display case

[lee]

ok, so im now nearly one year into this great hobby and ive found a fair bit and my keepers have been mounting up on a small shelf above this computor so the other day i decided to buy me self a display case.
so off i trot in the car to see what might tickle me fancy at the local furniture store......i didnt get there , low and behold by the side of the road for free sat this little stunner !!!!.
after lining the glass shelves with green felt i think she looks loverly , ive called her agnes :huh:thinkingabout:? dont ask me why...im english and we are all a bit touched ...lol
anyway here is a few shots.

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[del]

very nice Lee , 2 questions though ...

how does your wife feel about Agnes ??
and is she comfortable with you calling the cabinetry Agnes??

lol lol i think old Agnes looks just fine and can't belive you picked her up for free :perfect10:
great displays of finds Lee. |:cheering: |:cheering:

Dan

[lee]

well del ill tell ya ,first off she says great.....the house looks like a pawn shop now and when i told her the cabinet was called agnes she just shook her head and walked off muttering somthing about ...and i married this bloke :huh:

[del]

sounds like you need a mancave Lee , you know a special little room to house your proud accomplishments (junk) that the wife will never understand (can't stand to look at) rofl lol i've got a converted bomb shelter for my mancave its my little slice of detecting utopia i can get lost in :daydream: :daydream:

[Epi-hunter]

Nice cabinet lee... but just an off-topic comment. I can tell from the floors in your house that I would LOVE that house!!! I want a house like that! What year was it built?

[lee]

1775 epi , with original floors , oak beamed cellings , a granite sink ,all brick built , and secret passages up the wazoo (ive found 4 so far). its called the captain john francis house and is in the historic district of old wethersfield ct. ohh and a grave stone in the garden dated 1662 :huh:thinkingabout:
its got a bit of history behind it to , captain john was the man who lead the first 100 troops to boston to face the english.
his farther james francis was a well known builder of brick houses in wethersfield and both james and john are buired in the wethersfield cemetery 1/4 mile from my house.
i put flowers on both graves each month as a sort of thank you, is that a bit silly ? , i dont know, but just think 250 years after thay died some one is still remembering them , thats more than i or anyone could ever hope i think.

[Epi-hunter]

Oh man :drool: :drool: :drool: What a house! I spotted those floors right off. You don't really want it, do you? I'm sure you want to sell it, right? lol

I think it's a nice gesture with the flowers. Very cool! :clapping:

[lee]

epi your welcome any time love , come down for a week stay at the house and we can go hunting old wethersfield everyday.
there is quite a few pics online of the house , ill try and sort a few out and post the links if ya like.

[Epi-hunter]

Would love to see photos, thanks!

As far as detecting there, don't temp me :drool: It is a dream of mine to own a house with that kind of history, though. I always seem to end up in suburbia. :crying02:

[CODY]

:wow: What a find! Great cabinet! Thats a nice thing you do with the flowers. As you say, we can only dream that someone would remember us that long. Well Done!

[Tony Two-Cent]

I think it's beautiful, Lee, and you sure can't beat the price! Agnes looks right at home! thumbsup01

Now you just need to get all of the shlves filled up! :yes:

Your house sounds spectacular! I am fascinated by old homes and buildings. Here in Illinois it is rare to find a building older than the 1850s.