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    This Week With OxShoe

    Hey Everyone,
    Last weekend I hit a colonial roadbed or "paper road." It took me about 4.5 hours to cover most of the 500 ft road.
    My first good find came out looking like the pictured copper. The reverse was caked and nothing was visible. I ran to my car, thinking I had a flowing hair. With water the details emerged...just a worthless DB . I went back and grabbed an 1860 fatty and a good looking conestoga bell. I find more fatties than I think I should, but less crotal/conestoga bells.

    Mid-week I spent in a town park grabbing the normal fare....religious pendants, etc. Oddly, a 1959 wheat came out like it was dropped yesterday.

    This morning I only had 90 min and was hitting a new site with large, rock picked, open fields. The 200 yr old house is still standing but about four fields away. I can hunt on all the fields but the ones nearest the house stopped being cultivated just a few years ago, so I can't hunt them as the new growth is too thick. Maybe in the winter. I dug what I think is a Sheffield plated colonial shoe buckle frame. I had my NOX, as I've had for the past year and a half....but tomorrow I'm going to bring out my old friend, my trusty T2! This place has mild soil, much space to swing, and not much metal until you hit something colonial. The game is to cover ground and dig everything that moves. Right in the T2's wheelhouse.
    Happy 4th, everyone!
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    Elite Member The Rebel's Avatar
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    WTG Drew on the finds! Love that buckle.
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    Great buckle Drew. Yeah I've dug a few faux Flowing Hairs over the years. They are fun for a few minutes . I am thinking the ol' T2 will have a good day at that site.
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    Beautiful buckle!
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    Way to go Drew! Love the buckle and conestoga!

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    Congrats on the buckle. Looks really great!
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    Love the buckle..
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    Drew that shoe buckle frame is a beauty , a little CLR and a toothbrush will clean all the brown staining out of the stamped design . great find my friend .

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