1810 Large Cent, CW General Service button, Shoe buckle pieces...

[OutdoorAdv]

Got out for the first time this year. It was slow going, but I managed to pull a few keepers. The best find for me today is the 1810 Classic Head Large Cent. I've dug a lot of Draped Bust and Matron Heads, but the Classic Head had eluded me. When it came out of the dirt I could tell from the dark green that it was going to be a solid coin... only problem is it was in circulation a long time before it was lost. The front is worn nearly smooth, but luckily I was able to read the complete date by getting the light just right. A bunch of shoe buckle frame pieces turned up as well. Sure would be nice to get another complete one! A nice General Service coat button also turned up. Excited to get the key though electrolysis too. It was in such good condition that I had to run it under my coil to make sure it wasn't brass. ha









This nail has a lead head on it. I havent googled it yet, but does anyone know what this was used for?



Happy Hunting everyone.

 

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[OutdoorAdv]

There were other style hand forged nails besides roseheads which were pretty much the first used in colonial Va. Just not sure when they were finally phased out, but I'm pretty confident they were no longer popular by the early-to-mid 1700s.

It could be that I'm calling the wrong thing a Rose Head too! Ha. What I'm finding I have seen called "rose heads" in various images online.

Here are a few of them.. Each head clearly has a side hammered, forming a point in the middle. I hope I correctly identified these as I'd be pretty embarrassed that I would have been calling them the wrong name. Ha



What do you think? Could these be another sort of hand forged nail?

 

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[OutdoorAdv]

Great hunt! Nice LC ! I really like that key! Great buttons too! Congrats and HH

Thanks Diggin Dude! I really like finding these old keys, especially brass ones... but I can't complain when a nice iron one turns up. Ha

That's a great hunt. That is one complex key bro. Where did it go to a friggin' bank vault?! Thimbles, buttons, mil, that's a complex site there. Keep at it and congrats on a nice 2016 start!

Thanks man! I was wondering the same thing about this key... It really looks complex. Probably to a safe thats buried somewhere at this place. Ha. You're right about it being a complex site too... so much has turned up here it really makes me wonder.

 

[Vino]

It could be that I'm calling the wrong thing a Rose Head too! Ha. What I'm finding I have seen called "rose heads" in various images online.

Here are a few of them.. Each head clearly has a side hammered, forming a point in the middle. I hope I correctly identified these as I'd be pretty embarrassed that I would have been calling them the wrong name. Ha

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What do you think? Could these be another sort of hand forged nail?

Yep, your right..
Rose heads..lol

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

It could be that I'm calling the wrong thing a Rose Head too! Ha. What I'm finding I have seen called "rose heads" in various images online.

Here are a few of them.. Each head clearly has a side hammered, forming a point in the middle. I hope I correctly identified these as I'd be pretty embarrassed that I would have been calling them the wrong name. Ha

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What do you think? Could these be another sort of hand forged nail?

Yep, those are definitely roseheads so you're off the hook. They also have the right look with the tapered shaft which ensured the nail would exert pressure against the wood down its entire length as its being hammered in.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Yep, your right..
Rose heads..lol

Yep, those are definitely roseheads so you're off the hook.

Haha Awesome! I don't have to go back and edit all my past posts now to try and save face

Whats interesting is now I wonder if perhaps all these nails were to the original structure at this site. It would certainly fall into your early-mid 1700's time frame. My typical hunt turns up about 2 rose heads and a hand full of square nails, so for me to find 10 rose heads in one hunt is very unusual. One plug had 4 rose heads and the iron key in it. (but I don't think that key is colonial... looks much later to me) Its in a section of the pit I have long suspected to be the older part, but haven't opened it up yet. Thanks man... its good to get these things confirmed and learn some more about them.

I'm mildly insane to care this much about nails. lol

 

[Loco-Digger]

Sorry for being so late to the dance, but nice digs, I learn something new on almost everyone of your threads.

 

[DigIron2]

Saweet hunt!Congrats on the classic head cent.not a easy on to come by,around here anyway.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Sorry for being so late to the dance, but nice digs, I learn something new on almost everyone of your threads.

Thanks Loco! I also learn something new each time I post. ha Obviously tnet is an awesome site that allows us all to share some great collective knowledge.

Saweet hunt!Congrats on the classic head cent.not a easy on to come by,around here anyway.

Thanks DigIron! They are definitely not easy to come by around here either. I was very happy to see that Classic Head surface.