Got out with Danny LaMontagne yesterday for some colonial digging! We both had a great day and the finds started coming late in the afternoon. Highlights for me were my first Woods Hibernia Copper (1722 - 1724); my first "Nipple" button and the largest pewter button I have found. The pewter button has a nice design of concentric circles.
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Congrats on your Hibernia Donnie and don't see those 1600's era buttons very often !
That worked out both times !Originally Posted by Donnie B
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[QUOTE=del;220640]Congrats on your Hibernia Donnie and don't see those 1600's era buttons very often !
Thanks Dan! The shank on the nipple button was broken and rusted away.
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WTG on the KGI as well as the other finds!
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Congrats on the KGI. I dug one a couple of years ago, also with Dan.
Still the oldest coin I've ever dug. Mine was nowhere near as nice as yours.
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now looking again at that brass piece i'm pretty sure its to a keg tap
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Really? Wow! I've never dug a keg tap piece before!
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see the knob on the far left just above the spout ? that is the piece you found .
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Holy Crap! Dan! That's it! I'm so glad I saved it! I thought it was the leg from a small pot or kettle but decided to save it since it might be part of something good. Thanks!!!
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You got some oldies there Donnie B
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We actually thought it would be a little nicer out in the field but I'm still on Cloud Nine! It doesn't look too bad for being in the ground almost 300 years!Congrats on the KGI. I dug one a couple of years ago, also with Dan.
Still the oldest coin I've ever dug. Mine was nowhere near as nice as yours
Thanks! It was a great day!You got some oldies there Donnie B
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Congrats on your first Wood's Hibernia and your other colonial finds! Very impressive digs, especially for this time of year!
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"Lets give it another half hour then move on"Danny stays with a site until he is certain it is barren. I move on like an impetuous, impulsive teenager. That's a lot of targets for a cellar these days! I never saw a button like that circle one! A big congratulations on that Hibernia and bucket lister!
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Congrats on that Woods Hibernia. Your pewter button is also amazing with all the concentric circles....
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Congrats on the Hibernia! Were you able to pull a date off the rear? The front is beautiful! I've found 3 KGI Hbernia, all 1723 and all with a dent or hole! lolGot out with Danny LaMontagne yesterday for some colonial digging! We both had a great day and the finds started coming late in the afternoon. Highlights for me were my first Woods Hibernia Copper (1722 - 1724); my first "Nipple" button and the largest pewter button I have found. The pewter button has a nice design of concentric circles.
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Ken, unfortunately, I can't make out the date at all. If I look at it long enough under a loop my mind wants to tell me that I can see a "4." Sometimes the mind plays tricks on you.
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I was pretty sure when I peeked at it after you pulled it from the soil I could see the 1723 date (the most common of the three years made )
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Thanks Danny! It looked better in the field didn't it? When I was cleaning it with a toothpick that chalky green just came right off and left it brown. I didn't even use the heat lamp on it.
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