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Well after an eventful summer of Spanish silver, the fall season began two weeks ago for Bill and I. At that hunt, i recovered my first coin of the fall and yesterday was #2 - a cut 1700's Spanish Pistareen. It was a beautiful day to be out, a little warm in the afternoon, but we were on the relics so it did not matter.
We started the day and spent 75% of it at a site that I looked forward to going to all summer. The field was not in the most pristine of conditions but it did not take long to zero in on the site. Bill had a good day as well and started us off right (will let him tell you about it) but shortly thereafter I joined in with my silver coin.
The site had relics from the 1600's to the early 1800s. I totaled 15 buttons (not including a CW era Navy that I somehow dropped back in the field) and a pile of other lead and brass. My favorite buttons are the 1600's nipple button and late 1700's plated dandy button. I also recovered part of an early 1700's scissor or candle snuffer. This site also had an abundance of thimbles - of which I recovered two. A nice shield, early bit boss (partially broken) and a grouping of complete and broken buckles rounded out the day.
The "what is it" was recovered at a second site along with a couple of the buttons. This site has yielded relics from the 1500s (1600s occupation) It is solid brass, no holes and might have been broken off at one end. The other has a "head" molded to it similar to a nail or spike. We are off and rolling and I am looking forward to it.
HH
Dan
We started the day and spent 75% of it at a site that I looked forward to going to all summer. The field was not in the most pristine of conditions but it did not take long to zero in on the site. Bill had a good day as well and started us off right (will let him tell you about it) but shortly thereafter I joined in with my silver coin.
The site had relics from the 1600's to the early 1800s. I totaled 15 buttons (not including a CW era Navy that I somehow dropped back in the field) and a pile of other lead and brass. My favorite buttons are the 1600's nipple button and late 1700's plated dandy button. I also recovered part of an early 1700's scissor or candle snuffer. This site also had an abundance of thimbles - of which I recovered two. A nice shield, early bit boss (partially broken) and a grouping of complete and broken buckles rounded out the day.
The "what is it" was recovered at a second site along with a couple of the buttons. This site has yielded relics from the 1500s (1600s occupation) It is solid brass, no holes and might have been broken off at one end. The other has a "head" molded to it similar to a nail or spike. We are off and rolling and I am looking forward to it.
HH
Dan
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