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    A few finds from an early cabin site this past October

    Hi all,

    Here's the finds from another early cabin site I'd mentioned about in a prior post that I located in late October of last year after quite a bit of research. Happy to snag the late colonial brass shoe or knee buckle and two coppers (1 wiped, the other a Connecticut) among some other relics. Spent about 4 hours there and will likely return this spring to mop up any leftovers. This site was occupied from spring of 1774 to the fall of 1778 after which British General Burgoyne's troops ran all the settlers out. The cabin's owner then returned after the close of the war in 1783 and made improvements for about a year or two before resettling on a different portion of the 200 acres he owned and building a large house. That house still stands today but is in poor shape. Finds from this site were typical of an early Vermont cabin site, and there wasn't too much there - not surprising seeing the guy only lived there for a total of 5-6 years. Regardless, I was happy to locate it - being in a far corner of a large field well away from the main road. The only problematic issue was the high-tension power line cut which ran nearly overhead the old site (now only a few scattered large foundation stones) which produced some annoying RF chatter. Thanks for looking!

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    Nice finds, reminds me of my finds in Germany. Do you plan on going back?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Full Metal Digger View Post
    Nice finds, reminds me of my finds in Germany. Do you plan on going back?
    Oh yeah. It's been hit hard now, but when I get my Deus II I'll definitely go back!

    John
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    Quote Originally Posted by BTV Digger View Post
    when I get my Deus II I'll definitely go back! John
    My D2 arrived this week but it's in Germany waiting for me to come back in April for a weeklong detecting get-a-way with my buddies! 7 of us are renting a house in our favorite region to detect in!
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
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    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
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    Nice buckle, John. Can you hit the standing house?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Nice buckle, John. Can you hit the standing house?
    Hi Drew,

    Thanks Drew. I haven't asked. I mentioned above that it's in poor condition - small yard with a lot of junk in it (old cars, an old washing machine, etc.). The house looks like it hasn't been kept up in years, so likely the good stuff, which I'm sure there is some, is buried deep below all the modern trash which would be nearly impossible for any machine to tease out.

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    Some nice digs there John. With the D1, I could detect practically under a major high voltage power feed coming from a nearby switching station that I couldn't get within 100 feet of with my old DFX. The D2 should open some new ground for you. Still waiting on mine. Those 9" coils are in short supply.
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