West Jersey Detecting
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I got out for a bit last evening to check out a section of my favorite site that I have not had a chance to detect yet. So far other sections of this HUGE site have given up more than a dozen coppers and a few Spanish silver coins, along with hundreds of buttons, some US and British military.
This new section appears to have been farmland at one time, but now is mainly upland forest with thick patches of thorn bushes. Wearing shorts is never the best attire for detecting in the woods, and it certainly did hinder my search. So I worked around the shrubbery as best as I could, digging many shotgun shell signals, which almost all turned out to be shotgun shells...All but one! The one that fooled me turned out to be a "Fatty" Indian Head Cent (1860-1864). I cannot get the date, as the obverse is not pretty. The reverse did have some detail and i was able to clean it without totally destroying it.
I also dug part of a colonial era pewter spoon and a window sash with the patent date 1849. This, along with the nearby bottle dump leads me to believe that there was a structure nearby. It may be in the center of the thorny patches. Pruning Shears may be necessary to hit the spot!
My best find of the day came from the bottle dump. There were clam shells and bottle shards everywhere! I carefully dug a test hole and was lucky to get an intact bottle from Jone's Apothecary, Mt. Holly NJ. (I cannot seem to find any info on this business. I will swing by the library tomorrow to see what i can dig up - no pun intended!). I plan on returning with the proper bottle digging tools soon!
Jones was a pharmacist in Mt Holly from circa 1867 to circa 1907, but the store may have kept the name after he retired: http://books.google.com/books?id=5i...5IZBbZpGn6X7YyDJmUTA&ci=83,137,796,315&edge=0
This new section appears to have been farmland at one time, but now is mainly upland forest with thick patches of thorn bushes. Wearing shorts is never the best attire for detecting in the woods, and it certainly did hinder my search. So I worked around the shrubbery as best as I could, digging many shotgun shell signals, which almost all turned out to be shotgun shells...All but one! The one that fooled me turned out to be a "Fatty" Indian Head Cent (1860-1864). I cannot get the date, as the obverse is not pretty. The reverse did have some detail and i was able to clean it without totally destroying it.
I also dug part of a colonial era pewter spoon and a window sash with the patent date 1849. This, along with the nearby bottle dump leads me to believe that there was a structure nearby. It may be in the center of the thorny patches. Pruning Shears may be necessary to hit the spot!
My best find of the day came from the bottle dump. There were clam shells and bottle shards everywhere! I carefully dug a test hole and was lucky to get an intact bottle from Jone's Apothecary, Mt. Holly NJ. (I cannot seem to find any info on this business. I will swing by the library tomorrow to see what i can dig up - no pun intended!). I plan on returning with the proper bottle digging tools soon!
Jones was a pharmacist in Mt Holly from circa 1867 to circa 1907, but the store may have kept the name after he retired: http://books.google.com/books?id=5i...5IZBbZpGn6X7YyDJmUTA&ci=83,137,796,315&edge=0
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