DownEast_Detecting
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- Feb 26, 2020
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So i found this cellar hole while i was helping someone on here with this Need help interpreting LIDAR post. Karma actually working, hurray. I was showing what would definitely be a cellar hole. Using imagery of a known abandoned 1800's town site. When all of the sudden i noticed this other potential site away from the town all on its own. So one late afternoon last week i wondered out there to check it out. Its just barley still on the same property as the 1800's town, so no new permission required. It was getting dark but i was able to confirm that it was indeed a cellar hole. Thats when i found #8 the bale seal. Yesterday i went back out there to do a proper search. This place is kinda cool and reminds me of a fortified position. They way it is at the precibus of the hill and back against the stonewall. Its definitely an older site than the rest of the town and far enough away to be separate. i couldnt even figure out where the road use to be to get to this house. Any finds without their own way point label on the map were found inside the actual cellar hole. My guess is it was built in the 1700's and probably abandoned during Maine's greatest population decrease during the 1840's-50's. How old do you think the site is based on my finds? Colonial?
So #1 is my first tombac button right? Pictures are before and after cleaning.
#2 is my first 2 tined or 2 pronged fork. Which is colonial age right?
#3 In the same hole i think i found the matching knife
#4 is a small button with a design on front. This is a 2 piece iron back right? Im thinking its off a shoe or cuff
#5 is a piece of a pewter spoon bowl. Which i thought i broke while digging but couldnt find any other pieces. So i think it broke a long time ago and was tossed.
#6 I need help with. But i think its gonna be another first for me. It looks like a possible figure of Britannia with a harp. i think she is sitting, but then i will look again and i see a figure standing. If she is sitting with a harp i was leaning towards one of those woods Hibernia half pennies but the amount of lettering around the coin and their positioning doesnt add up at all. Its the closest thing i could match it to in my red book but i dont think that's it at all. The other side is toasted except for a few letters near the edge i cant make out. I will post this in "what is it" if nobody chimes in. But i bet someone will recognize it. The following pictures are its journey through cleaning last night. I feel like i should not go any further and i might of gone to far already.
#7 is my first Draped Bust! Its an 1803 not sure if you can see the date in the pics but i can just barley make out the 3 IRL. Probably no way to tell if its the large date huh? Also i see a lot of space between the 1 and the fraction bar. is it a small or large fraction variety? Pictures below are its journey through the cleaning process.
and #8 is the Russian customs bale seal i found last week on my first visit to this site. After no one could identify what kind or origin on here. I found an amazing group on facebook. All they do is lead bale/bag seal ID and history. A few days after posting it someone finally responded and absolutely nailed it. "This is a Russian customs seal. Each year a different letter or symbol was used. For the year 1807 the Cyrillic letter "B" was used. It's also dated 1807 on the seal itself. Its a long way from home"
Detailed Table of Annual Signs on Custom Seals of the Russian Empire
On my way out to this remote site i came across some vibrant forest plants and a magical mossy area in the woods. So quiet and peaceful there.
So #1 is my first tombac button right? Pictures are before and after cleaning.
#2 is my first 2 tined or 2 pronged fork. Which is colonial age right?
#3 In the same hole i think i found the matching knife
#4 is a small button with a design on front. This is a 2 piece iron back right? Im thinking its off a shoe or cuff
#5 is a piece of a pewter spoon bowl. Which i thought i broke while digging but couldnt find any other pieces. So i think it broke a long time ago and was tossed.
#6 I need help with. But i think its gonna be another first for me. It looks like a possible figure of Britannia with a harp. i think she is sitting, but then i will look again and i see a figure standing. If she is sitting with a harp i was leaning towards one of those woods Hibernia half pennies but the amount of lettering around the coin and their positioning doesnt add up at all. Its the closest thing i could match it to in my red book but i dont think that's it at all. The other side is toasted except for a few letters near the edge i cant make out. I will post this in "what is it" if nobody chimes in. But i bet someone will recognize it. The following pictures are its journey through cleaning last night. I feel like i should not go any further and i might of gone to far already.
#7 is my first Draped Bust! Its an 1803 not sure if you can see the date in the pics but i can just barley make out the 3 IRL. Probably no way to tell if its the large date huh? Also i see a lot of space between the 1 and the fraction bar. is it a small or large fraction variety? Pictures below are its journey through the cleaning process.
and #8 is the Russian customs bale seal i found last week on my first visit to this site. After no one could identify what kind or origin on here. I found an amazing group on facebook. All they do is lead bale/bag seal ID and history. A few days after posting it someone finally responded and absolutely nailed it. "This is a Russian customs seal. Each year a different letter or symbol was used. For the year 1807 the Cyrillic letter "B" was used. It's also dated 1807 on the seal itself. Its a long way from home"
Detailed Table of Annual Signs on Custom Seals of the Russian Empire
On my way out to this remote site i came across some vibrant forest plants and a magical mossy area in the woods. So quiet and peaceful there.
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