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Got back to the site I tried a week ago but was thwarted by snow. By this week the snow had melted, but some sections of ground were still frozen so most of these finds were from the slope leading down from the cellar hole to a small stream. I'm fairly sure this site has never been hunted before and I turned up a nice variety of relics. Most were the standard mid-1800's finds, but one was quite surprising:
The markings weren't visible when I pulled it out of the ground so I didn't take a field photo, but as soon as I started cleaning it I spotted the indentations and immediately knew what it was. The bronze held up very well in the ground so all four marks are clear. The "G" with the crown at the 3 o'clock position (relative to the other marks) indicates it's from the reign of King George III, while the sword indicates London. It has the ewer for the founder's mark and the "A" for avoirdupois, the system of weights. Definitely not something I expected to find and my favorite relic of 2019 so far. My guess is the chip in the side is why it was discarded since it wouldn't have been of the correct weight anymore.
The site produced a huge number of buttons, but only a few tombacs and no dandies or military buttons. One tombac does have a nice etched floral pattern and I always love finding decorated tombacs:
It was a record-breaking day as far as fancy brass buckles were concerned. Usually I'm lucky to find 1-2 of these at a site, but this one had four complete and one partial and I'm not even done hunting here!
There was another surprise in the form of a small brass-wrapped bottle:
I think it's a medicine or perfume bottle, but I've never seen one like it. The bottle material is earthenware and it looks like the cap part broke off. I found it on the surface below the leaves so at least I know I didn't do that.
The brass itself is etched or stamped all around with a pretty pattern, but no writing that I've been able to find. Very cool and another first.
Surprisingly only one coin so far; a toasty 1858 flying eagle cent.
I'm sure there are more given how many relics I dug, but it's odd that I didn't find some mixed in with all the lost buttons. I did find another coin on a ridge a few hundred feet away; only my second half-cent ever:
The date is at least legible, 1828, and the reverse is clear. Not in great shape, but I'll take it!
I'll be going back to this site soon and also looking for another homesite that's supposedly nearby. I have high hopes for some older coppers and if I'm really lucky some Spanish silver!
The markings weren't visible when I pulled it out of the ground so I didn't take a field photo, but as soon as I started cleaning it I spotted the indentations and immediately knew what it was. The bronze held up very well in the ground so all four marks are clear. The "G" with the crown at the 3 o'clock position (relative to the other marks) indicates it's from the reign of King George III, while the sword indicates London. It has the ewer for the founder's mark and the "A" for avoirdupois, the system of weights. Definitely not something I expected to find and my favorite relic of 2019 so far. My guess is the chip in the side is why it was discarded since it wouldn't have been of the correct weight anymore.
The site produced a huge number of buttons, but only a few tombacs and no dandies or military buttons. One tombac does have a nice etched floral pattern and I always love finding decorated tombacs:
It was a record-breaking day as far as fancy brass buckles were concerned. Usually I'm lucky to find 1-2 of these at a site, but this one had four complete and one partial and I'm not even done hunting here!
There was another surprise in the form of a small brass-wrapped bottle:
I think it's a medicine or perfume bottle, but I've never seen one like it. The bottle material is earthenware and it looks like the cap part broke off. I found it on the surface below the leaves so at least I know I didn't do that.
The brass itself is etched or stamped all around with a pretty pattern, but no writing that I've been able to find. Very cool and another first. Surprisingly only one coin so far; a toasty 1858 flying eagle cent.
I'm sure there are more given how many relics I dug, but it's odd that I didn't find some mixed in with all the lost buttons. I did find another coin on a ridge a few hundred feet away; only my second half-cent ever:
The date is at least legible, 1828, and the reverse is clear. Not in great shape, but I'll take it!
I'll be going back to this site soon and also looking for another homesite that's supposedly nearby. I have high hopes for some older coppers and if I'm really lucky some Spanish silver!
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