KA-BAM - BEST HOLE EVER

[Guest 1551]

Following up on our killer hunt from a week and a half ago, the GF and I decided to head out to our old GA 1820s homestead. This place has never disappointed, and boy oh boy it sure didn’t this time either. Right off the bat when we got there we stumbled across a massive 3 foot water moccasin (which I promptly dispatched and is now skinned and in a pickling jar). After that hair-raising experience we began hunting and pulling artifacts left and right for about three hours. I found a wooden clothespin which I think is pretty freaking amazing. The best part about this site is how it perfectly preserves wood, bone, and leather artifacts. She found a sweet whetstone shortly afterwords. I also found a killer fishhook and button.

After about two hours, she got her first bead ever (the blue one); finding her first was her goal for the trip, so her finding it was pretty special. After she found the bead, I decided to leave her sitting in the creek next to the dead snake and go up it with the metal detector. After a hundred yards I got a killer 89-91 on the AT PRO. I reached down in the water and BAM!! Out comes the Native American tomahawk(??). I was ecstatic. I reach down again, and out comes a Native American drill bit. Again, I’m blown away. I reach down a third time and out comes a beautiful early 1800’s pocketknife with etched bone inlays on the handle. It was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

Later we moved further up the creek and this girl finds her SECOND bead!! We’d never found a black one here, so we were pretty excited. That brings the total bead count from here to 9 blue, 1 clear, 1 black. I also managed to reassemble a good portion of a clear, hexagonal tonic bottle with words on every side. I know where the rest should be, so hopefully I’ll be able to get it at a later time.

So yeah, that was a dang good hunt today. Best part was spending it with this amazing girl who loves this hobby just as much [emoji7]

 

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[Guest 1551]

DonnyBrook, those are some great finds ! Are you sure that is a clothes pin and not part of a fish net mending tool ( I can't think of the name of it this early ) I've got one that a family member made out of hickory that resembles that a lot... d2

You could very well be right. How would it mend the net?

 

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[arrow86]

Nice finds especially the Native American finds .... probably many more to be found maybe try a sifter or 5 gallon bucket with plexiglass bottom to see under water better

 

[d2]

It's called a "net mending needle" if I do this right there will be a picture. Line is wrapped around the inside and it is used to repair holes in nets...d2
P.S... go to youtube and look up net mending and you can see how it's done...d2

 

[treblehunter]

I'm too slow to be messing with those snakes, I had to push one off with my coil about three times before he finally left me alone. Of course it probably was not a cotton mouth, there are poisonous water snakes in South Jersey so I don't know. Crazy when I think about the places I go to find treasure, sane people don't do the things I do.

I love your finds, your blessed with a good hunting partner, congrats!