Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700s virgin homestead :)

[Don in SJ]

Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

For several months I have been trying to find a way to a possible homestead site that was legal to hunt but there was no easy access to get to it. I finally figured a way to walk thru the thick underbrush that allowed me to find the site today and I was kind of happy I went through all the effort.

I first found the refuse dump, I got a reading right away that thought might be a large copper but to my pleasant surprise it was one of those 1790 era large flat button. I had to chop the button out with my drywall hammer, but that was really no problem. Some of the ground was frozen rather hard and other sections were not that hard at all.

Well, right after I got the large button, I found a few more and all the readings were in the refuse area and the ground was full of old oyster and clam shells, which in this area is a beautiful sight to see, meaning a homestead was very close by.

I then got a nice reading that I made sure I got a photo of the reading on the Explorer XS since some like to ask where it read on the screen, hope you all can see it, because it screamed LARGE COPPER COIN to me!
Sure enough, it was a King George copper and in darn good shape to.

I ended up with about 6 buttons, of varies styles, a finial, some odds and ends and the copper coin ended up being a nice 1775 KG coin.

I will be going back to the site again later this week or next week for sure, since the cold weather has finally released its grip.

Enjoy the photos, I enjoyed the hunt.........

Don in South Jersey

 

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[moonshine]

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wow is that cool! i cant wait to get back out there, thanks for the sweet pics!

 

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[Salvager]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Awesome find! Sounds like your gonna have a GREAT year!


Have fun,
Salvager

 

[Nashoba]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

SWEET! Must have been a heck of a lot of work. You'd be a great digging parnter!
very very cool finds
~Nash~

 

[Hardy]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Great Flat buttons you got there, 1700"s is my geuss

 

[UnknownBounty]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

superb recoveries.

 

[dgaughan]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

wow don those are some incredible finds that george iii is a beauty good luck and i cant wait to what else you find there

 

[Snee]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Very nice!!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Great job Don.....I've been finding similar items..How did you clean the George?........Chris

 

[Catsman]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Excellent post!!! Good research and great finds. HH,Catsman

 

[packerbacker]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Nice finds and a great post. Could have used some video but the pics were great!!

 

[Nana40]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Just amazing finds, Don! Love the post and the pictures!

Congrats! Nana

 

[Skrimpy]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

I first found the refuse dump...

Get out the shovels and scratcher man. I would love to see what a late 1700s dump holds. Bet you will get the pick of the litter there...

 

[Charlene]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Those old sites can sometimes be located through the brier thickets where the rabbits wouldn't go. But when we have the research all done, the fever hits, the Crocodile Dundee syndrome takes over and there is no stopping us then.

Thanks for the wonderful picture story hunt, I needed the fix

 

[99Brown]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Great job Don! Love the finds. And the photos are nice too. WTG!!

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Outstanding KG and finds!!! What did you do to clean them

Directions for the Cleaning of Artifacts/Coins using Hydrogen Peroxide

Required items:

1 - Disposable plastic bowl – I use an empty margarine container
ADDED: - I now use a harder plastic container that can go into the microwave

1 - Bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide which is 3% H2O2


1 - Heat Source – I have a gooseneck lamp with a halogen bulb in it.


1 - Box of Cotton Swabs – Q Tips are the best – others fall apart too easily

Make sure the artifact/coin is free of any oil coating like olive oil if you previously had soaked this object. The oil coating prevents the Hydrogen Peroxide from working on the dirt.
Put object to be cleaned in disposable plastic bowl and then pour Hydrogen Peroxide on top until it is at least a half an inch above the object to be cleaned.

Using the lamp as a heater, I position the lamp to within 2-4 inches of the bowl. This heats up the solution. Be careful not to cause anything to melt from too much heat, use common sense for this part. A Heat Source is NOT necessary, but it does speed up the cleaning significantly...

ADDED: YOU CAN USE A MICROWAVE TO HEAT THE PEROXIDE UP FIRST, BUT BE CAREFULL AND PLEASE USE A SAFE CONTAINER WITH NO METAL IN IT, PUT THE RELIC/COIN IN AFTER THE APPROX ONE MINUTE HEAT UP IN THE MICROWAVE!!!!!
If the solution is hot enough the boiling of the Peroxide should be very evident to you and should remind you of a geyser. Once it is cooking it sprays the bubbles and smokes a little also. This should continue for anywhere from one hour to two or three.

Periodically remove the object if you want to check on the progress. I usually then lay it on a napkin and take a cotton swab and start to gently rub and see how much crud is coming off the object. It might take several hours or more to get real clean. You might even have to repeat the entire process if the object has a lot of stubborn crud on it.

When the bubbling of the Peroxide stops the cleaning also is done. If it needs more cleaning start over again with fresh fluid.

Keep your cotton swabs wet with the Peroxide while gently rubbing, this will prevent scratches.
When done with your cleaning, rinse the object well with water.

The first coin I did with this method did not require any rubbing whatsoever. I believe each artifact/coin is unique in how it is cleaned. Some did not clean up hardly at all. If it is a corroded object, like a pitted, green Indian Head, I don't think anything you do will help that.

My best advice is to experiment on non-valuable objects first and then move on to your better finds once you build confidence in what you are doing.

The objects may appear dried out after cleaning, if you want you can coat with a coin preservative like Blue Ribbon Coin Conditioner and Preservative or a similar product or even a light coating of Vaseline or a coating of Renaissance Wax.

(The above is from a post I did on cleaning Large Cents on the Cleaning and Preservation forum)
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,39135.0.html

Don

 

[lucky1777]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Congratulations on some very remarkable finds.

 

[Clam Digga]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Hi Don,
Great Site , Great Finds, and Thanks for sharing the Pics & Story. Dig that site more!

 

[Ed-NH]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Sweet finds! I love that site you are in. Those wooded cellar holes a just a ton of fun to detect around. You should be able to find targets there for years to come. Congrats on your efforts to find that one.

 

[dfxmatt]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

Reading your posts always makes me realize how much i suck.......lmao...........good digs man

 

[allen]

Re: Terrific February Day! Found a late 1700's virgin homestead

WAY TO GO ON THOSE GREAT FINDS...IM GLAD THE GROUND IS TRYING TO THAW HERE...AND WARM WEATHER IS HERE ALSO...