Just got back from hunting seven hours at the 1790 colonial homesite and what a day it turned out to be. I decided I was going to run an open screen bumped up just a few notches to cancel some of the nails. Ran deep on, fast response on, multi tone and conductive with a manual sensitivity at 25. After finding a couple of flat buttons off the bat I got a 17-22 signal, went down 5 inches and popped out a period solid copper ring that was a bit squished but has lots of ornamentation on the band and a thick solid piece of copper on top. I currently have that one soaking in olive oil for now.
The finds just kept coming all day and it was amazing to see that every signal you would get would be a period artifact. There was no modern trash, not even a stinkin' zincoln. Very few high tones except for a couple of 12-46's that produced a colonial shoe buckle frame on Thursday and another that turned out to be a horse harness ring found by my friend today. I concentrated on picking the mid and low tones out of the iron and the E-trac really excelled at it with the settings I was using. I had about 5 buttons in my pouch in about an hour when I noticed a bit of high ground above what appeared to be the original road bed that led up to the log home site. I decided to head up there and search. I am glad I did! Within just one row I found over 10 flat buttons and by the time I had finished hunting that section of ground which was about 30 X 10 feet I had recovered fifteen colonial flat buttons. I noticed one of them had Great London Quality on the backside. I am in the process of cleaning the rest of them now. However, my favorite button of the day was a lowly hand crafted 4 hole lead button that you could tell they had made by flattening a pistol ball. An awesome little piece that was in the same hole with a cuff flattie.
After I found those, I moved over a row and got a 12-07 signal at about 4-5 inches. I was really shocked when I pulled out a period filigree gold washed brooch from the hole. It seemed to be missing a piece from the center so I checked the hole with the pin pointer. It rang out strongly and I was even more shocked to dig another piece of period jewelry in the hole. This time it was a very ornate small gold washed pin that originally had a stone in the center. I still did not have whatever went in the middle of the brooch so I tried the hole again. Got a good small reading and amazingly was able to fish out a tiny little gold washed flower that sat neatly in the center of the brooch. As you can see in the pictures, after cleaning the pieces they ended up having just about all their gold gilt still on them and they are really stunning.
The total of my finds for today were twenty colonial flat buttons, three pieces of period jewelry, four fired pistol balls, a file found in three pieces all in the same hole and other miscellaneous items. It was just incredible finding 20 colonial buttons in one day. Definitely a record for me.
My friend had a great day as well finding five flat buttons, four fired pistol balls, an awesome hand forged cooking pot "S" hook, spoon bowl, colonial table knife, and part of a skeleton key. He also found one thing that has both of us stumped. It is pictured and is two hand forged cast iron pieces linked together. If anyone knows what it is please let me know.
The finds just kept coming all day and it was amazing to see that every signal you would get would be a period artifact. There was no modern trash, not even a stinkin' zincoln. Very few high tones except for a couple of 12-46's that produced a colonial shoe buckle frame on Thursday and another that turned out to be a horse harness ring found by my friend today. I concentrated on picking the mid and low tones out of the iron and the E-trac really excelled at it with the settings I was using. I had about 5 buttons in my pouch in about an hour when I noticed a bit of high ground above what appeared to be the original road bed that led up to the log home site. I decided to head up there and search. I am glad I did! Within just one row I found over 10 flat buttons and by the time I had finished hunting that section of ground which was about 30 X 10 feet I had recovered fifteen colonial flat buttons. I noticed one of them had Great London Quality on the backside. I am in the process of cleaning the rest of them now. However, my favorite button of the day was a lowly hand crafted 4 hole lead button that you could tell they had made by flattening a pistol ball. An awesome little piece that was in the same hole with a cuff flattie.
After I found those, I moved over a row and got a 12-07 signal at about 4-5 inches. I was really shocked when I pulled out a period filigree gold washed brooch from the hole. It seemed to be missing a piece from the center so I checked the hole with the pin pointer. It rang out strongly and I was even more shocked to dig another piece of period jewelry in the hole. This time it was a very ornate small gold washed pin that originally had a stone in the center. I still did not have whatever went in the middle of the brooch so I tried the hole again. Got a good small reading and amazingly was able to fish out a tiny little gold washed flower that sat neatly in the center of the brooch. As you can see in the pictures, after cleaning the pieces they ended up having just about all their gold gilt still on them and they are really stunning.
The total of my finds for today were twenty colonial flat buttons, three pieces of period jewelry, four fired pistol balls, a file found in three pieces all in the same hole and other miscellaneous items. It was just incredible finding 20 colonial buttons in one day. Definitely a record for me.
My friend had a great day as well finding five flat buttons, four fired pistol balls, an awesome hand forged cooking pot "S" hook, spoon bowl, colonial table knife, and part of a skeleton key. He also found one thing that has both of us stumped. It is pictured and is two hand forged cast iron pieces linked together. If anyone knows what it is please let me know.
