BTV Digger
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Hi all,
Been a few weeks since I've posted, or commented with large home projects, family vacation and kids back to middle school/high school etc. Things have begun to settle down a bit now. As a result I've also only had a few times to get out and hunt over the past month or so, but in retrospect not a huge deal since the heat of summer is really hanging on late here in the old country. Managed to hit an old school site (long gone, just a depression in the woods) and some of the many old rock wall-lined fields from my favorite 600 acre park here in town. Managed to find several keepers. Nothing astonishing or too old (late 1800s/early 1900s stuff mainly) but did nab an 1884 IH, 1913 wheat, my first steel penny, and a brief heart stopper - a 1951 aluminum/bronze 10 Franc coin which had me going for a second. Oldest item was probably the pewter button. Bottles are all early 20th century and nothing special, but I liked the colors/shapes...so I kept 'em. My favorite three items were 1) the old Addison County Fair tag from when the big event was actually in Middlebury, VT (probably turn of the century - things with writing on them always rank high on my MD list), 2) the wooden pocket knife in surprisingly good shape, and 3) the "Kant Krack" embossed fruit canning jar glass lid. Thanks for looking and best regards.
John
Been a few weeks since I've posted, or commented with large home projects, family vacation and kids back to middle school/high school etc. Things have begun to settle down a bit now. As a result I've also only had a few times to get out and hunt over the past month or so, but in retrospect not a huge deal since the heat of summer is really hanging on late here in the old country. Managed to hit an old school site (long gone, just a depression in the woods) and some of the many old rock wall-lined fields from my favorite 600 acre park here in town. Managed to find several keepers. Nothing astonishing or too old (late 1800s/early 1900s stuff mainly) but did nab an 1884 IH, 1913 wheat, my first steel penny, and a brief heart stopper - a 1951 aluminum/bronze 10 Franc coin which had me going for a second. Oldest item was probably the pewter button. Bottles are all early 20th century and nothing special, but I liked the colors/shapes...so I kept 'em. My favorite three items were 1) the old Addison County Fair tag from when the big event was actually in Middlebury, VT (probably turn of the century - things with writing on them always rank high on my MD list), 2) the wooden pocket knife in surprisingly good shape, and 3) the "Kant Krack" embossed fruit canning jar glass lid. Thanks for looking and best regards.
John
