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Yesterday's hunt - William & Mary Copper and a lead filled day!
I got out yesterday with my good pal Beau for a day of checking new sites. The first site was almost a complete bust - there should have been plenty of CW stuff to find, but there were no signs. I did manage to dig the pitched revolver - though I am fairly certain that it was not civil war era - it was cool and a bit of a thrill to dig. When I first dug it I thought it might have been a cavalry revolver.
The back up plan was to head to a colonial site that I had recently researched and boy am I glad we did. It too started off slow, but then we zeroed in on a hot spot that began first with a William & Mary Copper (I can make out 169?) on the date and it is well worn and tough to make detail out. I wish it came from the same spot as the very next coin that I dug, the well worn, but shinny 1790's half cent (I can see the outline of the bust). It came a foot farther down and in a nice clay layer that preserved it much better.
During the Revolutionary War, there were troops that were present and resupplied there and we found their drops, plenty of .70 and .50 musket balls to go around. I love the crude spru and seam marks on them. They were fun to dig and made for a fun day. I also managed a handful of buttons and colonial buckles and parts.
All in all I recovered 23 musket balls, 5 buttons (including a pewter tudor rose and early blown-hole button) and other odds and ends. While the W&M copper is a rough one - it is a coin that I have wanted to dig for a very long time - especially since I work at the College of William & Mary. Can't wait to go back!
HH
Dan
I got out yesterday with my good pal Beau for a day of checking new sites. The first site was almost a complete bust - there should have been plenty of CW stuff to find, but there were no signs. I did manage to dig the pitched revolver - though I am fairly certain that it was not civil war era - it was cool and a bit of a thrill to dig. When I first dug it I thought it might have been a cavalry revolver.
The back up plan was to head to a colonial site that I had recently researched and boy am I glad we did. It too started off slow, but then we zeroed in on a hot spot that began first with a William & Mary Copper (I can make out 169?) on the date and it is well worn and tough to make detail out. I wish it came from the same spot as the very next coin that I dug, the well worn, but shinny 1790's half cent (I can see the outline of the bust). It came a foot farther down and in a nice clay layer that preserved it much better.
During the Revolutionary War, there were troops that were present and resupplied there and we found their drops, plenty of .70 and .50 musket balls to go around. I love the crude spru and seam marks on them. They were fun to dig and made for a fun day. I also managed a handful of buttons and colonial buckles and parts.
All in all I recovered 23 musket balls, 5 buttons (including a pewter tudor rose and early blown-hole button) and other odds and ends. While the W&M copper is a rough one - it is a coin that I have wanted to dig for a very long time - especially since I work at the College of William & Mary. Can't wait to go back!
HH
Dan
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. At first I thought your frame buckle had retained its original gold gilt, but then I started noticing it on some of the other buckles and buttons. Is that just the way the river bottom treats brass in that area?
