Isaac
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- Oct 11, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Whites MXT All Pro, Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Thanks again Dave, Dan, and Todd for inviting me on this great adventure and wonderful experience. We all got to the meeting at 7 AM and started hiking to the hole. It took an hour to get to the first site and it was heavily hunted before but we all managed to get a few good finds. Todd got a couple flat buttons and a tongue from a colonial shoe buckle. Dan got a very small caliber pistol ball. Dave found an amazing 1600's Narragansett Indian brass kettle Indian point... the first settlers introduced the Native Americans to brass and other metals and since they traded, they were able to have brass points instead of only rock. These were used by the Narragansett Indians native to parts of Rhode Island from the 1630's to the 1670s. I managed to find a nice two piece "blow hole" button... well... it was nice. Too bad these things are so fragile it broke even when I took measures to protect it. After finds started getting slim we hiked a short distance to the next site.
This site was good to everyone. Right off the bat, Dan pulls an 1814 classic head large cent in the middle of the road... then pulls out an 1825 capped bust dime in beautiful condition! Out of the same hole! At the same time I pulled out a pewter medallion... after cleaning it up a few nights later... it turned out to be an 1828 Andrew Jackson Presidential Campaign Medallion!!! Not a minute later Dave finds a 2 matron head large cent and reale pocket spill on the same road! Then just after the commotion settles Todd gets a clipped matron head on the side of the road! I was pulling buttons left and right at this point and I didn't get any coins... I was getting a little frustrated... then later I take a break. I spilled out my finds from today on the ground and look closer at them. I got a nice watch winder with a clear/milky white stone or glass. I also got three buttons in the same hole and thought they had an "odd design" to them... I thought they were regular flat buttons... but nope. They were 1st Regimental rifleman buttons from about 1816 to 1821!!! Three in the same hole... probably off the same coat! What a great day!!! I wasn't mad that they got the coins anymore... but wait... there's more!!! I showed them three other buttons with writing I pulled... one was an Artillery Eagle one piece convex button from 1821-1834... and the other two were scripted (small LA) with stars Light Artillery buttons dating 1808 to 1821!!!
Possibly used in war of 1812. Everyone managed to get military buttons from this site! After about 3-4 hours of cleaning the place out we decided to take the trek to the next site...
I finally got my first coin of the day... a toasty 1818 matron. I dry brushed it and a lot of the "toast" came off! Man I love old coppers and how each one differs and how each one cleans differently. We all found good things here as well. We went to the next site and we managed to pull some great things from here. Dan got a beautiful 1 piece artillery convex eagle button and a few flat buttons. Dave got a R-6 Counterfeit Machins Mills 1772 KGIII. Right after he gets his copper I get my first nice deep signal. I thought it was going to be a nice old copper but I was down about 9" and I could finally see the edge of something copper so I flip it out with the Lesche and out popped a huge complete shoe buckle!!! Man I got so excited from that! Unfortunately Todd couldn't put the coil over much at this site. Thanks again Dave, Dan, and Todd for the efforts of researching the sites and taking me out on a hunt with you. GL and HH
Rifle Man Button spill right from the dirt:
Cleaned up!
All the military buttons:
Andrew Jackson 1828 Campaign Medallion!
Same one on this website
GL and HH everyone! Thanks for looking
This site was good to everyone. Right off the bat, Dan pulls an 1814 classic head large cent in the middle of the road... then pulls out an 1825 capped bust dime in beautiful condition! Out of the same hole! At the same time I pulled out a pewter medallion... after cleaning it up a few nights later... it turned out to be an 1828 Andrew Jackson Presidential Campaign Medallion!!! Not a minute later Dave finds a 2 matron head large cent and reale pocket spill on the same road! Then just after the commotion settles Todd gets a clipped matron head on the side of the road! I was pulling buttons left and right at this point and I didn't get any coins... I was getting a little frustrated... then later I take a break. I spilled out my finds from today on the ground and look closer at them. I got a nice watch winder with a clear/milky white stone or glass. I also got three buttons in the same hole and thought they had an "odd design" to them... I thought they were regular flat buttons... but nope. They were 1st Regimental rifleman buttons from about 1816 to 1821!!! Three in the same hole... probably off the same coat! What a great day!!! I wasn't mad that they got the coins anymore... but wait... there's more!!! I showed them three other buttons with writing I pulled... one was an Artillery Eagle one piece convex button from 1821-1834... and the other two were scripted (small LA) with stars Light Artillery buttons dating 1808 to 1821!!!
Possibly used in war of 1812. Everyone managed to get military buttons from this site! After about 3-4 hours of cleaning the place out we decided to take the trek to the next site...I finally got my first coin of the day... a toasty 1818 matron. I dry brushed it and a lot of the "toast" came off! Man I love old coppers and how each one differs and how each one cleans differently. We all found good things here as well. We went to the next site and we managed to pull some great things from here. Dan got a beautiful 1 piece artillery convex eagle button and a few flat buttons. Dave got a R-6 Counterfeit Machins Mills 1772 KGIII. Right after he gets his copper I get my first nice deep signal. I thought it was going to be a nice old copper but I was down about 9" and I could finally see the edge of something copper so I flip it out with the Lesche and out popped a huge complete shoe buckle!!! Man I got so excited from that! Unfortunately Todd couldn't put the coil over much at this site. Thanks again Dave, Dan, and Todd for the efforts of researching the sites and taking me out on a hunt with you. GL and HH
Rifle Man Button spill right from the dirt:
Cleaned up!
All the military buttons:
Andrew Jackson 1828 Campaign Medallion!
Same one on this website
GL and HH everyone! Thanks for looking
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) Ya'll made some incredible finds man! Welcome to Treasurenet, there are some great people here. How far are you from Richmond? We are going to the Civil War show in November,didn't know if you went to shows.You are an inspiring young man to be so into history and metal detecting.
