Colonial cast iron kettle, beautiful dandy button, and some more colonial relics!

Pacivilwarluke

Pacivilwarluke

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It's been awhile since I've gotten to post, since my dad took a horrible fall at the beach two weeks ago and has been out of commission, so I didn't have transportation or a hunting buddy! Today we went out early and had a few finds. Started out right off the bat with a silvered rosette. Then I got a huge dandy button, ( second one of this style from this site). However, dad wasn't really digging as he was fielding phone calls for the business. So I went on digging, and pretty soon I got this 80s signal, and realized it was pretty deep. When I finally felt the target I bought it was a complete bowl or something ( and that the real target was beneath it) but as I pulled on it I realized it was round and iron. To my surprise I pulled out an Almost intact colonial three legged kettle! After that it really slowed down, a few buttons, a musketball, some lead, etc but nothing spectacular. I did get what's proabbly a piece of horse tack, but it looks like the holy grail which I found amusing. Dad dug a but towards the end but just got a piece of escutcheon plate. The other piece was from last hunt, it was hiding in the pouch. Hh everyone!
 

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the spiral rosette looks like an older one Luke whats the reverse look like (single iron stud type) , congrats on the large silvered "dandy" button , if the cast iron caldron was a bit smaller I'd say it was and early Mortar (like mortar & pestle). is a very cool find Luke I hope you share the after electrolysis picture with us , I 'm curious to see how it cleans up .

Dan
 
del said:
the spiral rosette looks like an older one Luke whats the reverse look like (single iron stud type) , congrats on the large silvered "dandy" button , if the cast iron caldron was a bit smaller I'd say it was and early Mortar (like mortar & pestle). is a very cool find Luke I hope you share the after electrolysis picture with us , I 'm curious to see how it cleans up .

Dan
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Thanks dan!! It is a single stud I'll get a picture up. How old do you think? I'm excited to clean it up and put some relics in it I'll certaibly post pictures! I'll be doing that when I go back home in a few weeks!
 
Some nice finds there Luke. I have to say that is one of the coolest iron relics I've seen come out of the ground in some time :congrats: Love to see that thing cleaned up.
 
Lodge Scent said:
Some nice finds there Luke. I have to say that is one of the coolest iron relics I've seen come out of the ground in some time :congrats: Love to see that thing cleaned up.
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thbak you! It certainly surprised me! Cool to think that that was an important part of a settlers life everyday!
 
Nice find with the Dandy and the kettle/cauldron. One of those exact same buttons got pulled up last year but I can't seem to find it on AD for some reason.
 
del said:
yes it is Luke , I'd like to start one here for American finds.
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That would be quite helpful. That is sometimes why I include the iffy targets that are not quite trash but not quite good finds... so that there is a reference. That and as well to give a comparison of what can possibly come up at these sites. Like I am dumbfounded how in a town green for a town incorporated 1674 (so the green is definitely old) and pull up a spike. Just a bit smaller than a railroad spike. But what it could it possibly be doing in a town green???
 
MangoAve said:
Nice find with the Dandy and the kettle/cauldron. One of those exact same buttons got pulled up last year but I can't seem to find it on AD for some reason.
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Really!? And it's not mine I dug in January or March at the same site? This is my second of this variety, cool to find a matching pot of dandys. Life you ever see the other one let me know! HH! :)
 
MangoAve said:
That would be quite helpful. That is sometimes why I include the iffy targets that are not quite trash but not quite good finds... so that there is a reference. That and as well to give a comparison of what can possibly come up at these sites. Like I am dumbfounded how in a town green for a town incorporated 1674 (so the green is definitely old) and pull up a spike. Just a bit smaller than a railroad spike. But what it could it possibly be doing in a town green???
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That is odd! I haven't seen the spike, but could it have been a tent spike?
 
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