Colonial digging in crazy hot weather….

[The Patriot]

Well had it in my head that I was going to get a colonial dig and 34 degrees Celsius/or 93.2.6 degrees Fahrenheit Celsius plus humidity for 10 hours wasn't going to stop me. Was able to hit a few fields that opened up that we weren't able to hit before and it paid off in a big way. I managed of an almost unheard of 50 musket balls in a single hunt (109 being my best), 1873 Injun, 1739 2 sol french coin which you can see clean up very nice and is my best shape 2 sol to date. Other finds were a gold heart shape thing with 1/10 marked on it and not sure what it is..any ideas? lead bale with some light markings, lead piece with looks like a tree carved into it... Sigots, very big fishing weight, and 2 acorn crotal bells… Took about 12 hours to rehydrate….would I do it all over…you bet!! thanks for looking...

 

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[Iron Patch]

Hello great coins nice job on recovering them !
I'd like to ask you hou you cleaned them you can pm me if you would. Thanks

He used lemon juice, but it only worked well because of the type of coin. Not a good idea for anything non silver.

 

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[The Patriot]

Hello great coins nice job on recovering them !
I'd like to ask you hou you cleaned them you can pm me if you would. Thanks

Used lemon juice like IP mention…little silver in those 2 sol (billion cons) as you can see...

 

[Goldiver]

Very nice mix of relics and coins! 50 musket balls is a lotta lead, cool French coin and IH cent looks great too.

Steve

 

[billn1956]

Very nice finds liking the selection. The 1/10 might be regarding the thickness of the gold plating on the heart.

It means it is plated and goes by weight,,1/10 of the weight is gold.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Fantastic haul of musketballs, and the French billion coin is in excellent shape! I keep hoping that one of those, or at least a worn-out Liard made their way down here to Louisiana!

Congrats,

Buck

 

[The Patriot]

Thanks...I'm sure you'll eventually swing your coil over one at some point...hopefully soon!

Fantastic haul of musketballs, and the French billion coin is in excellent shape! I keep hoping that one of those, or at least a worn-out Liard made their way down here to Louisiana!

Congrats,

Buck

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great finds Steve, I hear you about the heat, we've got it bad here this week!

I'd love to see a pic of those early crotals and the barrel taps all cleaned up!

Dave