paleomaxx
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The last few weeks have been pretty boring what with the snowstorm and then the persistent cold weather. Finally last Friday the snow had at least melted enough that you could walk in the fields with only isolated spots where it was over 6" deep. Not completely melted mind you; just 4" or less. The ground was still frozen, but I was bored enough to grid the field and instead of digging just stick a wooden skewer where I found signals and keep going.
The only upside is that when there's still snow on the ground I'm much more confident that I don't miss spots when gridding so I chose a big area that looked promising and went for it. Three hours later I had about a dozen skewers in the ground and not a single relic in hand. Turns our the digging and actually obtaining the relic is a pretty crucial part of the enjoyment with this hobby.
Finally today the snow had more or less melted away and I went back to dig the skewers. The results were actually not bad:
A bunch of the signals turned out to be brass cartridges as usual, but the ox knob is the biggest I've seen yet! This is actually the third draped bust LC I've found but the first two were so toasted it was hard to even make that determination. I can already tell this one will clean up beautifully with a light peroxide treatment. I'm fairly sure it's an 1803, but I'm hoping I'm wrong and that it's an 1805! The pocket knife has the manufacturer name on both sides, but I can't quite make it out. I'm hoping with some cleaning I can get that identified and dated. Not sure what the circular object with the three holes is; any ideas?
The only upside is that when there's still snow on the ground I'm much more confident that I don't miss spots when gridding so I chose a big area that looked promising and went for it. Three hours later I had about a dozen skewers in the ground and not a single relic in hand. Turns our the digging and actually obtaining the relic is a pretty crucial part of the enjoyment with this hobby.
Finally today the snow had more or less melted away and I went back to dig the skewers. The results were actually not bad:
A bunch of the signals turned out to be brass cartridges as usual, but the ox knob is the biggest I've seen yet! This is actually the third draped bust LC I've found but the first two were so toasted it was hard to even make that determination. I can already tell this one will clean up beautifully with a light peroxide treatment. I'm fairly sure it's an 1803, but I'm hoping I'm wrong and that it's an 1805! The pocket knife has the manufacturer name on both sides, but I can't quite make it out. I'm hoping with some cleaning I can get that identified and dated. Not sure what the circular object with the three holes is; any ideas?
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. 2 minutes of electrolysis for the knife, the 3 SECONDS 
