xcopperstax
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- Sep 3, 2018
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Sunday was my B Day. My wife asked me what I wanted to do for my day... It was a miserable rainy day so of course I wanted to go to see Paul Revere's house. Being the wonderful wife she is she obliged! Situated in the north end of Boston the house was built in the 1600's burned down and was rebuilt around 1680. Revere moved into the house much later and lived there on and off for a number of years. The house is by no means large but it consisted of 2 large rooms and 2 smaller rooms. The house was set with period decoration and contained some furniture that had belonged to Revere himself as well as some artifacts that belonged to him. What was kind of interesting to me was that Revere played a small role in the history of the house (by living there) and all the other inhabitants before and after are pretty much forgotten, just as the other riders on the famous midnight ride are not as well known. That's just the way it goes I suppose we are lucky if anything we do lives on past our own lives! It's interesting when you really get down to it how much of these structures are original? They said about 90% of the original frame was there and some of the beams and floorboards that were exposed were original or original to Revere's tenure there. It reminds me of the U.S.S. constitution: almost everything you see on the ship has been replaced to the point that a small portion of the original ship remains in the keel. Interestingly the rolling of copper was a closely guarded secret back in Revere's time. Revere figured out how to do it and produced the copper sheeting in his mill in Canton Ma. They put that sheeting on the U.S.S. constitution to keep marine worms from boring holes through the wood. The more I get into metal detecting the more interest I have in visiting the historic homes around new England. You can scratch the surface of what it was like to live back then. Cold, Dark, smelly. Life was far from easy.
Now could I let a birthday go by without detecting? Nope.
The following is two combined hunts:
This spot looked like a freshly cut woods when I first detected there and quickly found out it was a complete hell of poison ivy. I found my field glasses made by Paul Revere's Grandson's optical / surveying instruments co. there this past summer. I took the Silver Bandit there a week ago. Almost immediately he found a matching pair of monogrammed and dated gold cuff links 1909 (the year my grandfather was born! I was like omg I have to find something fast as daylight was rapidly fading! But good for you man! I quickly found this gold plated initialed pin. G... hmmm that's what my last name begins with?! You can tell it's plated. Not sure of the age. I'll say it's probably antique. The ground was frozen and impossible to dig in many spots. I half broke my wrist trying to chop a Lincoln memorial out of the ground. The day was now over.
Fast forward to my b day hunt. Poison Ivy Hell again: More snow had fallen but it was now raining and it was a cold raw day. The ground was still frozen in many spots and I managed to find a 1930 wheatie, a bag or bale seal, and an 1887 IHP. The IHP made my day as I don't find those too often... though relatively common still a rarity for me. I need to get some of those Andre's pencils as this thing has a layer that I just can't toothpick off. It was a great birthday thanks to my wife and family and the IHP was the cherry on top! Thanks for reading.
Now could I let a birthday go by without detecting? Nope.
The following is two combined hunts:
This spot looked like a freshly cut woods when I first detected there and quickly found out it was a complete hell of poison ivy. I found my field glasses made by Paul Revere's Grandson's optical / surveying instruments co. there this past summer. I took the Silver Bandit there a week ago. Almost immediately he found a matching pair of monogrammed and dated gold cuff links 1909 (the year my grandfather was born! I was like omg I have to find something fast as daylight was rapidly fading! But good for you man! I quickly found this gold plated initialed pin. G... hmmm that's what my last name begins with?! You can tell it's plated. Not sure of the age. I'll say it's probably antique. The ground was frozen and impossible to dig in many spots. I half broke my wrist trying to chop a Lincoln memorial out of the ground. The day was now over.
Fast forward to my b day hunt. Poison Ivy Hell again: More snow had fallen but it was now raining and it was a cold raw day. The ground was still frozen in many spots and I managed to find a 1930 wheatie, a bag or bale seal, and an 1887 IHP. The IHP made my day as I don't find those too often... though relatively common still a rarity for me. I need to get some of those Andre's pencils as this thing has a layer that I just can't toothpick off. It was a great birthday thanks to my wife and family and the IHP was the cherry on top! Thanks for reading.
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