New Farm Site Finds

[Wesley]

Went to a new farm here in Suffolk, VA and found some goodies. I was getting a little nervous after an hour of hunting and no finds and then got into a nice pocket of relics. Not my best day, but I'll take anything I can get this time and day. The picture is not so great but found the following:

1. Big ball button
2. 1903 Indian 1929 wheat back 1941 wheat back 1940 nickel
3. 3 nice flat buttons
4. A very nice gold wedding band
5. couple of round balls (buck and ball)
6. and some whatiz?? if anyone can ID the big round lead piece with the slots, that would be nice.

Thanks for looking!

HH

Wes

 

[daryllpugh]

Looks like your round lead piece is a lead button. Great finds.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

The lead round thing is a clothes weight.

 

[Wesley]

What era is this from? Colonial, 19th, or 29th century? Trying to figure out what I have going on out here? There is one house still standing that was built in the 1920's but I started finding brick and shards along the outer fields which could mean a colonial structure somewhere. Landowner said nothing back there dated older than early 1900's. Hope I stumbled on a older housesite. The area has an old postal road running through it that was used right up till the Civil War. Thank you for the ID!

Wes

 

[Wesley]

Thanks!

 

[Deno]

Nice hunt, I like to find rings, I know that one felt good. The lead button thing is a hem weight, I have only found them in the oldest sites here in Ky.

 

[RustynailDan]

Found one on my place and was told that it is a curtain/dress/coat/hem weight from the 1850s to the v1900s area. Hope this helps.
Dan