Potential Rochambeau campsite turns up* not much lol*1 copper & silver

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Got permission to hunt a tract of land in the vicinity of where General Rochambeau and his french army camped during the Revolutionary War.the guy that got me permission lives in a house around the corner and found a bayonet in his yard 30 years ago.everything seemed right.the same road,nice chunk of woods and the old house across the st was a tavern that the commanders frequented during their stay.i was pumped when walking in there.nice walls hardly any trash but hardly any targets.no buttons.i got a lone wiped out toasted copper,a few brass scraps and near the wall a great signal! a sterling pocket knife 2 ox shoes & 2 horse shoes
After i felt i hunted this area good i walked down to the guys house and he let me hit his yard.i got 2 wheaties .his house was built in 1890 but a small yard and filled in crying01.one nice iron signal in his yard i dig down see a pointed tip..i'm like yeah baby!!!!!!!! bayonet!!!!!!!!!!!! ummmm old rusty file.wasn't a bad day i suppose but a bummer when you have visions of french rev war buttons etc and walk out with your tail between your legs
If anyone has any info on the hallmarks on this knife & company/age etc I'd appreciate it.i'm figuring 1940's or so? one stainless blade and apparently the other wasn't stainless as it fell apart as i was cleaning it which loosened up the good blade ad now i'm able to open it up
Hopefully Todd & me have a good day sunday!

[del]

Dave , its never easy looking for something specific at a site and your quick to get discouraged when you don't . searching large areas is very time consuming with one or two coils and it could take you a half a dozen trips to that spot before you turn up anything. congrats on the sterling knife | |

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Dave , its never easy looking for something specific at a site and your quick to get discouraged when you don't . searching large areas is very time consuming with one or two coils and it could take you a half a dozen trips to that spot before you turn up anything. congrats on the sterling knife | |

theres only a few patches of leafy ground Dan,the rest is super thick barberries unwalkable nevermind detectable.i think they camped at a very large field just up the road.acres of open hayfields behind a colonial home.there is a smaller hayfield adjacent to this wooded area that i have permission to detect when its cut in a few weeks

[aloldstuff]

on the sterling knife and hope the return trip will produce those rev war items you are searching for.

[Lodge Scent]

That is a NICE knife. Those Rev War goodies could be just across the street waiting for you.

[Tony Two-Cent]

Very cool sterling silver knife! Interesting that someone tried to add to the initials by adding an M at the beginning.

I guess it's all relative, I would be happy to find ANY old copper here in Illinois.

Best of luck hunting the adjacent hay field after it's cut! |

[coinnut]

That toasted copper almost looks like a Fugio or Nova Nice sterling knife. It isn't the hunt you wanted, but not a bad hunt anyways thumbsup01

[milco]

Sounds like nice potential, good luck on those wheat fields in a few weeks!