BTV Digger
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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!
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!
