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St. Patrick's Day dig....I dug me Colonial Pot-O-Silver!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill and I decided to get out on St. Patrick’s Day for areturn visit to the colonial site that we found last weekend. We knew this was going to be a better thanaverage hunt based on what we found the last time; Coins, Coppers, (Bill dug 3silvers) flat buttons, shoe buckles and a trash pit.
I asked for a Pot-O-Gold this year and though the littlegreen man did not pay off and have me gawking at gold, I did settle forsilver. It was a cold and wet day in theTidewater but was worth the hunt.
We started the day digging out a pit I located at the end ofthe last trip. Though it did not yield afantastic find we both have some projects to glue back together. I got most of a very early tea cup andsaucer set, a pipe bowl, and we filled a 10 gallon bucket about halfway full with brokenglass and iron. We each added a fewbuttons but then decided to fill it in (for now) and do some exploring.
Towards the end of the day there was one more hill left tocheck out, as we approached it we split up, Bill to the left and I to theright. Walking up to it my eyes suddenlylocked in on a piece of brick, then as the landscape came into focus a piece ofpottery showed up next to it, then black glass, and then suddenly I could seelarge chunks to the base of multiple early black glass pontil bottles lyingabout with brick. I immediately calledBill over and we decided to work narrow lines fast to cover as much ground aspossible before settling in. We did nothave much time left but covered it as much as we could. I was the lucky one this time and matchedBill's last hunt with three silvers of my own (nice cut silver, crudely cut1717 cut piece and a nice whole 1 reale). We now are exactly tied for coins at this site...each with 3 silvers and2 coppers, either way that is 10 coins in two trips!
My take for the day was 32 buttons, a handful of musketballs, some buckle pieces, and the coins. We also dug some iron out of the pit including a broken colonial stirrupand other odds and ends that bill took home with him. The majority of the buttons date to the earlyand mid-1700s, though this site has some 1800's hot spots, we have avoided themfor now and concentrated on the early stuff.
He had a good day as well, but will let him tell you hisside of the story - I just hope he does not delve into my fashion statement forthe second half of the day.
HH
Dan
Bill and I decided to get out on St. Patrick’s Day for areturn visit to the colonial site that we found last weekend. We knew this was going to be a better thanaverage hunt based on what we found the last time; Coins, Coppers, (Bill dug 3silvers) flat buttons, shoe buckles and a trash pit.
I asked for a Pot-O-Gold this year and though the littlegreen man did not pay off and have me gawking at gold, I did settle forsilver. It was a cold and wet day in theTidewater but was worth the hunt.
We started the day digging out a pit I located at the end ofthe last trip. Though it did not yield afantastic find we both have some projects to glue back together. I got most of a very early tea cup andsaucer set, a pipe bowl, and we filled a 10 gallon bucket about halfway full with brokenglass and iron. We each added a fewbuttons but then decided to fill it in (for now) and do some exploring.
Towards the end of the day there was one more hill left tocheck out, as we approached it we split up, Bill to the left and I to theright. Walking up to it my eyes suddenlylocked in on a piece of brick, then as the landscape came into focus a piece ofpottery showed up next to it, then black glass, and then suddenly I could seelarge chunks to the base of multiple early black glass pontil bottles lyingabout with brick. I immediately calledBill over and we decided to work narrow lines fast to cover as much ground aspossible before settling in. We did nothave much time left but covered it as much as we could. I was the lucky one this time and matchedBill's last hunt with three silvers of my own (nice cut silver, crudely cut1717 cut piece and a nice whole 1 reale). We now are exactly tied for coins at this site...each with 3 silvers and2 coppers, either way that is 10 coins in two trips!
My take for the day was 32 buttons, a handful of musketballs, some buckle pieces, and the coins. We also dug some iron out of the pit including a broken colonial stirrupand other odds and ends that bill took home with him. The majority of the buttons date to the earlyand mid-1700s, though this site has some 1800's hot spots, we have avoided themfor now and concentrated on the early stuff.
He had a good day as well, but will let him tell you hisside of the story - I just hope he does not delve into my fashion statement forthe second half of the day.
HH
Dan
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