Scrappy
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UPDATE: New Pics added.
So I got away for a hard earned vacation - and what a vacation it was...
Earlier this summer after Abe was kind enough to invite us up, Ahab8, OutdoorAdv, and I decided to plan a killer fall hunt. I've been friends with Abe for close to 2-1/2? years, and Brad for about a year, but haven't met either one of them until this trip.
So I met up with Brad in Connecticut and we carpooled to Maine to connect with Abe. We quickly repacked at Abe's house and off we went. Crossing the lake, we loaded the canoe with so much equipment that we literally had 5" of freeboard. The paddle was about 1.5 miles to the island but the view alone was worth it.
Once we arrived we quickly got into digging some signals. Brad scored early but it took me a while to adjust. I was able to score a few nice flat buttons and finally, a beautiful pewter US general service button!
After a 5-Star dinner of spit fired sirloin strip steak, potatoes, and roasted garlic, we smoked cigars and had a couple beer. That's when Abe had a great idea to do a night scouting mission. We quickly found iron and followed by scoring a button each, of which I found a pewter underwear button.
After finding a foundation that was on no known map, I cleaned up real nicely with a few iron spoons (not pictured yet) and a beautiful crotal bell!
followed by my first rat-tail spoon (not pictured yet).
Abe and Brad ripped on me good for hogging all the good stuff
The a bucket-lister came out - a pewter rat-tail spoon!! Absolutely amazing.
After a downpour all night we were back at it. I was sure to ring my crotal bell in the morning to wake everyone up! Haha!
We all dug some more buttons and I scored a ton of musketballs in the mud flats. Brad also cleaned up on some signals my CTX missed. That GPX is something else. Being in a grouped area and mostly impacted, Brad and I figured that it must have been a target range. We must have dug 30 round balls between the two of us.
We continue on the mud flats and I dig a French copper with a square hole in it. Turned out to be a French Sol. Killer hunt!
After that we packed up and headed home to rest our sore backs, and eat 75 lbs of sushi. Abe was slightly off with his 40lb estimate lol. Here's a pic of us loading
The next day we hit two islands, and the second one paid off big time. Here is a pic of Brads head...
and Abe 
With just a little searching, we came across an interesting pile of rocks. Within a few minutes I came across a blowhole button (not pictured yet). Another first!!! It was game on after that and we went to town. After a few more buttons I had a great signal - a KG2.
Buttons and spoons started popping out everywhere and we had a great time. Everyone scored some beautiful items. I found some more buttons, mostly tombacs, all early. We estimate the site as mid 18th century, and nothing newer than ~1780's. Here's a picture from the shoreline
silver faced buttons, no back marks.
Button with thread....
Pewter baby spoon
a KG2 that didn't fare well in cleaning
What a hunt. Abe was a gracious host and really put in the effort to make our trip a memorable one. Brad, meh, he's ok....just kidding. Great guys, great times, and a trip I'll remember always.
To wrap things up, we all had MONSTER lobsta' rolls.
Enjoy and good hunts!
Steve
Just added:
1812 Iron nails used for the fort all cleaned up
And a colonial iron spoon. It was folded in half!!
And finally, a Crushed Blowhole button crushed by that Abe fella- AKA "Magilla Gorilla"
Rat tail
So I got away for a hard earned vacation - and what a vacation it was...
Earlier this summer after Abe was kind enough to invite us up, Ahab8, OutdoorAdv, and I decided to plan a killer fall hunt. I've been friends with Abe for close to 2-1/2? years, and Brad for about a year, but haven't met either one of them until this trip.
So I met up with Brad in Connecticut and we carpooled to Maine to connect with Abe. We quickly repacked at Abe's house and off we went. Crossing the lake, we loaded the canoe with so much equipment that we literally had 5" of freeboard. The paddle was about 1.5 miles to the island but the view alone was worth it.
Once we arrived we quickly got into digging some signals. Brad scored early but it took me a while to adjust. I was able to score a few nice flat buttons and finally, a beautiful pewter US general service button!
After a 5-Star dinner of spit fired sirloin strip steak, potatoes, and roasted garlic, we smoked cigars and had a couple beer. That's when Abe had a great idea to do a night scouting mission. We quickly found iron and followed by scoring a button each, of which I found a pewter underwear button.
After finding a foundation that was on no known map, I cleaned up real nicely with a few iron spoons (not pictured yet) and a beautiful crotal bell!
followed by my first rat-tail spoon (not pictured yet).Abe and Brad ripped on me good for hogging all the good stuff
The a bucket-lister came out - a pewter rat-tail spoon!! Absolutely amazing.
After a downpour all night we were back at it. I was sure to ring my crotal bell in the morning to wake everyone up! Haha!
We all dug some more buttons and I scored a ton of musketballs in the mud flats. Brad also cleaned up on some signals my CTX missed. That GPX is something else. Being in a grouped area and mostly impacted, Brad and I figured that it must have been a target range. We must have dug 30 round balls between the two of us.
We continue on the mud flats and I dig a French copper with a square hole in it. Turned out to be a French Sol. Killer hunt!
After that we packed up and headed home to rest our sore backs, and eat 75 lbs of sushi. Abe was slightly off with his 40lb estimate
lol. Here's a pic of us loadingThe next day we hit two islands, and the second one paid off big time. Here is a pic of Brads head...
and Abe With just a little searching, we came across an interesting pile of rocks. Within a few minutes I came across a blowhole button (not pictured yet). Another first!!! It was game on after that and we went to town. After a few more buttons I had a great signal - a KG2.
Buttons and spoons started popping out everywhere and we had a great time. Everyone scored some beautiful items. I found some more buttons, mostly tombacs, all early. We estimate the site as mid 18th century, and nothing newer than ~1780's. Here's a picture from the shoreline
silver faced buttons, no back marks.Button with thread....
Pewter baby spoona KG2 that didn't fare well in cleaningWhat a hunt. Abe was a gracious host and really put in the effort to make our trip a memorable one. Brad, meh, he's ok....just kidding. Great guys, great times, and a trip I'll remember always.
To wrap things up, we all had MONSTER lobsta' rolls.
Enjoy and good hunts!
Steve
Just added:
1812 Iron nails used for the fort all cleaned up
And a colonial iron spoon. It was folded in half!!
And finally, a Crushed Blowhole button crushed by that Abe fella- AKA "Magilla Gorilla"
Rat tail
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Hunting via kayak into remote areas is my favorite kind of scouting. Have to love the way pewter is preserved on the mud flats. We'll done!
