Lodge Scent
Senior Member
Hiked in to a cellar hole I had hit before with good success. There is so much iron at that site that I figured if I went slow enough I could sniff out a goody or two. I hit the Draped Bust first. Didn't know what I had until i got it home and cleaned it. Obverse if toasted but it gave up a date (1802).
I dug a couple of buttons before I sniffed out the Fugio. I was digging just about anything that hinted it might have been something besides iron. No mistaking what I had found.
Dug a few more buttons. Couple of them pewter and one tombac. Towards the back of the site, a tree had blown over revealing an old colonial era shell midden. The two pewter buttons came from the midden.
The reverse of the Fugio cleaned up nice. The obverse cleaned up well enough to give the date (1787).
Also found the remains of an old divider compass.
The cooler weather can't get here quick enough!
I dug a couple of buttons before I sniffed out the Fugio. I was digging just about anything that hinted it might have been something besides iron. No mistaking what I had found.
Dug a few more buttons. Couple of them pewter and one tombac. Towards the back of the site, a tree had blown over revealing an old colonial era shell midden. The two pewter buttons came from the midden.
The reverse of the Fugio cleaned up nice. The obverse cleaned up well enough to give the date (1787).
Also found the remains of an old divider compass.
The cooler weather can't get here quick enough!
