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This morning's trip to the water...Colonial Trash pit Under Water
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Well my land digging buddy Bill often says I can find a colonial pit anywhere these days as I have had a good bit of luck locating them over the last few years while digging together. Well this morning's trip to the water was a first for me. (Now I know this is a silly thought and that it is not an actual trash pit but it sounds fun).
I spent the morning just hitting the edges of this site to see the extent and a musket ball here and there along with a button here and there was the tally. Then I hit a nice loud but deep and large high tone. I worked on it for a while and gave up, but then about 20 minutes later decided to go back and try again. This time I really opened up a large hole and fanned and fanned and dug and dug and removing a good bit of stone until I realized I was not going to get it. I left my mask at home which was a big mistake as I soon began to remove a ton of square nails and by hand, a bunch of cattle bone, then some glass began to surface. While fanning away I located a nice early coned vented button and a musket ball. While moving debris by hand I felt what seemed like more bone and I about pitched it without looking and then suddenly there I was holding a nice early pipe bowl. I am sure if I had a mask I would have found more. After this I decided to stop rather than risk breaking a bottle or anything else as there was a TON of debris and that high tone target was still there. It might be a big piece of flat iron or it could be a bucket of silver coin!!
Who really know and it will leave me something else to go back for.
I ended the day with 15 musket balls are various sizes including two unique ones (one holed and probably used for a sinker and the other flattened out with the spru still evident. I also located five buttons (the early vented cone and the pewter cufflinks were the best). The cuffs were complete and unfortunately broke the other half (as you can still see the shank attached to the link) while pulled it out of the rocks. The early and fairly large apothecary weight was probably the best sounding target and one of the better finds. The first target of the morning was the lock fly cover and another example of how cool brass looks coming from the water. Other brass items and iron finds (not pictured) were also found.
Sadly, my coin streak at this site finally ended, though I spent 50% of the time messing with the large signal and hole. I am sure I will make up for it and grab some more coins on return trips.
HH
Dan
?Well my land digging buddy Bill often says I can find a colonial pit anywhere these days as I have had a good bit of luck locating them over the last few years while digging together. Well this morning's trip to the water was a first for me. (Now I know this is a silly thought and that it is not an actual trash pit but it sounds fun).
I spent the morning just hitting the edges of this site to see the extent and a musket ball here and there along with a button here and there was the tally. Then I hit a nice loud but deep and large high tone. I worked on it for a while and gave up, but then about 20 minutes later decided to go back and try again. This time I really opened up a large hole and fanned and fanned and dug and dug and removing a good bit of stone until I realized I was not going to get it. I left my mask at home which was a big mistake as I soon began to remove a ton of square nails and by hand, a bunch of cattle bone, then some glass began to surface. While fanning away I located a nice early coned vented button and a musket ball. While moving debris by hand I felt what seemed like more bone and I about pitched it without looking and then suddenly there I was holding a nice early pipe bowl. I am sure if I had a mask I would have found more. After this I decided to stop rather than risk breaking a bottle or anything else as there was a TON of debris and that high tone target was still there. It might be a big piece of flat iron or it could be a bucket of silver coin!!
Who really know and it will leave me something else to go back for.I ended the day with 15 musket balls are various sizes including two unique ones (one holed and probably used for a sinker and the other flattened out with the spru still evident. I also located five buttons (the early vented cone and the pewter cufflinks were the best). The cuffs were complete and unfortunately broke the other half (as you can still see the shank attached to the link) while pulled it out of the rocks. The early and fairly large apothecary weight was probably the best sounding target and one of the better finds. The first target of the morning was the lock fly cover and another example of how cool brass looks coming from the water. Other brass items and iron finds (not pictured) were also found.
Sadly, my coin streak at this site finally ended, though I spent 50% of the time messing with the large signal and hole. I am sure I will make up for it and grab some more coins on return trips.
HH
Dan
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