button
1 Brass Key for a Mantle Clock
1 Pocket Watch Frame
3 Assorted Buckles
1 Suspender Clip
Plus Harmonica Reeds, Melted Lead, other bits... and iron, and More Iron, and EVEN MORE IRON... :P
If you missed any of our hunts on this FANTASTIC site, here are the links:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,138237.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,139354.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,138694.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,139346.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,138400.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,139494.0.html
Best wishes to all of you from the Iron Brigade,
Buckleboy
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