The Seeker
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War of 1812 has been one of my passions, since I live in an area that has had its share of battles, skirmishes and even just simple camps here and there.....Plenty of the areas have been built up on unfortunately, but once in a while you stumble upon something that will get the heart pumping.......last week while detecting a site that I have researched, it turned out to be one of those War of 1812 related sites....Along an old road that no longer exists was one of those early slight depressions .....Between 100 and 150 yards off the main road was this slight depression which turned out to be an early pioneer cabin. Remnants of the old road were all you could see ....if you were someone just out for a stroll and had no idea what your looking for , you would have never even know it existed.......time has almost completely whipped this one off the map. We started detecting the site and within minutes I had found 2 flat buttons.....And my detecting partner for the day was Cheryl she doesn't get out to often but when she does , she usually finds something interesting.....and she did!! an Eagle Artillery button that turned out to be a one piece concave from that time period. It was in great shape! Plus this Devil plate or what ever it is was also found by her….
Now as we continued on and hoping the rain holds off since its forecasted to rain sometime today....We found more buttons and then out pops the first large cent an 1838 the first of three coins found at the site( KG copper). What was found next that was a real surprise it was part of a War of 1812 hat plate…..At the time I did not know what it was but I once remember a time when I came across one while doing some research and when I got home I was right…..it was part of a War of 1812 related hat Plate!
When I first found that piece it was covered in mud and was just like plenty of small pieces of copper that we all have found out in the field…..Now that’s why I never throw anything away until I know what it is , in this case I will be back there sometime soon and find the rest of the plate hoping its still there somewhere….
The rest of the day turned out to be great and found a nice early key hole plate , more flat buttons some marked and old spoon pieces…One of the buttons turned out to also have a 26th regiment marking on it but talking to a couple people I know it looked more like Revolutionary war than War of 1812…..The long white piece of lead is a lead pencil...
Over the past week and a half I have had the chance to get out a few times , also with Tim and Jeff who I go digging with from time to time…..We have had success also as we went back to the site In Allegany county where we found a number of Buttons last year some of them were Early Militia Buttons ( War of 1812) and found a few more to add to the collection along with the marked buttons were a few spoon pieces and other relics….As we moved on to other sites both Jeff and Tim found Relics . I’m sure they will post there stuff in the future…..So all in all, this spring has started out great …..so enjoy the pictures and “Keep on Digging” !
Now as we continued on and hoping the rain holds off since its forecasted to rain sometime today....We found more buttons and then out pops the first large cent an 1838 the first of three coins found at the site( KG copper). What was found next that was a real surprise it was part of a War of 1812 hat plate…..At the time I did not know what it was but I once remember a time when I came across one while doing some research and when I got home I was right…..it was part of a War of 1812 related hat Plate!
When I first found that piece it was covered in mud and was just like plenty of small pieces of copper that we all have found out in the field…..Now that’s why I never throw anything away until I know what it is , in this case I will be back there sometime soon and find the rest of the plate hoping its still there somewhere….
The rest of the day turned out to be great and found a nice early key hole plate , more flat buttons some marked and old spoon pieces…One of the buttons turned out to also have a 26th regiment marking on it but talking to a couple people I know it looked more like Revolutionary war than War of 1812…..The long white piece of lead is a lead pencil...
Over the past week and a half I have had the chance to get out a few times , also with Tim and Jeff who I go digging with from time to time…..We have had success also as we went back to the site In Allegany county where we found a number of Buttons last year some of them were Early Militia Buttons ( War of 1812) and found a few more to add to the collection along with the marked buttons were a few spoon pieces and other relics….As we moved on to other sites both Jeff and Tim found Relics . I’m sure they will post there stuff in the future…..So all in all, this spring has started out great …..so enjoy the pictures and “Keep on Digging” !
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Looks like a lot of fun digging that place.
