Relic Seeker
New Member
With much delay, and one hand, I finally got to detect again over the weekend. As usual though, a little intro; The area that I detected the other day is a modern house that sits on Revolutionary-era farmland. The best part about this trip was that the property is so big, it'll take literal weeks of field experience to detect it all. The land belongs to a man whom I helped move a bunch of stone for last summer. He told me all about the property (which was at one point used by colonial troops) and I knew I had to detect here at some point. Since it will take more time to detect it all, I have the owner's permission to come back anytime (and I certainly intend to).
During this particular trip, I found a bagful of scrap metals ranging from hand forged pieces to more modern things like a can of grape soda and a few pieces of piping. Considering I spent a lot of time digging behind a shed, I knew my junk/keeps ratio would be heavier on the junk side (we can't all find old coins, guys). I plan to keep at least one of the gauges I found, as it's still usable to me.
So, even though I didn't find a King George Copper, flat button or musket ball, I think the real reward today was the key to a good education in field experience.
Also: If anyone has any idea what the iron spike is, I would love to know. I think I'll try cleaning it up.
Freshly uncovered "Junk" seeds.
An unknown spike with key for comparison
The key to Yale. Note that Yale still makes locks to this day. This one is from the 10's to 30's, I think.
During this particular trip, I found a bagful of scrap metals ranging from hand forged pieces to more modern things like a can of grape soda and a few pieces of piping. Considering I spent a lot of time digging behind a shed, I knew my junk/keeps ratio would be heavier on the junk side (we can't all find old coins, guys). I plan to keep at least one of the gauges I found, as it's still usable to me.
So, even though I didn't find a King George Copper, flat button or musket ball, I think the real reward today was the key to a good education in field experience.
Also: If anyone has any idea what the iron spike is, I would love to know. I think I'll try cleaning it up.
Freshly uncovered "Junk" seeds.
An unknown spike with key for comparison
The key to Yale. Note that Yale still makes locks to this day. This one is from the 10's to 30's, I think.
Last edited:
