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This is a brand new permission and it has a ton of promise. It's a few miles into the woods off the main road, but it's a fairly wide field. The intriguing part is that at the far end of the field is a cemetery that isn't marked on any of the old maps despite the fact that there are almost 80 headstones dating from 1800-1840's. What are on the maps are two buildings at the front of the field by the road and my thinking is that the mapmakers couldn't see the graveyard behind the houses when they went through. Still very strange though; the town center has the historic cemetery, and there are a bunch of different families here so it's not just a single family plot.
Anyways, besides reading the headstones I gave the cemetery a wide berth and focused on where the two houses would have been. Right away I discovered this would be a tough field. Has anyone else come across this stuff before?
I'm fairly sure it's melted zinc, but it rings in the high 70's to 90's and some of the rounder pieces have the exact same response as coins. I dug almost 10 pounds of the stuff since it's in every corner of this field and at all depths. Zinc roofing and a fire perhaps? Until I clear it all out I don't think I have any hope of finding coins and smaller relics. Now onto the weird stuff.
There haven't been structures in this field in recent memory so I thought it would be only older targets. Unfortunately there was tons of trash and then these pieces: The button is apparently a 1900-1930's "Art Metal Works Newark NJ" army uniform button.
The badge I believe may be US army corp. of engineers based on the castle, but I couldn't find an exact match online. The next is a heavy brass piece that almost looks like a knife ferrule, but it's very short. I was super excited about the brass case since it has a very nice design and looked old and fancy, but as it turns out it's a 1950's Avon rouge case. Still has a bunch of rouge left though so that's good. 
Fortunately I found a nice batwing buckle which is a great sign, and the little halter buckles are good too; gives me hope that there are older targets under the trash signals. I found two full axe blades which I always enjoy digging and tons of iron relics that also may be older. Things are freezing again this weekend but hopefully it'll thaw soon and I can get back to clearing and digging!
Anyways, besides reading the headstones I gave the cemetery a wide berth and focused on where the two houses would have been. Right away I discovered this would be a tough field. Has anyone else come across this stuff before?
I'm fairly sure it's melted zinc, but it rings in the high 70's to 90's and some of the rounder pieces have the exact same response as coins. I dug almost 10 pounds of the stuff since it's in every corner of this field and at all depths. Zinc roofing and a fire perhaps? Until I clear it all out I don't think I have any hope of finding coins and smaller relics. Now onto the weird stuff.
There haven't been structures in this field in recent memory so I thought it would be only older targets. Unfortunately there was tons of trash and then these pieces: The button is apparently a 1900-1930's "Art Metal Works Newark NJ" army uniform button.
The badge I believe may be US army corp. of engineers based on the castle, but I couldn't find an exact match online. The next is a heavy brass piece that almost looks like a knife ferrule, but it's very short. I was super excited about the brass case since it has a very nice design and looked old and fancy, but as it turns out it's a 1950's Avon rouge case. Still has a bunch of rouge left though so that's good. Fortunately I found a nice batwing buckle which is a great sign, and the little halter buckles are good too; gives me hope that there are older targets under the trash signals. I found two full axe blades which I always enjoy digging and tons of iron relics that also may be older. Things are freezing again this weekend but hopefully it'll thaw soon and I can get back to clearing and digging!
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