VOL1266-X
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- Jan 10, 2007
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- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
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- Relic Hunting
Doug and I survived the winter storm earlier in the week and were anxious to get back to hunting. For a change of pace, we gave the U.S. Williams Cleaner camp a rest and made our maiden voyage to a 1791 Tennessee Pioneer fort built to survive Indian attacks. We don’t know how long the fort and associated homes (no trace remains of either) were there but it doesn’t appear they were there over 20 years or so based on the artifacts we recovered. I deferred to Doug’s judgment as to the old home locations and he was right on. A spring was located about 200 yards from the fort with 4 home sites located about 100 yards or less from the spring.
Doug’s best find was the large brass coat flat button with a design on the front. He’s shown in the pic displaying his button. I told him to smile-not scare young children-LOL. My best find was a brass thimble. This was meaningful to me because some of my ancestors lived in that area during that time period. We both dug iron buckles and many broken pot pieces. Doug was digging a signal and found a blue pottery shard. While I was digging iron signals, I found pieces of gray flint in the holes. I suspect if that field was deep plowed, Native American artifacts could be eyeballed there. Our broken pot pieces & iron relics are shown in one pic and smaller items including parts of eating utensils are shown in the other.
Shortly before we left about noon, Doug said he had a really good signal on his F75 SE. I walked over and he told me to run my coil over it. I read a solid “37” on my F75. He asked me what I thought it was and I replied “shotgun brass”. He said “No way, we haven’t dug one of those all day. If it’s a shotgun brass, I’ll buy your lunch”. Lunch was great-LOL. HH from Doug & Quindy.
Update-I added a pic of Doug's flat button front. Hard to get a pic of in the field but it resemble a sun.
Doug’s best find was the large brass coat flat button with a design on the front. He’s shown in the pic displaying his button. I told him to smile-not scare young children-LOL. My best find was a brass thimble. This was meaningful to me because some of my ancestors lived in that area during that time period. We both dug iron buckles and many broken pot pieces. Doug was digging a signal and found a blue pottery shard. While I was digging iron signals, I found pieces of gray flint in the holes. I suspect if that field was deep plowed, Native American artifacts could be eyeballed there. Our broken pot pieces & iron relics are shown in one pic and smaller items including parts of eating utensils are shown in the other.
Shortly before we left about noon, Doug said he had a really good signal on his F75 SE. I walked over and he told me to run my coil over it. I read a solid “37” on my F75. He asked me what I thought it was and I replied “shotgun brass”. He said “No way, we haven’t dug one of those all day. If it’s a shotgun brass, I’ll buy your lunch”. Lunch was great-LOL. HH from Doug & Quindy.
Update-I added a pic of Doug's flat button front. Hard to get a pic of in the field but it resemble a sun.
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Nice research. I bet there is more to hunt there. The china and button are a good sign. Funny how civilizations pick the same area and build upon each other. A multi component site can be exciting. The spring is worth a look for ancient artifacts.
