KirkPA
03-21-2011, 08:57 AM
It was a great day for me! :popcorn: The weather could not have been any more perfect for some Colonial digging with the guys. :happydance01: happydance02 We actually visited three different farms today. The first field we hunted was a site that Kyle and Chris found last week. :daydream: Kyle got an early large cent there and some old pottery sherds, but nothing else. rofl After we hunted it again today, that was all the site gave up. :boxing: It must have been a poor settler. :bangahead01: :bangshead02:
The second field produced my best find for the day. thumbsup01 Once I got the signal and pinpointed, I knew there had to be a copper in the ground. I flipped out a decent King George III Irish halfpenny (1766-1782). :twirlingeyes: :drool: I was totally ecstatic with the find because it is my first ever Irish copper that could be identified. :cheering: It was probably a stray drop from a hunter back in the Colonial days because we did not get anything else. :thinkingabout:
The last field we visited for the day gave me a handful more of Colonial artifacts. :cheering: The recent flood that we had exposed more of the field and brought out some decent signals. :thinkingabout: :dontknow: I was picking up Colonial pottery every step of the way. :cheesysmile: We decided to head to the section of the field that Kyle and Chris found about seven Colonial buttons back in November. It was not long in the small iron patch that I got a nice signal and excavated a piece of a Colonial shoe buckle. I was pumped! :cheering: Even though it was broken, I think I gave Kyle a High-Five. :twirlingeyes: I love digging them and could do it all day. Not too far away, I found two coppers. The one is a definite Colonial. It is probably a King George II. The other one is very puzzling. Since this site gave up strictly Colonial artifacts, I am assuming it is another Colonial-era copper. :thinkingabout: Sometimes I see what looks like a ship and other times I see what looks like Brittania. :dontknow:
To end the day, I invited Kyle over for a Colonial dinner and some great coffee. :beerbuddy:
Keep the passion high! :callme:
Kirk :cheering:
The second field produced my best find for the day. thumbsup01 Once I got the signal and pinpointed, I knew there had to be a copper in the ground. I flipped out a decent King George III Irish halfpenny (1766-1782). :twirlingeyes: :drool: I was totally ecstatic with the find because it is my first ever Irish copper that could be identified. :cheering: It was probably a stray drop from a hunter back in the Colonial days because we did not get anything else. :thinkingabout:
The last field we visited for the day gave me a handful more of Colonial artifacts. :cheering: The recent flood that we had exposed more of the field and brought out some decent signals. :thinkingabout: :dontknow: I was picking up Colonial pottery every step of the way. :cheesysmile: We decided to head to the section of the field that Kyle and Chris found about seven Colonial buttons back in November. It was not long in the small iron patch that I got a nice signal and excavated a piece of a Colonial shoe buckle. I was pumped! :cheering: Even though it was broken, I think I gave Kyle a High-Five. :twirlingeyes: I love digging them and could do it all day. Not too far away, I found two coppers. The one is a definite Colonial. It is probably a King George II. The other one is very puzzling. Since this site gave up strictly Colonial artifacts, I am assuming it is another Colonial-era copper. :thinkingabout: Sometimes I see what looks like a ship and other times I see what looks like Brittania. :dontknow:
To end the day, I invited Kyle over for a Colonial dinner and some great coffee. :beerbuddy:
Keep the passion high! :callme:
Kirk :cheering: