VIRGIN Late 1600s Colonial Site FOUND!

[Isaac]

VIRGIN Colonial Site FOUND!

Well this was a day to remember... Wow! I went on vacation to Connecticut to visit my grandparents and family. I gained permission to a rev war era house with large farm fields surrounding it and invited my buddy Sam to come hunt it with me one day. I hunted this place once in April but didn't have much luck due to the snow and frozen ground. I did find one toasty Connecticut copper and a couple buttons, but that was pretty much it.

The first day I went back to regain my permission I dug a slick copper and a tombac button. I knew there had to be more there so I invited Sam to come the next day.

We went the next day and I changed my batteries in my MXT PRO and it wasn't working for an hour after that! I had to get completely new batteries! In that time, my buddy Sam found a Draped bust (toasted 1803), a 1836 matron head large cent, and a beautiful 1830s artillery button with tons of guilt left!



Then I finally fixed my detector and started swinging. I found a couple shoe buckle pieces and a button... We moved on to a different area of the field after a little while. We started hitting targets almost immediately. I gridded a small piece of the field to the right of the house and got a beautiful deep signal with the MXT. It wouldn't even hit on Sam's AT Pro. At about 7" I got a very nice conditioned 1887 Indian head penny. Not colonial like we're looking for but i was very happy with it.



I walked a few steps up and got another deep signal. I dug the hole and saw the brass in the hole I knew it was gonna be something really good. I took it out and to my amazement I realized I found a (almost) complete 1600s shoe buckle! Man this thing is TINY compared to the 1700s complete's I've dug. It's got everything except a little stud on the back which broke off, probably why the buckle fell off the shoe in the first place. You can clearly see the file marks on the back as well! Made in between 1660-1690





Sam wasn't getting much on this section so he went back to the section he found the copper at. He wasn't finding a lot there either but I got a +20-+30 on the MXT and dug a tiny silver coin clipping or a piece of trade silver used for currency! I walked around the very front of the field hoping for some straggler signals I've missed. I got a +8-+12 and pulled a pewter shoe buckle piece that says TR. it's from the 1690-1720 era



Me and Sam were about done after about 2 hours without a whole lot. We went and tried asking at some other older homes around and pretty much gave up when no one was home for 6 houses in a row and started to do little areas of the field farther away from the house. We went into a little patch of harvested crop and we saw pottery everywhere and black glass. I picked up a pipe stem right away and started swinging. We didn't think anything of it until Sam got a 80 signal that screamed copper coin! It was a 1752 KGII copper in great shape. I pulled a small tombac button off the surface and then got my own KGII... Finally got my copper for the day! We knew there was a site here. We picked up so many buttons just bunny hopping this little 20x40 foot area. Iron everywhere and in between it were little cuff buttons and tons of melted lead.





We just kept getting targets constantly. It was a freaking blast! Sam got a huge musket ball and we picked up several pipe stems and the nicer pieces of pottery. The sun was setting and we knew we didn't have a lot of time. I heard Sam call out "COPPER!!!!!" and showed me a CT... It was stunning!


I then walk right at the edge of the field and get a beautiful +79 on the MXT and dig another copper... That's 6 for the total of us. Sam got 4, a record day for him!!! It was one of the most gorgeous Draped Largies I've ever seen. This is the latest thing that came out from this site. Not ONE back marked button!!!





Sam also got a BEAUTIFUL and ULTRA RARE SILVER ca.1690 green Stuart crystal button this day (one of two that came from this site!!!)



Thanks for looking! We had a blast!!! HH!
Here's some other finds on different days from this site... I need an ID on the nipple pewter button age and the silver (gold plated) pendant age.


Barrel tap pieces


All my finds from the site (not including Sam's)




1776 KGIII counterfeit (MACHIN MILLS)

9/64"+ pipe stem boar 1650s or earlier









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[Isaac]

I have to agree with Cru. You have artillery button and large cents from the 19th century, coins and buttons from the 18th century, and only the little buckle that dates from the 17th century. It is definitely a virgin site and it has a lot of 18th century colonial material, but to call it a 1600s site might be a little premature at this point. I hope you can get back on it soon and find some more 1600s items, but I'm sure you'll be happy with more of the same!

There was a major ferry crossing less than a mile from this site from the 1600s... I think this site was developed because of it. I agree, the site I think lasted from the 1700 era till the war of 1812. That's just my hypothesis. The large cents and 1830s button were from a completely different area (except for the last 1803 large cent).

 

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[CRUSADER]

I completely agree, I'll revise the title. Thank you for your comment!!!

Great open mind, you will do well, & are doing well. I take nothing away from your already excellent finds. Keep us posted.

 

[Bquamb]

That is freaking RAD!

Congrats on the amazing finds. bet your heart was just beating through your chest!

GJ keep it up!

 

[Isaac]

In Michigan I can only dream of finding a site like that. I can't even imagine what it would be like to find something pre- 1850

Nice finds!!!

Thanks! I've seen some very old stuff come out of MI so there's always the chance!

Awesome hunt

Very nice finds. Congrats!

Thanks guys!

I can't see the pictures yet either, but they should be good from what I've read so far!

One word...
Wow.

Great site... great digs.
Well done.

Superb!

Awesome digs, congratulations.

Thanks guys!!!!!!!

What a great post, thanks for taking the time to write a terrific piece. That early buckle is in magnificent shape and will look great on display. I'll look forward to learning more about your finds from some of the colonial experts here.

Thanks so much Terpfan I need to get myself a ryker case to display stuff I've found from this one site! I'll be back in December! The crops weren't even harvested in the area I REALLY wanted to try out!

 

[Isaac]

What a great hunt and condensed to boot. I've worked sites for months and more amazing things appear seemed again and again. I hope the same happens for you and I'm betting there is tons more still awaiting you. Great button and love the buckle. Also that '03 LC is a sweet one. Congrats

Steve

Thanks Scrappy. Looking forward to coming back here in the near future. I know there's more stuff there just waiting to see the light of say after being tossed around in farm-fields for the past 250+ years.

It's always a great feeling when you realize you've put yourself on a very early and productive site. You definitely had a killer hunt with a nice variety of colonial coins and relics. Hopefully a fat silver coin will pop out next. Good luck!!

Thanks Bill and thank you for the help on the "cut silver coin" I found. May more cut silver come your way. HH

What an amazing site you've got there and some great finds

Thank you!

Wow awesome spot,congrats...

Thanks!

Wow! That was a heck of a hunt! I love the early buckle and the silver pendant. Large coppers are always welcome too! I need a day half that good soon, real soon!!

Thank you Steve! I can't wait for the fields to be cut here in the Mid Atlantic! I wish I knew more about the silver pendant too! HH

 

[lenjsr]

Better than a great day

 

[Vino]

Incredible hunt, and post Isaac.
Man I would be dreaming about that site all fall!
I have alot of respect for you not getting upset with Cru, and Steve for helping you date the site. Alot of people would have!!
There were just trying to help.
Congrats on a hunt you will remember.
George

 

[Isaac]

Incredible hunt, and post Isaac.
Man I would be dreaming about that site all fall!
I have alot of respect for you not getting upset with Cru, and Steve for helping you date the site. Alot of people would have!!
There were just trying to help.
Congrats on a hunt you will remember.
George

Thanks man!! Of course I'm not upset!! Just trying to learn more by posting here Cru and Steve are awesome!, congrats to you on some incredible finds lately as well! HH

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks man!! Of course I'm not upset!! Just trying to learn more by posting here Cru and Steve are awesome!, congrats to you on some incredible finds lately as well! HH

Thanks, but I know why he said that. I'm often pretty blunt & direct & sometimes I've upset those that what to believe otherwise. In fact sometimes it doesn't matter how many people say the same thing they want to believe to the contrary. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm right all the time & you could still put up more finds to help your first thoughts & prove it did start in the late 1600s. Sometimes it takes me many years to come to a well thought out conclusion for a site. I've learnt over the years the clues can be very mis-leading.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling a lifetimes worth of old coins in a single hunt. That is one hunt that will be hard to beat. A hunt many of us, west of the east coast, can only dream about.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Looks like a great site! Thanks for contributing. Nice haul of finds.

 

[SeabeeRon]

This is just amazing Isaac!! I have have been so enjoying seeing your finds since you first showed up on various forums. For a young man, you an exceptional detectorist!

 

[Army of 1]

Congrats Isaac , that's a great days detecting .. cheers mick

 

[BigWaveDave]

 

[46Wheat]

That's an incredible hunt

 

[basque-man]

Now that's and AWESOME hunt!!! What a great group of finds you all found!!!

 

[The Rebel]

KILLER Hunt! I remember my late 1700's virgin site & all of the goodies that popped out! They are far & few between but man when you find one it really gets the blood pumping! WTG!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Of all your videos this one definitely takes the cake. I would have been like a kid in a candy shop with all those Colonial period finds. WAY TO GO Isaac!

 

[doninbrewster]

Is there a chance to get a photo of the front of the New Jersey copper and a better one of the back (photo 20)? I didn't see anyone mention the NJ copper in any of the comments. Also, the photo of the CT in pic 20 appears to be Miller reverse r from first glance. Great finds.

 

[joeyfresh]

Wow what a great site. I can tell you're you are really excited to find an virgin site and its obvious why. The large bore pipe stem may be from a locally made pipe which tend to not follow the same dating formula as the Dutch and English pipes. Great finds all around!