plugcutter84
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- Oct 6, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett at pro
Fisher 1265x
Teknetics T2
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
This is my first real post, so forgive me if i screw this up! I've been meaning to get this up sooner, it's just been a real busy fall already!
Went to a horse farm a couple weeks ago that we recently obtained permission to detect. We know that the area is rich with civil war history, and we were hoping to score some good civil war relics. My dad and his friend Mickey who got us on the property had been already been here a few weeks before, and Mickey found a nice US belt plate. It's a little beat up from a plow, but any belt plate is a nice one IMO!
We started detecting in a horse pasture that is right next to an old road. Mickey found 2 US 1/2 cents right off the bat, and we knew we were in for a good day. Soon I found a toasted copper, then another, then a flat button, then a cuff button, then a small buckle... It was by far the best morning of detecting I've ever had. We took a break after a while and discussed the area we had stumbled across, thinking it may have been a CW camp. We went back out after a quick bite, this time the pace was a little bit slower. I found a couple more toasted coppers and a few more flat buttons with no back marks. At the end of the day I started cleaning some of my finds with a toothpick and dry tooth brush. I was amazed when I cleaned the face of one of the coppers and saw it was a KGIII! The back was too far gone though, I couldn't make out a date. I started cleaning another copper and saw it was another colonial coin, this time facing left, and I knew immediately it was a KGII. When I flipped it over and cleaned the back, I was shocked at how well it cleaned up. It has a lot of detail and a real clear date: 1739!
I had been thinking the coppers we were finding were large cents or 1/2 cents, but after discovering a lot of them were actually colonial we decided this new spot in the middle of a horse pasture must have been a colonial homestead. We still have a lot of research to do, but we know the town we were in was established in the mid 1700's.
We gave some finds to the property owner, including a dropped 3 ringer, a couple flat buttons, a KGIII, and a nice horseshoe. She said we can come back anytime, and when she told her neighbor across the street about us, the neighbor almost begged her to have us detect her property too! We are hopeful that by being honest and respectful to the property owners, we might get some word of mouth referrals to some of the neighboring farms in the area.
Went to a horse farm a couple weeks ago that we recently obtained permission to detect. We know that the area is rich with civil war history, and we were hoping to score some good civil war relics. My dad and his friend Mickey who got us on the property had been already been here a few weeks before, and Mickey found a nice US belt plate. It's a little beat up from a plow, but any belt plate is a nice one IMO!
We started detecting in a horse pasture that is right next to an old road. Mickey found 2 US 1/2 cents right off the bat, and we knew we were in for a good day. Soon I found a toasted copper, then another, then a flat button, then a cuff button, then a small buckle... It was by far the best morning of detecting I've ever had. We took a break after a while and discussed the area we had stumbled across, thinking it may have been a CW camp. We went back out after a quick bite, this time the pace was a little bit slower. I found a couple more toasted coppers and a few more flat buttons with no back marks. At the end of the day I started cleaning some of my finds with a toothpick and dry tooth brush. I was amazed when I cleaned the face of one of the coppers and saw it was a KGIII! The back was too far gone though, I couldn't make out a date. I started cleaning another copper and saw it was another colonial coin, this time facing left, and I knew immediately it was a KGII. When I flipped it over and cleaned the back, I was shocked at how well it cleaned up. It has a lot of detail and a real clear date: 1739!
I had been thinking the coppers we were finding were large cents or 1/2 cents, but after discovering a lot of them were actually colonial we decided this new spot in the middle of a horse pasture must have been a colonial homestead. We still have a lot of research to do, but we know the town we were in was established in the mid 1700's.
We gave some finds to the property owner, including a dropped 3 ringer, a couple flat buttons, a KGIII, and a nice horseshoe. She said we can come back anytime, and when she told her neighbor across the street about us, the neighbor almost begged her to have us detect her property too! We are hopeful that by being honest and respectful to the property owners, we might get some word of mouth referrals to some of the neighboring farms in the area.
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