It's been a while since I had time to take pics of finds and make it onto the forum here. Just after my last post I got out to a new place. Usually I don't find one place and stick with it, unless it is amassed with good finds. The only place that was ever good to keep returning was a permission and I still didn't go to often to wear out my welcome. Well, I found a spot to try, but it turned out to be just grueling exercise and a nice view. I say grueling because I went over an entire mountain to get to this site. I figured it was far enough away from the parking that people hadn't been there. Welp, it only coughed up two clad pennies. wth. The day was nice and so was the view walking over. And as always, there be a lot of pics for viewing pleasure in this thread.
Just before the holiday weekend I got out with Kev and two guys from the local club. Kev was pushing to get out, and it happened to be that one club member posted a site to meet up. We looked for a few houses that were for the mill workers. I didn't see the foundations, but I heard they were cut into a retaining wall for the dammed water. We couldn't understand these pylons until we realized from the old map there was some sort of rail system near there. Up the top of the hill was a cellar and a huge footprint for some other building. It was massive with brick and mortar on top. First signal was a nice fob. First Connecticut infantry 1917 watch fob. And apparently someone mentioned WW1 wasn't referred to with the '1' back then. At the site I also got a piece of a watch, which I thought was new. A few have assured, tho, that the pat dates '10 and such are from 1910, not 2010. There was also an area that was terraced and we didn't know why. Later on I took all the guys to a cellar I knew about. And I got the "I would have never thought of looking into a spot like this". I got a crotal there along with a suspender clip, lantern piece surrounded by .38 shells nearby, and some sort of pin. While BSing before heading out we saw a porcupine. That guy waddled pretty fast.
On Monday I got out with another guy from the detecting club. He's the one who took me to the place where I got my Nova. It was a cellar pretty far into the woods. Same one where I got the knife and fatty and buttons. This time I pulled up a larger crotal and another button. Not far from the fatty I finally picked up my first flying eagle. They aren't usually that good of shape, but I can def see the eagle. Of course it's gotta be an 1858. Happy to finally get one of these suckers. Also back down the road toward the car we stopped at a cellar I said was trashy. He finally knew what I mean by that. Same site I pulled that massive immaculate plated spoon. Right by the wall near the road I got another fist. My first thimble. Not gold or silver, but still happy to finally get one of these to say I have.
This past weekend I got out to a few hunts as well. Saturday I hit the woods where a few cellars exist. I hit one that gave a few goodies before. This time I got a small fancy two piece button. There wasn't too much other than a copper Lincoln and two horse shoes. We drove up to the main area where there was a bit of activity. I tried out the smaller coil. The first target was an ox shoe. The decent big iron I got which I could use as ornamental pieces were a big spring and a carriage step. Both are in great shape for being iron. They were on the top of the ground giving some overloads. Behind the barns I did get this odd piece. I swear I saw it before somewhere, but idr what it was. it has 1777 stamped into it. I actually found a few other pieces to it throughout a 30ft line each behind a different barn. Kinda off the hillside I got another aluminum token. This time was a Lincoln play money token from the 30's; older than the shell token from the previous weekend.
Sunday I met up with Lee, RobW, and Al. Those guys are nutz. Lol. We had a fun time. At the first spot I was ahead with my shot wheat penny. I found a different buckle there and a few other odds and ends. The next spot was a school. I pulled up a few wheats there as well. The escutcheon thing was somewhere 1905 thru the teens as The Brasscrafters made vintage bathroom fixtures from that time. I am uncertain which company the trademark picture is for. I am also uncertain what the dull lustered domed item is. The top has been deformed, obvi. The back is a separate piece and has two holes. We kinda got kicked out by the rain. Funny thing was that the rain stopped when we got back to Lee's place, He had to watch his football game. His teem won. Lee/Al it was good to see you again. Maybe we can get together again soon. Maybe you too, RobW, but it was nice to meet you.
Since it was sunny and a spot I wanted to check out wasn't too far, maybe 30 min away, I went to scout it out. There were a bunch of stone walls and def some activity. It was way too overgrown there. Maybe a return trip in the fall is warranted. I did catch a few nice snaps. The stone wall looks so Zen. That's the way I find detecting. There were some scarier trees than what Davey and Todd seen. Lol. I took a panorama of the cow passage and it is deceiving in the pic. The close wall is actually straight.... idk. lol. But I did find a big ol' dandy there. I think there has to be a cellar cuz I cant imagine the activity be so far away from the nearest house that is standing. The cows would have been much closer.
This was the total take from 6 hunts. Sorry, Dan... I had nothing to show for our hunt even tho it was good company.
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