Aug 07
phut
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Got out to another new site for three hours on Sunday. Stone bounds and logging trails everywhere. It was hot, so I took the lazy man's tour and stayed mostly on the dirt roads. Lot's of trash and modern coins.
I got off the road a little to hit three of the many hills. The first was a skunk, second has a bottle/tin can dump, and the third had some not so modern stuff.
It should be a great fall hunting spot. Not bushwhacky, but the deer flies are brutal this time of year.
Dates of stuff range from a large musket ball(1700s) to 1990 Amesbury rabies tag(???I was a long way from Amesbury).
1903 dime, 1919 nickel, 1902 IHC. All from the same hole.
The other side of this is toast, but it's the Eagle from 1787 Massachusetts. Don't know if this is a button or a half cent.
I got off the road a little to hit three of the many hills. The first was a skunk, second has a bottle/tin can dump, and the third had some not so modern stuff.
It should be a great fall hunting spot. Not bushwhacky, but the deer flies are brutal this time of year.
Dates of stuff range from a large musket ball(1700s) to 1990 Amesbury rabies tag(???I was a long way from Amesbury).
1903 dime, 1919 nickel, 1902 IHC. All from the same hole.
The other side of this is toast, but it's the Eagle from 1787 Massachusetts. Don't know if this is a button or a half cent.
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Looks like "1890"
Jerry
We make it to the quad trail, get less than 100 feet, and I hear,"My arm's tired".
Aaaaargh!!!! An hours worth of prep for 15 minutes of hunt. He lasted about two hours the last time we went out, but that was an open field with a sand quad track.
I brought him home and went back myself. Didn't want to waste a brand new permission. I spent about two hours digging bullets every 5 feet. The only finds...An 1890 IHC and a Tombac button with a broken shank. Maybe he knew something I didn't.
Most of these finds are from a three hour hunt on Friday and two and a half of the three were nuttin but trash. A half hour before sunset I hit a hot spot. I couldn't stay long seeing I had a mile walk back, and the woods get dark fast.
I thought this was a washer when I first popped it out of the ground, but it had that dirty silver look.
A mystery button. It's one piece with intact shank, and there is some kind of design on it. Off to the expensive oil bath for a couple weeks.
Base Ball
Found this and the lipstick tube in a private yard, after work on Thursday.
Anti aircraft toy soldier. Couldn't find the barrel or leg.
Tomorrow.... another private yard that I just got permission for on Friday.
Sunday hunt.
Went to the private, 1/4 acre house lot today. The house is in Amesbury Ma. and was built in 1895.
I stayed there exactly 2 hours and 2 minutes. Someone brought up 'time per target' in another thread so I figured I would keep track. Roughly 3 minutes per good target. If I take into account the 2:1 trash ratio, I was digging a target at a rate of 1 per minute. Do I qualify as a human backhoe?
I was hoping for my first Barber half, but I guess it's just not my time.
Anderson springs- spats for springs- pat Dec. 1913
Silver things.
Theses aren't old, but I found the names interesting.
I believe this is a whistle ring. A small root grew though the center hole and held the two pieces together.
I miss the woods.
Stay dirty
One of my woods sites is about to be developed with up to 100 houses
I hit it today, and will be giving it a lot of attention before the dozers.
Woohoo, a three silver day(sort of).
B&M railroad cargo seal(Boston&Maine)
1943P US five cents
1877cc US ten cents
1840 US ten cents found in the same hole as the 1877.
Target practice Wheat cent.
Dang, the month is only half over too. WTG
G Man
Well there goes the silver count for August!
<< <i>Well there goes the silver count for August! >>
Ditto!
Turtle jewelry with one missing piece of glass.
I believe this style of buckle is from early to mid 1700s.
Large shoe buckle. Silver plate. I don't have a clue on the date.
More small silver.
Bullet variety. Also found around ten muskett and pistol balls.
I found the small D handle shovel three years ago and have been using it since. Today I found the long handle shovel buried in the mud. It still has the sticker on the handle and should clean up nice.
The thing on the left is a sun turtle shell. Nobody was home when I picked it up.
Edge of turtle shell after I peeled some of the shed.
Dennison's 3/4 inch paper fasteners
Nice shell button still attached to sample fabric.
It's been a while since I've found a gold ring. The only mark is the S in a diamond.
I saw this peeking out of the leaves right after I dug the ring.
You da man!
G.
<< <i>Large shoe buckle. Silver plate. I don't have a clue on the date. >>
That one's definitely 18th century.
Interesting piece. Spring loaded and the perfect size to hold 5 nickels. Empty when I found it.
Tiny lock with a swinging door to cover the key hole.
1917 well worn US dime.
NET&T Co.
26th- Three hours of nuttin' but modern and trash. Bullets are interesting, but I find so many like this that I gotta give the day a skunk rating.
30th- 1/2 hour after work. I'm working at the riverbank site again.
Samll flat button. Perhaps they should've used a better quality thread(and I should get a better quality camera)
This was found within feet from where I found 1700s coins last year. My heart skipped a beat when I first saw the dirty silver. There has to be some more old stuff there.
Toothpaste works great for shining up common stuff.
The mystery button from earlier in August. Looks like an Eagle doing funny things to a duck.
What's the smooth looking disk in the upper right?
Are you sure that's an eagle and not an owl
G.