The weather is great here now in New England.....snow's gone & in the 50's. After helping my brother move Sunday, I had a few hours to kill at an old 1700's stagecoach stop not far from home. It's produced large cents & shoe buckles in the past & I always find stuff everytime I go 'cause there's so much iron to pluck through.....a couple hundred years worth in fact.
Here's one of the foundations at the site.....
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My plan was to get into the iron loaded areas & pull out some big junk to hopefully unmask some small goodies....
Here's some of the big iron relics I was diggin out like this hoe.....the ornate cover on it is actually pewter & was mixed in with all the iron so I kept it. Could be an early relic...
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I dug out lots of ox shoes, saw blades, etc. Here's a couple more interesting iron relics I kept to preserve....Not sure what they are yet. (a hook & a scalpel?) Will try to get them ID'ed better...
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Here's some of the smaller Colonial goodies that WERE masked by all that iron & I unmasked with the T2. This is what I was after. Three 1700's "tombac" buttons (I think they are a mix of pewter & silver so they shine nice). One's a very large coat button about the size of a half dollar. The other relic is a brass Colonial shoe buckle part. The inner pins part (forget what they are called). It was a solid 81 on the T2. This would be a perfect place to try out one of the new small DD coils.....
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Here's a close up of the large decorated Colonial button. (The picture is washed out from the sun & does it no justice). These are fun to find & Washington inaugural buttons were this size so it's always gets the blood pumping. No GW this time, but a stagecoach stop is a perfect place for one to end up lost....
Maybe next time, & I know there's coins masked here too....
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Yes, I did use a T2 here & this is a Fisher forum....but it has just been announced like we said along that the T2 was the prototype of the F75 so that makes it OK
I used the iron settings of disc 21 to cut out nails & high 80's sensitivity.....
I also filmed this short hunt & a video should probably appear online soon when I get a chance.....
HH,
Bill
Here's one of the foundations at the site.....
[attachment 120647 DedhamHome1.jpg]
My plan was to get into the iron loaded areas & pull out some big junk to hopefully unmask some small goodies....
Here's some of the big iron relics I was diggin out like this hoe.....the ornate cover on it is actually pewter & was mixed in with all the iron so I kept it. Could be an early relic...
[attachment 120648 ScoachIron1.jpg]
I dug out lots of ox shoes, saw blades, etc. Here's a couple more interesting iron relics I kept to preserve....Not sure what they are yet. (a hook & a scalpel?) Will try to get them ID'ed better...
[attachment 120649 ScoachIron2.jpg]
Here's some of the smaller Colonial goodies that WERE masked by all that iron & I unmasked with the T2. This is what I was after. Three 1700's "tombac" buttons (I think they are a mix of pewter & silver so they shine nice). One's a very large coat button about the size of a half dollar. The other relic is a brass Colonial shoe buckle part. The inner pins part (forget what they are called). It was a solid 81 on the T2. This would be a perfect place to try out one of the new small DD coils.....
[attachment 120651 ScoachButtons.jpg]
Here's a close up of the large decorated Colonial button. (The picture is washed out from the sun & does it no justice). These are fun to find & Washington inaugural buttons were this size so it's always gets the blood pumping. No GW this time, but a stagecoach stop is a perfect place for one to end up lost....
Maybe next time, & I know there's coins masked here too....
[attachment 120652 SCoachTbac1.jpg]
Yes, I did use a T2 here & this is a Fisher forum....but it has just been announced like we said along that the T2 was the prototype of the F75 so that makes it OK
I used the iron settings of disc 21 to cut out nails & high 80's sensitivity.....I also filmed this short hunt & a video should probably appear online soon when I get a chance.....
HH,
Bill