Some oldies, from one hole. ID Help maybe?

[jdean]

So today I went hunting for about 3 hours at a permission that I have dug some late 1800's indians and some modern rings. Long story short, this home is a late 1800's build, but the property was a rail yard before that, so it is extremely trashy with iron plate and bits everywhere. VERY slow digging there.

But, here goes. About a week ago I hit a strong signal and it was 3 buried bricks about 4 inches down with an axe head, a pocket knife, and some kind of file for shoeing horses. My stupid pinpointer went dead on me, so I had to wait until today to dig further down. So tonight I dig and dig and dig until I am about 16 inches down (where signals stopped) and I dug all of this out of the hole

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The nails are square, the knife blade is about 10-12 inches long, the spoon is iron, and the bottle is one of 2 just like it that I have dug, this one still has the cork in it. the pottery pieces are very thick. The BUCKLE is what xcited me the most, as I figure some of you will be able to ID it, and date it. Let me know if you need more pictures. This spot at this home is where ALL of the old stuff has come from, maybe a 10x10 area, and it is crazy trashy, BUT if these are any kind of special, I will excavate the layers all the way down to clean it out and see what is there.

Oh, I also found a pipe down to a well that was buried, I opened it up and it goes about 30 ft deep! I REALLY wanna drop a magnet down in there!

So that was my day, very good day for me.

 

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[ARC]

Um... well one thing is for sure... you are on one hell of a spot.

Definitely go back.

As far as your finds are concerned I will leave the button and buckle folks inform you on the buckle.

I am interested in the spoon and knife.

Would love to see the crust removed / washed up and another good pic of them.

You did extremely well and will be looking for future posts on your finds at this spot.

 

[jdean]

Here is about the best I can do on clean up. These are in bad shape.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds john845. Now, pull out that magnet and let us know what else you find! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Trezurehunter]

Looks like some nice relics.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great job!

AARC is right go back and "hammer" that place.

 

[jdean]

So I hit the house again today. Dug a bunch of trash, but I did get some pottery pieces, a nice copper button, and I think a cast iron pot lid? Any ideas you have on dates would be appreciated. This site is slam full of iron nails. I think the existing place may have burned or something. I know this is all nowhere near what others are posting, but this is my first historical place that I have found on my own. Here are the pics!

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[lairmo]

Keep hitting it...."NOTHING" is hunted out...nice finds...

 

[jdean]

Hit it again this afternoon, but it turned a little cold. Same house, same spot. Weird chain tackle (maybe horse tack?) another broken knife handle. A big piece of iron from maybe an oven? This site is loaded, but man it is ALL junky. I LOVE IT!

 

[pepperj]

Look at the seam that runs the bottle, if goes right over the lip then it's machine made. If it sops just under the lip then its an applied lip, the likely spot is half to 2/3rds up the neck and that will put the bottle into another date range. Digging sq. nails is a great indication of stuff being 100+ yrs old and you dig enough iron the goods will be there. I hit the iron with the Deus where I hear everything, noisy but it produces the finds in the iron as well.
Here's a link that helps dating of bottles

https://sha.org/bottle/dating.htm#Dating a Bottle Section of Dating Page

 

[jdean]

AWESOME!!! Thank you!

 

[sutphin]

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