skateandcreate
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So Monday started with a pondering of where we might end up digging for the day. Somdrelichunter and myself were thinking about trying to probe out a bottle at a nearby camp but still had not delivered a case of relics we put together for the owners of the colonial property we frequent. It was decided that we would try and catch them home and maybe poke around for a little there before heading to the camp. The owners ended up being home so delivery of the case was made and we spent a little chit chatting and explaining some of the finds in the display case. The owners showed us where the foundation of another old store on the property was and we poked around that side of the road for a few. Some of the normal flat buttons and a couple small buckles were coming out but the decision was made to cross the street where a majority of the coppers and a piece of Spanish silver we have found were concentrated. I hunted super slow in a trashy corner of a field where I had found a few coppers before, hoping to pluck out another, but the grass was tall and none were to be found this visit. I made way for the shadow of a barn on the property for solace from the sun. Right up by the road I got a signal that sounded like a can (shallow and loud) but happened to be another barrel tap. Maybe 15 feet in from this I got a low tone that sounded like a flat button. Deep in the very bottom of the hole I pulled out a paper thin round disc that still looked like nothing special until I saw the hole. A very small amount of rubbing found some silver shining through. I walked over to somdrelichunter and we pondered over what it might be, both thinking spanish silver. (Special thanks to the guys on what is it for the positive ID) Turns out it's a Queen Elizabeth I sixpence (1558-1603)!!! Some early settler must have brought it with them and had kept it for the longest of time. Not 15 feet from the hole with the sixpence I dug my first seated half dime (1851) which rang up low also. Crazy how a spot we've frequented for some time can keep delivering. I see some elimination of iron targets and/or some sifting in our future. Thanks for looking guys!
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