DownNDirty
Bronze Member
It's getting real (or is that REALE?)
I have been researching a small colonial town that existed from circa 1750-1820 or 1830 in my part of South Carolina (the Midlands); there is a housing development that was built on the site in the latter half of the 20th century. I secured permission from a couple of homeowners there & last Saturday I located a small home site from the old town. I detected it with a good friend and we found quite a few period relics-flat buttons, shoe buckles, three pieces of a keg tap, black glass fragments, pistol balls and buck shot, pipe stems , etc.
I hit the spot Monday evening for a couple of hours & found a button and a pipe stem. There is a lot of iron on the site so I knew there had to be more there. Itching to get back I left work early yesterday and made a beeline for the site, which is in the homeowner's back yard. First I found a button, then a pipe stem. Then a couple of fired buck shot.
Then...I hit a nice 70's signal on the AT Pro and dug the hole. After some searching I pulled out a cut piece of an 8 real-my first!!
As luck would have it I found the piece that had the latter half of the date-"72"-so I knew it was minted in 1772. Four years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. I am pretty stoked about this; I'm leaving work early again today-and guess where I'm heading to?
I have been researching a small colonial town that existed from circa 1750-1820 or 1830 in my part of South Carolina (the Midlands); there is a housing development that was built on the site in the latter half of the 20th century. I secured permission from a couple of homeowners there & last Saturday I located a small home site from the old town. I detected it with a good friend and we found quite a few period relics-flat buttons, shoe buckles, three pieces of a keg tap, black glass fragments, pistol balls and buck shot, pipe stems , etc.
I hit the spot Monday evening for a couple of hours & found a button and a pipe stem. There is a lot of iron on the site so I knew there had to be more there. Itching to get back I left work early yesterday and made a beeline for the site, which is in the homeowner's back yard. First I found a button, then a pipe stem. Then a couple of fired buck shot.
Then...I hit a nice 70's signal on the AT Pro and dug the hole. After some searching I pulled out a cut piece of an 8 real-my first!!
As luck would have it I found the piece that had the latter half of the date-"72"-so I knew it was minted in 1772. Four years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. I am pretty stoked about this; I'm leaving work early again today-and guess where I'm heading to?
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Research paid off for sure! GL at your next stop there!
