DocBeav
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Headed out early today to link up with Gigmaster (you can see his videos on his youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4NUVdXsueqs5Ftvn8p0NA) and went out to one of his spots on the river. It started out a bit slow with just a few 3 ring minnie balls that were popping up but not much of note till Steve dug a roached large cent and I had a small pewter flat button. We kept roaming back and forth in the water and the banks and I got a mixed but steady signal and started hacking into the rocks. After the first couple of scoops out comes an old but modern whiskey bottle and when I saw it I thought, "Ok, so I'm digging the cap....dammit....lol...might as well finish and get it out of the hole" I knelt down with the "Garrett Carrot" and once I got the signal I kinda pushed it down into the rocks and levered it up some and out flips an oval shaped piece of lead. I THOUGHT it might have been a plate and when I washed it in the water still looking at the lead to see if I could see any letter impressions (still not realizing I was looking at the BACK of it) then I flipped it over. There it was!...... the FRONT side of a slightly roached but my first (and beautiful) US box plate!
It was a great day! Thanks to Gigmaster for taking me along and once again taking me to a place when I could check off a major bucket list item! Thanks again Steve!
The rest of the day's finds included a couple 3 ringers, one with a star inside the cone, two that were "pulled" and a Williams cleaner bullet. I got a 3 good sized lead balls that are all impacted and look they have dimpling on them that makes me think they were packed together in a canister or grape shot type of round.
I also found a lead salt shaker top, small pewter button and a silver Washington quarter.
There was a ton old old broken glass out there but I did manage to salvage two nice ones. One is just a Coke bottle marked "Norton VA", think it may be from the 50's and an awesome looking Ball Mason jar that has some nice bubble and imperfections in it. The logo and style is from between 1896-1910. The wife likes it and it will now be a new flower vase.
Thanks for looking and here are the rest of the pictures and finds:
It was a great day! Thanks to Gigmaster for taking me along and once again taking me to a place when I could check off a major bucket list item! Thanks again Steve!
The rest of the day's finds included a couple 3 ringers, one with a star inside the cone, two that were "pulled" and a Williams cleaner bullet. I got a 3 good sized lead balls that are all impacted and look they have dimpling on them that makes me think they were packed together in a canister or grape shot type of round.
I also found a lead salt shaker top, small pewter button and a silver Washington quarter.
There was a ton old old broken glass out there but I did manage to salvage two nice ones. One is just a Coke bottle marked "Norton VA", think it may be from the 50's and an awesome looking Ball Mason jar that has some nice bubble and imperfections in it. The logo and style is from between 1896-1910. The wife likes it and it will now be a new flower vase.
Thanks for looking and here are the rest of the pictures and finds:
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