Bill D. (VA)
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Yesterday's colonial hunt with Dan and his dad
It was a pleasure to get out again with Dan, who was accompanied by his father who was visiting for the holidays. After finding wheat planted at our first option, we made contact with a landowner who Dan and I talked with a few weeks ago, and who owns property along a river that's dotted with early 1700s land patent sites. We got the green light and headed out to check the most promising one which included several possible early homesites. But it was a major disappointment and we ended up striking out as all we could muster were a couple of mid-1800s to turn-of-the-century sites. We ended up going back to the area we've hunted heavily this fall, and got into a small pasture area adjacent to a cultivated field that produced quite a few 18th century relics and coins last winter. Not expecting much, we were surprised when buttons started popping out, although the signals were funky for the most part, and generally deep. Dan killed us on buttons (again) thanks to his little hotspot, but at least I didn't get skunked. Other than a few buttons (2 of which I thought for sure were coins), I was able to snag a huge and intact frame from a late 1700s shoe buckle along with another decorative piece from a Georgian era buckle. And another thimble made its way into my goodie pouch once again, but this one was a little unique with its tall, narrow shape. I didn't even realize what I had until it was cleaned up. We hunted until dusk which ended a fun day of hunting with my buddies. Our next assignment is to find some new and productive sites, and hopefully we can make that happen very early in 2015.
It was a pleasure to get out again with Dan, who was accompanied by his father who was visiting for the holidays. After finding wheat planted at our first option, we made contact with a landowner who Dan and I talked with a few weeks ago, and who owns property along a river that's dotted with early 1700s land patent sites. We got the green light and headed out to check the most promising one which included several possible early homesites. But it was a major disappointment and we ended up striking out as all we could muster were a couple of mid-1800s to turn-of-the-century sites. We ended up going back to the area we've hunted heavily this fall, and got into a small pasture area adjacent to a cultivated field that produced quite a few 18th century relics and coins last winter. Not expecting much, we were surprised when buttons started popping out, although the signals were funky for the most part, and generally deep. Dan killed us on buttons (again) thanks to his little hotspot, but at least I didn't get skunked. Other than a few buttons (2 of which I thought for sure were coins), I was able to snag a huge and intact frame from a late 1700s shoe buckle along with another decorative piece from a Georgian era buckle. And another thimble made its way into my goodie pouch once again, but this one was a little unique with its tall, narrow shape. I didn't even realize what I had until it was cleaned up. We hunted until dusk which ended a fun day of hunting with my buddies. Our next assignment is to find some new and productive sites, and hopefully we can make that happen very early in 2015.
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