My favorite site of 2010

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johnnyblaze

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Well after a 2 mile hike into the deep woods i stumbled across my
favorite site of 2010..
I started seeing all these walls and passed through the opening following what used to be a wagon trail..
All of a sudden as i reached the crest of upward climbing i was amazed to see a very early cellar hole..
Then i looked around a bit and found a colonial graveyard with about 20 stones so worn they are just crude stones sticking straight out of the ground..
No modern trash at all..Every signal was something period..Buttons galore so i named it
"BUTTON CITY"..
After research i found it was occupied from the late 1600's to about 1850..Deserted ever since with little human presence since..
This is just my finds my buddies i brought there found a silver spoon,buckles,buttons...Great site
Also the small button under the horse bridles is a colonial or earlier silver button..
I also pulled a war of 1812 button out of there..
Not many coins they were poor as dirt...
 

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This is a fantastic Colonial post, Blaze. :icon_thumleft: That is definitely a dream Colonial site to hunt. We once found a site like that, but it was in a field. Every signal was something period and every high signal was a copper. We dug 28 coppers out of this one field. It will be a site that I will never forget.

Thank you for sharing some Colonial history from Rhode Island.

Kirk :hello:
 

Thanks i got to get out there with my new T2 Special Edition..
It has the cache mode and im sure there has to be one out there somewhere..
If its out there the special edition will find it..
 

I had a few spot's like that JB believe it or,that's my second favorite type hunting beside's CW relic's.Best of Luck to ya at this site,you probably have a boat-load of area left.What's the comb made of ? Nice Dig's :icon_thumright:
 

civilman1 said:
I had a few spot's like that JB believe it or,that's my second favorite type hunting beside's CW relic's.Best of Luck to ya at this site,you probably have a boat-load of area left.What's the comb made of ? Nice Dig's :icon_thumright:
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Thats a good question..Im not sure what the comb is made of ???
Ill look into it further.
John
 

Those are some great colonial finds there Blaze! You notice the two items that looks like shields? I read in American Digger that they were used to keep the coat tails of long colonial coats in place.
 

Steve in PA said:
Those are some great colonial finds there Blaze! You notice the two items that looks like shields? I read in American Digger that they were used to keep the coat tails of long colonial coats in place.
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Thats cool..
I always thought they were horse bridles..
What is American Digger?
 

johnnyblaze said:
Steve in PA said:
Those are some great colonial finds there Blaze! You notice the two items that looks like shields? I read in American Digger that they were used to keep the coat tails of long colonial coats in place.
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Thats cool..
I always thought they were horse bridles..
What is American Digger?
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Some are reins finials, depends on whether they have stud or hooks on the back.
American Digger magazine is a great publication for diggers http://www.americandigger.com/
I will try to find the issue where these things were discussed.
 

As soon as this 2 feet of snow melts im going back to find the cache that i know is there...
Also i found the trash pit/bottle dump i believe....
By this type all the damn hunters will be gone.. :'(
John
 

wow!wow!wow!
great site. i would be camping out there until the metal detector stopped beeping.
can't wait to see what pops out once the snow is gone.
 

Does anyone know what these 3 items would be from? I've seen many pop up over the years....
 

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Does anyone know what these 3 items would be from? I've seen many pop up over the years....
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They are called horse bridles..And would usually be attached to the saddle of a horse..


Blaze
 

johnnyblaze said:
Well after a 2 mile hike into the deep woods looking for a threshing rock i stumbled across my
favorite site of 2010..
I started seeing all these walls and passed through the opening following what used to be a wagon trail..
All of a sudden as i reached the crest of upward climbing i was amazed to see a very early cellar hole..
Then i looked around a bit and found a colonial graveyard with about 20 stones so worn they are just crude stones sticking straight out of the ground..Except 2..One says died may 1781.And the
other has a skull and underneath it says 1774..
No modern trash at all..Every signal was something period..Buttons galore so i named it
"BUTTON CITY"..
After research i found it was occupied from the late 1600's to about 1850..Deserted ever since with little human presence since..
This is just my finds my buddies i brought there found a homade deer antler pipe,silver spoon,buckles,buttons...Great site
Also the small button under the horse bridles is a colonial or earlier silver button..
I also pulled a war of 1812 button out of there..
Not many coins they were poor as dirt...
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You must have had fun on that sight. I was shown an old town that was there from 1830-1860, now just a bare field, I found several interesting finds. Thanks for sharing.
 

un freaken believable! im so glad to know these sites still exist! those tombstones gave me the chills;what a great place! and how in the world did you catch on to this place! great job! happy hunting -cj
 

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