The past few days my friend Jim and I have focused our attention at some local colonial foundations. On Sunday Jim and I went to an area with a high concentration of cellars, most had been too close to the trails to have any good targets left, however. We went deeper into the woods and came across another cellar, we decided this would be a good place to focus our attention after we quickly starting making finds.
After about an hour of hunting our time was running out, as I was swinging my way out I hit a banging 82-83 on my AT Pro, the target turned out to be a worn out 1798 Draped Bust. Jim found a 1722 Rosa Americana and a 1818 Matron at that spot.
This morning Jim and I headed out for more cellar holes. After a short hike through the woods we came across a cellar, a pretty trashed one, with cans and modern garbage in and around the cellar. After working the cellar for 30 minutes and coming up with nothing, I decided to hike further into the woods to another spot I had marked, while Jim stayed behind.
After 25 minutes of hiking through briers and thick brush, I arrived at the spot. The cellar was essentially just a depression in the ground, with some remnants of the stone wall linings there.
I quickly started making finds, my first decent target was a King George II halfpenny in pretty good shape. Next, I pulled out a massive intact pewter spoon, which I think is early 1700s. After hearing about what I found, Jim hurried over to the cellar with me and we continued to make finds.
I ended the day with a fully intact colonial shoebuckle, 2 King George Coppers, two very old spoons and some pewter buttons.
Judging by the obvious signals I'd say that this site is virgin and has never been detected, or detected very little in the past. Jim and I have plans to return to this spot soon.
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Originally Posted by Digger_O'Dell
Nicely done!
I think that should be on the banner. 
