Short hunt few finds

[Hill Billy]

Made it out on a neighbors property this week to do a little swinging.
I had tried to find this site in the past but no dice.
The farmer plowed some new ground in the area of this site.
I asked if he would mind me detecting it before he plants it, he said go ahead.
Well my trip out was cut short when the XLT snapped where the shaft snaps into the handle area.
I'm sure I looked goofy out there swinging the coil with one hand and holding the handle in the other. Anyway I did allright.
Here are my finds.

 

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[realtexmex]

Even still, those are some pretty cool finds! (whatever it takes)

 

[IronSpike]

Awesome hunt Pocket knife, arrow head and suspender clip. What more can you ask for Still managed to swing the XLT

The pocket knife is awesome

 

[Hill Billy]

Awesome hunt Pocket knife, arrow head and suspender clip. What more can you ask for Still managed to swing the XLT

The pocket knife is awesome

Thanks ISpike, I'm thinking the pocket knife dates to Civil War era but not for sure.
Hill Billy

 

[allen]

nice looking finds !!

 

[vibes]

Nice knife...and ya know I love the arrowhead

 

[Kirk PA]

Good to see you out sweeping! Where in the heck is Buck? You need to get him out in the fields before all the coppers are dug out of the Kentucky soil.

Keep the passion high!

Kirk

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice looking pocket knife and suspender clip. That knife looks to be pretty old

 

[Old River]

Nice finds. I love the pocket knife. Hope you get you machine fixed soon. HH......

 

[spartacus53]

You must have been hunting on your hands and knees with that broken detector. Anyway, it was worth looking the fool with those finds

 

[Hill Billy]

Nice knife...and ya know I love the arrowhead

Get out and find some girl!

Good to see you out sweeping! Where in the heck is Buck? You need to get him out in the fields before all the coppers are dug out of the Kentucky soil.

Keep the passion high!

Kirk

We will be doing some diggin real soon Kirk.
We will find some coppers for you , I promise.
Thanks for the reply.

Nice looking pocket knife and suspender clip. That knife looks to be pretty old

I worked hard for these Finds, you should have seen me. It broke right after the knife find, man was i bummed.

Nice finds. I love the pocket knife. Hope you get you machine fixed soon. HH......

Appreciate it. I'll be fixing her soon.

You must have been hunting on your hands and knees with that broken detector. Anyway, it was worth looking the fool with those finds

It wore me out swinging like a fool. Thanks

 

[BuckleBoy]

HB,

I really think this knife is a great find. It is similar in construction to the knive I found last year at an 1860s homestead site. Many of the later "buck knives" had wood or faux wood inlays on the sides, but the 19th c. pocket knives tended to be one piece of metal on each side, often decorated or with a patriotic motif, and a little smaller than the later knives.


I'd date this one 1860-1880ish.


I've only found one complete pocket knife from that time frame in 17 years of digging, so I feel that this they are really neat and infrequent finds.


Congrats!



-Buckles

 

[BuckleBoy]

Good to see you out sweeping! Where in the heck is Buck? You need to get him out in the fields before all the coppers are dug out of the Kentucky soil.

Keep the passion high!

Kirk

Buck was in research mode. Buck is now--in DIGGING MODE.

It's hard to keep up with research when your team goes through 160 sites in a year and a half.

Harvest comes a little later for us here than it does for you up there. Of course, we get to hunt all of December, January, and February most of the time too.


-Buck

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Looks like an intricately designed knife. I would like to see a cleaned and more detailed picture of the scene design.
Chris