Old Home Site Relics 4/10/08

[olddigger]

I finally got to go back to an old home site I found last year. The site dates from the 1700s. The first picture is the few things I dug today. A button, couple iron buckles, 1/2 brass buckle, couple pieces cast iron pot. Not sure of the other pieces. The 2 bottom photos I dug last year. In the bottom left is a real nice pewter button. The cannon ball weights about 1 1/2 pounds. I happen to find this place while walking through some pine woods and saw a patch of yellow flowers. After looking around I saw violets blooming and then I found the old well. This was the only spot that looked different in the whole patch of woods. So sometimes it pays to watch for anything unusual. Hope you enjoy looking. HH.

 

[GRAY GHOST]

oh yeah, olddigger, your're on a good site. it sure enough shows a lot of promise. and a matching pair of shoe buckles... oh man. i've never found a pair at a time. is that 8 buttons across the bottom? wow. that's good looking out, daffodils, violets, and yard bushes in the middle of the woods are always a dead giveaway. great finds, and hh,

 

[olddigger]

gg, got to tell you. when i got home had about 8-10 ticks on my shirt. most were those small seed ticks. so when you go out better spray yourself good. the loggers really messed up this spot, logged about 1/2 the trees and left limbs, logs, piles of bark everywhere. wasn't many places i could get my machine close to the ground. hh. od

 

[VOL1266X]

Hey, these are good finds. It would be hard for me to wait until next frost to go back. Regards from Tennessee..

 

[ROGERTN]

n/t

 

[Carolina Phil]

Those non-native plants are a great way to find old home sites. Keep an eye out for non-native trees also.

Nice finds.

 

[GRAY GHOST]

n/t

 

[RelicDigger1]

Nice site, OD. Mid- to late-1700s. Nice finds!

Richard