Todays Colonial Water Trip Yields a coin Ive never found & a heart attack

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Today's Colonial Water Trip Yields a coin I've never found & a heart attack

I managed to sneak out for another couple of hours today to the old watering hole and as usual, I was not disappointed. The day started off a bit slow and as with last time, the conditions were just not perfect. That being said, I made the best of it and kept poking around. I started off at the "buck shot hole" that Beau and I dug last time and after a small handful, I decided to move on to bigger and better targets.

A bullet here and a flat button there had me thinking that the day was not going to add up to much and that my coin streak from this site would be broken. Then the heart attack - I finally had what I knew was a decent target when a large and what appeared to be silver coin was staring back at me. This one had a BIG cross and crude edging. I immediately began to think it was an early coin until I flipped it over to reveal its true self, an early and cool lead seal. Still happy with it, but my blood was pumping.

I spent the rest of the day poking around and digging iffy signals and towards the end of the trip I heard a slight squeak and it was deep. After about 5 minutes of fanning and clawing away at the clay bottom, out popped a silver coin. A 1737 Louis XV d'ecu silver! This one is a is a Nantes mint (marked "T") and certainly a coin that I have not dug before. I am very pleased with it indeed. I am sure it is more common across the pond, but I have not really seen one dug at any colonial site that I've poked around at over the years.

This site continues to be fun to dig as there are plenty of targets that reveal interesting bits of history, from lead shot (of all sizes) to homemade sinkers and net weights. There is a good amount of iron and other items from period nails to odds and ends that mask plenty of targets there.

My take for the day on this trip was the coin (it cleaned up real nice after a quick clean), the lead seal, 4 buttons (including a nice and complete vented button), the ornate brass leather piece, broken shoe buckles, 24 balls/shot of various sizes (6 being larger and one hammered down). The folded rat-tail spoon dish might go to the stem I dug last trip.

HH

Dan
 

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Great looking silver!
 

Those silver are high on the wish list to those who dig up here.... or they should be! I like the seal too.
 

Looks to be a great site to hunt and a Very successful day...Congrats
 

Fantastic hunt! Congratulations on the most interesting finds!
 

Great looking coin and the seal is very cool, and the little gold coloured mount is really a nice find as well. It really adds up to a great hunt for sure, congrats.
 

Great looking coin and the seal is very cool, and the little gold coloured mount is really a nice find as well. It really adds up to a great hunt for sure, congrats.

Thanks man, I have dug a pile of brass from this spot and most of it comes out looking just beautiful!
 

Wow that little silver is remarkable, what a find!
 

This is your time of year Dan! That French silver is a great find as are all of the other finds. I look forward to seeing your water finds this summer. Stay safe out there.
 

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