Trooper Bri
11-16-2015, 06:34 PM
Not dead, just busy and forgot to post up in AD the past couple weeks. Sorry!
On 10/31 Dan and I headed out for a 2'nd shot at locating a home site in an area that had lots of walls and activity, but no luck, and no finds. What I thought was a button is an early type of rosette from Dan explained.
We gave up and moved to the site that's coughed up good finds for Drew, Dan, and I the past couple months. It went real slow. We managed a few buttons each before Dan had to leave early to do some family stuff. I hung out a couple more hours with very little to show for it until I wandered back to work the lip of the cellar hole again.
Got the coil between a couple pricker bushes, and bingo. A sweet mid-upper 70's on the MXT! Begging for a coin, but got something better. Knowing what Dan had dug there not long ago, I took a wild guess that it was part of a Brown Bess. And I was right for a change :lol:! It's the upper plate (thumb plate?) that connects to Dan's trigger guard through the stock via a long screw.
It got quiet after that, and after maybe another hour called it quits. Someone's old GM car keys were my last find o' the day.
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HUNT #2:
Two days later I joined up with a few friends here in CT to hit a couple spots in Coventry. They were pretty beat to death. 4 of us managed very few finds and a fantastic number of shotgun shells. The 1'st spot got my hopes up early with half a shoe buckle frame. After that was 6 hours of boring. Think I managed a musket ball in an animal pen. Wonder what was for dinner that day?
Here's my wrap for those two hunts.
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HUNT #3:
On Nov 7'th, Dan and I met up with Lee and Drew for a hunt. We found a couple of great large sites, but they didn't produce for us. I dug plenty of junk at them, and that was it.
On the hike out near the end of the day we went down a different trail and got rewarded by a couple low stone walls on each side and a nice clear area with a stone pile. Nice cabin site.
We got in about an hour before it started getting dark, and all of us were popping buttons. 3 out of the 4 I dug were tombacs. One being large with a nice scalloped pattern.
Lee got a very interesting large pewter button with what looked like a left-facing bust. Curious to see what it turns out to be. Dan and I returned there this past Saturday. I'll get that post up soon. I promise!
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On 10/31 Dan and I headed out for a 2'nd shot at locating a home site in an area that had lots of walls and activity, but no luck, and no finds. What I thought was a button is an early type of rosette from Dan explained.
We gave up and moved to the site that's coughed up good finds for Drew, Dan, and I the past couple months. It went real slow. We managed a few buttons each before Dan had to leave early to do some family stuff. I hung out a couple more hours with very little to show for it until I wandered back to work the lip of the cellar hole again.
Got the coil between a couple pricker bushes, and bingo. A sweet mid-upper 70's on the MXT! Begging for a coin, but got something better. Knowing what Dan had dug there not long ago, I took a wild guess that it was part of a Brown Bess. And I was right for a change :lol:! It's the upper plate (thumb plate?) that connects to Dan's trigger guard through the stock via a long screw.
It got quiet after that, and after maybe another hour called it quits. Someone's old GM car keys were my last find o' the day.
51430
51431
51432
HUNT #2:
Two days later I joined up with a few friends here in CT to hit a couple spots in Coventry. They were pretty beat to death. 4 of us managed very few finds and a fantastic number of shotgun shells. The 1'st spot got my hopes up early with half a shoe buckle frame. After that was 6 hours of boring. Think I managed a musket ball in an animal pen. Wonder what was for dinner that day?
Here's my wrap for those two hunts.
51433
HUNT #3:
On Nov 7'th, Dan and I met up with Lee and Drew for a hunt. We found a couple of great large sites, but they didn't produce for us. I dug plenty of junk at them, and that was it.
On the hike out near the end of the day we went down a different trail and got rewarded by a couple low stone walls on each side and a nice clear area with a stone pile. Nice cabin site.
We got in about an hour before it started getting dark, and all of us were popping buttons. 3 out of the 4 I dug were tombacs. One being large with a nice scalloped pattern.
Lee got a very interesting large pewter button with what looked like a left-facing bust. Curious to see what it turns out to be. Dan and I returned there this past Saturday. I'll get that post up soon. I promise!
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