HessianHunter
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- Jul 24, 2016
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Some friends and I spent the last 4 days dedicated to detecting. We started off by returning to one of the sites that I posted about earlier on here. I recovered two more trimes and a large cent (trime count for the year 11). My friend scored a beautiful 1844 half dime at that site and a wiped half real. Our other friend had some difficulties with his detector and therefore couldn't detect anything really. Later that night we hit a cellar hole and squeaked out a few 18th century relics. The next day we got a permission to look for a 19th century site. While out looking for it I came across a melted piece of lead, while it could be dismissed as something common I slowed down and started to hunt the area a little more, my friends were walking past me trying to see if we could find the site we originally were trying to find. My next target was a very large dropped musket ball. With that I knew that something was going on and that it was possible that I was on some sort of camp. I called out to one of my friends and told him of the musket ball, he still didn't think much of it. The next target was absolutely jaw dropping... I dug down after receiving a lower tone to find a pewter button. I turned it over and the number 34 was staring back at me. I started screaming to my friend. I was a damn near perfect 34th regiment of foot button! Our other friend was way ahead and I called him. He came running back and we all began searching the area, soon popped up a british officer's neck stock buckle, knee buckle, shoe buckle, musketballs and A LOT of shotgun shells and modern brass cartridges. Oh, there were also some mid 1900s items including a turn of the century coin spill which produced two canadian silver quarters, 1907 barber dime, a few indian head pennies and a v nickel. Things seemed to slow down and then my friend got a 21st regiment of foot button! All the buttons that were coming out were pewter and in excellent condition. The ground was good and dry. I walked past him to an area I hadn't tried and got a screaming signal. Thoughts were racing through my head, I was thinking, maybe it could be a cartridge box plate or something! Out of the hole was a solid brass hanger sword pommel. Either dropped by a british or german soldier. The same friend who dug the 21st button called me back over. He had a very similar signal about a foot from where he dug the 21st button. He dug the hole and out came another button. I was expecting it to be another 21st button but instead it was a 9th regiment of foot button! Things then got quiet as the three of us continued searching, many more shotgun shells, bullets and junk later and the sun began set. It was nearly dark and my friend who scored the 21st and 9th of foot button got a screaming signal. It was loud but not terribly big. I was thinking maybe it would be a copper. What greeted us was not a copper but instead a 2 real from 1773! It was now dark and we called it a day, we were exhausted and hungry.
The next day we went looking for some other good areas. The only site that I could keep my mind on was the rev war camp. We found a few things at the other sites but they were not nearly as good as we thought and therefore returned to the British camp. Out on what we believe was the edge of the camp we began digging. First thing I got was a flowery cuff link. Our friend who dug a shoe buckle but no buttons discovered something amazing, a solid brass side plate to a brown bess musket with an inspector's mark, a number four below a crown! We were even more excited and continued to search more and more. To make things short a few more odds and ends were found. Our friend who found no buttons the first day.... Well, he ended up finding a great section in the camp and dug four regimental buttons! 34, 34, 34, 53. I got a like one or two non military buttons and some other odds and ends including a shield nickel. It was getting dark again, my friend who dug the 2 real found a brass stirrup piece and as we were getting ready to leave dug an 1875 seated liberty quarter and not far from it a civil war token. Our friend who dug the four regimental buttons got a nice two cent piece. I got a decent signal as we were leaving and to my surprise was an extremely worn 1840 seated liberty dime.
Absolutely one of the most craziest sites ever. We are all still in shock.
