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"I've got a screamer over here."
"I've got a screamer over here." I have heard Dan say that so many times over the past few years (always with a grin). That statement is almost always followed by a nice copper or a colonial shoe buckle. This past Sunday, I finally got to say those words to Dan!:cheering:We went out with one of our friends, Jimmy, and hit some cellar holes. The ground at the first one was frozen solid but I stayed in a spot that had produced some buttons before and found several including this nice machine etched tombac. Attachment 67610Attachment 67611We spent a few hours at that site and then moved onto the next hole but before we left Dan presented me with a Beaver Stick for my wife. She had been wanting one for awhile and I knew there should be one laying around at this site.Attachment 67612 The next site was very large and I started wandering around in a spot behind the hole that didn't look very promising but I was thinking that there might be a cabin close by. Dan was in the same area when I got the first "screamer." It turned out to be a 1798 Draped Bust and while the condition is not great it's still only my second coin minted in the US Mint from the 1700's. Attachment 67613 After the Draped Bust I got a signal not far away that I knew was big iron. It sounded like an axe. I told Danny and he said, "Dig it." I started not to but I'm glad I did for reasons you will read in a minute. I dug it and it was an axe at about 12 inches down under a rock. After the axe, I walked a few feet back towards the hole. If I hadn't dug the axe I may have kept going in the other direction. I got another "screamer." I called out to Danny and told him this one sounded shallow. I'm not certain but I think he actually said it could be a shoe buckle. It was! My first complete man sized shoe buckle and it has the Nail Head and Rope Border pattern. After that, I don't think my feet touched the ground the rest of the day.Attachment 67614
