BuckleBoy
Gold Member
Hello All,
It was a great year for us in 2016, the year that saw us dig our 70th Spanish Silver coin and our 72nd Seated Coin in the past 5 years.
While I dug some nice finds, it was my buddy Shangalang that made the best recoveries--including a Banner find with his Napoleonic-Era French Briquette Infantry Sword! 
At any rate, here are a few of the photos of individual finds from the field, followed by the onslaught of display cases that everyone is expecting
Here's the star find of the year--Shangulang's early 1800s sword hilt!
And my star find of the year was my first ever bit boss--and she's a beauty!
Here are two of the best finds dug--a stunning 1782 half real, and a West Point Cadet button dug by Shangalang:
I was lucky to get THREE Barber Quarters in one year. Crazy. Three years ago I had never dug one, and now I have dug a total of SEVEN of them.
First off, here is DiggerGirl's display (my wife). She went out with us only two or three times, but ended up finding quite a bit--including some fine spanish silver and seated coins:
She also managed to get a breechblock from an old black powder shotgun and some nice Schenkl Shell fragments. I got a lock plate from a musket:
Here are some of my display cases. Lots of quantity, at least!
I also got my first intact BRASS stirrup
And here are Shangalang's amazing finds. First the military finds (sword hilt and a piece of the knuckle bow, military buttons, nipple protector chain and bullets galore).
Lots of Marbles eyeballed!
And KILLER coin finds, including Shageolang's BEST Capped Bust ever!
Oh, and I almost forgot that he dug a prized find with this mummified turtle
Here is the signature line from 2016, showing all the goodies we managed to get our coils over:
2016 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1774, two 1782's, an 1800, 1809, 1811, 1818, and one dateless Half Reale
1813 One Real
1834 Capped Bust Half Dime
1839-O, 1842-O, 1853, 1853-O,1858-O, and one dateless Half Dime
1890 Seated Dime
1917, 1920-D, and 1923 Mercury Dimes
1892, 1907, and 1908 Barber Quarters
1916 Netherlands 10 Cent Silver Coin
1943-P War Nickel
Napoleonic Era French Briquet Infantry Sword Hilt
British Navy Cuff Button
Early U.S. Navy Cuff Button
West Point Military Academy Cadet Cuff Button
Civil War U.S. Bit Boss
Eagle "A" Coat Button
Enfield trigger guard
Breechblock from Double Barrel Shotgun
Musket Lock Plate, side plate, and trigger guard
Schenkl Shell Fragments
Complete Antebellum Brass Stirrup
Plantation Store Tokens
Indians, Wheats, Beefaloes and other Gaw Gag
I've decided that 2017 is gonna be my year--although Shanguloid has already found a Find of the Year with his 1700s French Marine Artillery button, dug this month!
There's nothing better than digging, except when you've got a digging buddy that not only finds the best stuff but also looks like this
Stay tuned, we gonna tear up the Cane Fields in 2017--and no matter what, we gonna FIND something!
Cheers,
The CaneField Bandits
It was a great year for us in 2016, the year that saw us dig our 70th Spanish Silver coin and our 72nd Seated Coin in the past 5 years.
While I dug some nice finds, it was my buddy Shangalang that made the best recoveries--including a Banner find with his Napoleonic-Era French Briquette Infantry Sword! At any rate, here are a few of the photos of individual finds from the field, followed by the onslaught of display cases that everyone is expecting
Here's the star find of the year--Shangulang's early 1800s sword hilt!
And my star find of the year was my first ever bit boss--and she's a beauty!
Here are two of the best finds dug--a stunning 1782 half real, and a West Point Cadet button dug by Shangalang:
I was lucky to get THREE Barber Quarters in one year. Crazy. Three years ago I had never dug one, and now I have dug a total of SEVEN of them.
First off, here is DiggerGirl's display (my wife). She went out with us only two or three times, but ended up finding quite a bit--including some fine spanish silver and seated coins:
She also managed to get a breechblock from an old black powder shotgun and some nice Schenkl Shell fragments. I got a lock plate from a musket:
Here are some of my display cases. Lots of quantity, at least!
I also got my first intact BRASS stirrup
And here are Shangalang's amazing finds. First the military finds (sword hilt and a piece of the knuckle bow, military buttons, nipple protector chain and bullets galore).
Lots of Marbles eyeballed!
And KILLER coin finds, including Shageolang's BEST Capped Bust ever!
Oh, and I almost forgot that he dug a prized find with this mummified turtle
Here is the signature line from 2016, showing all the goodies we managed to get our coils over:
2016 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1774, two 1782's, an 1800, 1809, 1811, 1818, and one dateless Half Reale
1813 One Real
1834 Capped Bust Half Dime
1839-O, 1842-O, 1853, 1853-O,1858-O, and one dateless Half Dime
1890 Seated Dime
1917, 1920-D, and 1923 Mercury Dimes
1892, 1907, and 1908 Barber Quarters
1916 Netherlands 10 Cent Silver Coin
1943-P War Nickel
Napoleonic Era French Briquet Infantry Sword Hilt
British Navy Cuff Button
Early U.S. Navy Cuff Button
West Point Military Academy Cadet Cuff Button
Civil War U.S. Bit Boss
Eagle "A" Coat Button
Enfield trigger guard
Breechblock from Double Barrel Shotgun
Musket Lock Plate, side plate, and trigger guard
Schenkl Shell Fragments
Complete Antebellum Brass Stirrup
Plantation Store Tokens
Indians, Wheats, Beefaloes and other Gaw Gag
I've decided that 2017 is gonna be my year--although Shanguloid has already found a Find of the Year with his 1700s French Marine Artillery button, dug this month!
There's nothing better than digging, except when you've got a digging buddy that not only finds the best stuff but also looks like this
Stay tuned, we gonna tear up the Cane Fields in 2017--and no matter what, we gonna FIND something!
Cheers,
The CaneField Bandits
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Congrats to you both and many more finds this year. I enjoy reading your posts so hopefully a lot of cool stuff gets under your coil!