The 4 day detecting adventure wasn't over. Our friend who dug the four regimentals buttons had to fly home the next day and we had to find some more sites for us to hit. I had a cellar hole or two in mind that may produce so that was our plan for the next day. The next morning we all met up and headed to the first site. We parked along the road where there was a river. The water was pretty high and we just couldn't seem to find a way to cross by walking across on the rocks so we waded through with shoes tied together slung over our shoulders. On the other side we made the walk up the hill. We started to see stone walls and knew we were close. After a short while we were at the site and we all began detecting. It was extremely quiet, not much iron either. First target I dug was a impacted musket ball. Another one was found by my friend. Really not much at the cellar. A few buttons. Then in a depression which looked like a path leading to the cellar I got a higher tone. I was thinking maybe something like a king george copper. To my surprise it wasn't a copper but a 1786 half real. We spent about 15 more min at the site until we decided to try our luck at the others. We again had to cross the treacherous river getting wet once again. We got back in the truck, drove to the site and walked out. As expected this one was hammered, we managed a few buttons. After a short hunt we walked to the next site thinking maybe we would have better luck. It was right off what looked like a trail so we didn't have much hope. A lot of iron nails in the ground. To my surprise I got a decent copper signal and dug a pretty toasted but identifiable woods hibernia. No non ferrous sites around the cellar so we decided to try the fringes where we had much more lucks, a few buttons, my friend scored a complete shoe buckle (shown with the non rev war relics below the stand). We had to go home now and bring our friend to the airport. One the way put my friend who got the shoe buckle got a toasted copper. At home we took a picture of our rev war finds (shown on the stand) while all of our other finds were below.
The past 4 days were some of the best days of metal detecting ever. I am so grateful to have found these incredible items and great friends to hunt with. Happy Hunting to all!
The next day we went looking for some other good areas. The only site that I could keep my mind on was the rev war camp. We found a few things at the other sites but they were not nearly as good as we thought and therefore returned to the British camp. Out on what we believe was the edge of the camp we began digging. First thing I got was a flowery cuff link. Our friend who dug a shoe buckle but no buttons discovered something amazing, a solid brass side plate to a brown bess musket with an inspector's mark, a number four below a crown! We were even more excited and continued to search more and more. To make things short a few more odds and ends were found. Our friend who found no buttons the first day.... Well, he ended up finding a great section in the camp and dug four regimental buttons! 34, 34, 34, 53. I got a like one or two non military buttons and some other odds and ends including a shield nickel. It was getting dark again, my friend who dug the 2 real found a brass stirrup piece and as we were getting ready to leave dug an 1875 seated liberty quarter and not far from it a civil war token. Our friend who dug the four regimental buttons got a nice two cent piece. I got a decent signal as we were leaving and to my surprise was an extremely worn 1840 seated liberty dime.
Absolutely one of the most craziest sites ever. We are all still in shock.
The 4 day detecting adventure wasn't over. Our friend who dug the four regimentals buttons had to fly home the next day and we had to find some more sites for us to hit. I had a cellar hole or two in mind that may produce so that was our plan for the next day. The next morning we all met up and headed to the first site. We parked along the road where there was a river. The water was pretty high and we just couldn't seem to find a way to cross by walking across on the rocks so we waded through with shoes tied together slung over our shoulders. On the other side we made the walk up the hill. We started to see stone walls and knew we were close. After a short while we were at the site and we all began detecting. It was extremely quiet, not much iron either. First target I dug was a impacted musket ball. Another one was found by my friend. Really not much at the cellar. A few buttons. Then in a depression which looked like a path leading to the cellar I got a higher tone. I was thinking maybe something like a king george copper. To my surprise it wasn't a copper but a 1786 half real. We spent about 15 more min at the site until we decided to try our luck at the others. We again had to cross the treacherous river getting wet once again. We got back in the truck, drove to the site and walked out. As expected this one was hammered, we managed a few buttons. After a short hunt we walked to the next site thinking maybe we would have better luck. It was right off what looked like a trail so we didn't have much hope. A lot of iron nails in the ground. To my surprise I got a decent copper signal and dug a pretty toasted but identifiable woods hibernia. No non ferrous sites around the cellar so we decided to try the fringes where we had much more lucks, a few buttons, my friend scored a complete shoe buckle (shown with the non rev war relics below the stand). We had to go home now and bring our friend to the airport. One the way put my friend who got the shoe buckle got a toasted copper. At home we took a picture of our rev war finds (shown on the stand) while all of our other finds were below.
The past 4 days were some of the best days of metal detecting ever. I am so grateful to have found these incredible items and great friends to hunt with. Happy Hunting to all!
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