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    I'm not dead! 3 of the last 5 hunts.

    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 ! 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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    Slow digging is better than no digging.
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    Administrator del's Avatar
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    its good to see you having the hot coil lately Brian ,and am eager to see the last few coppers you found . congrats
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    Love that musket part!
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    I'll get up a post tomorrow Dan. Yesterday's group hunt coughed up two largies for me and what I think is a very worn copper.
    Slow digging is better than no digging.
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    Congrats on the nice finds!
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    WTG Brian. Love that musket part and all the great buttons. Looking forward to seeing your coppers.
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    Nice Brian. Amazing ID on that musket part...I would have had no idea.
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    AwesomeFinds Trooper Bri!!
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    WTG Bri!
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    Man, you're heating up! I have to go look through my trash pile now as I recall finding one of those musket parts. Now I have something to do tonight
    Congrats!
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    That is a very cool find .

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