brianc053
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- Jan 27, 2015
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- Metal Detecting
Hi everyone. Last weekend another TNet member, Scolino, invited me to visit him in southern NJ and spend the day hunting with him and a friend of his. I jumped at the chance!
Scolino does great research on his locations, and the first site we visited (with permission of course) was an old homesite that is now in the middle of a farm field. It had all the signs: bricks, broken glass, pottery and oyster shells. And there were plenty of targets, though between the three of us only Scolino found a large copper (toasted beyond recognition). My favorite find was the MOTORMAN button/pin, which apparently was worn by the engineer of an electric trolley in the late 1800's.
At that first location I also found the tiny little bell shown in the second picture; it still had the clapper attached with a very fine wire, but the wire broke when I was cleaning the item. Any guesses as to what purpose a tiny bell like that would serve?
I was also happy to find the spoon pieces shown in the "Most interesting" picture because the spoon bowl was found about 5 feet from the short handle. Too bad it's so beat up.
After a few hours we left that first location to hit a second location nearby, but that one had modern trash and coins so we didn't stay long.
So, I was given the privilege of visiting the "honey hole" site where Scolino found his 1683 King Charles coin, and we spent about 90 minutes detecting there before I had to head home. Scolino's buddy found a large copper in a nearby field (not recognizable in the field), and my best find was the broken fork off of what was probably a shoe buckle (is that black material tombac?).
Overall it was a fantastic day and I had a lot of fun meeting up with a fellow TNet member. Thanks to Scolino for sharing his permissions with me, and I hope to return the favor in 2021!
Motorman button and tiny bell
Tombac (?) broken shoe buckle fork, with one of the wheat pennies found that day:
The most interesting finds:
The less interesting finds:
The trash (just to show how much digging I was doing!):
Scolino does great research on his locations, and the first site we visited (with permission of course) was an old homesite that is now in the middle of a farm field. It had all the signs: bricks, broken glass, pottery and oyster shells. And there were plenty of targets, though between the three of us only Scolino found a large copper (toasted beyond recognition). My favorite find was the MOTORMAN button/pin, which apparently was worn by the engineer of an electric trolley in the late 1800's.
At that first location I also found the tiny little bell shown in the second picture; it still had the clapper attached with a very fine wire, but the wire broke when I was cleaning the item. Any guesses as to what purpose a tiny bell like that would serve?
I was also happy to find the spoon pieces shown in the "Most interesting" picture because the spoon bowl was found about 5 feet from the short handle. Too bad it's so beat up.
After a few hours we left that first location to hit a second location nearby, but that one had modern trash and coins so we didn't stay long.
So, I was given the privilege of visiting the "honey hole" site where Scolino found his 1683 King Charles coin, and we spent about 90 minutes detecting there before I had to head home. Scolino's buddy found a large copper in a nearby field (not recognizable in the field), and my best find was the broken fork off of what was probably a shoe buckle (is that black material tombac?).
Overall it was a fantastic day and I had a lot of fun meeting up with a fellow TNet member. Thanks to Scolino for sharing his permissions with me, and I hope to return the favor in 2021!
Motorman button and tiny bell
Tombac (?) broken shoe buckle fork, with one of the wheat pennies found that day:
The most interesting finds:
The less interesting finds:
The trash (just to show how much digging I was doing!):
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