Sept/Oct Highlights - Colonials, Silvers...

BB_in_Maine · Oct 20, 2014

Haven't posted new finds since my big colonial digs back in May... And didn't get out much due to work until the last couple of months, but I'm back in full 'swing' now... And back to a couple sites that just keep delivering amazing finds.

Highlights: Another half reale. My first intact colonial shoe buckle. A quite rare Maine Militia button (star). Another handful of old coppers including my first Classic Head LC. A very nice Barber quarter. A beautiful mongrammed silver spoon (that I was able to connect with an individual). My first two civil war tokens. And an Indian Head that was shot with a bullet. All finds with the AT Pro.

Hoping to make a strong finish to the year before the ground freezes up - keep you posted! Cheers, BB

cellrdwellr · Oct 20, 2014

Very nice!! Is that copper thing with a star in the middle a heel plate? I was wondering because i have the same one but with a heart in the middle . Happy hunting!

Jamflicker · Oct 20, 2014

Those are some really nice finds, congrats and thanks for sharing.

BB_in_Maine · Oct 20, 2014

jefflima101012 said:
Very nice!! Is that copper thing with a star in the middle a heel plate? I was wondering because i have the same one but with a heart in the middle . Happy hunting!

Yes indeed it is! First one I've ever come across! :yes:

Sandigger · Oct 20, 2014

Very nice pictures and an amazing group of finds.
Thank you for sharing. :goodjob:

stewart73 · Oct 20, 2014

Wow, those are some gorgeous finds...a huge congrats to you my friend! :yes:

BUZZ WILSON · Oct 20, 2014

WOW! nice silver and relic finds. Thanks for sharing.

copper head · Oct 20, 2014

the early Maine militia button is the find that outshines them all , what a stunning button . :wow:

BB_in_Maine · Oct 20, 2014

copper head said:
the early Maine militia button is the find that outshines them all , what a stunning button .

Thank you sir... :yes:

and yes, that button had the major 'Wow' factor... what made it particularly interesting is that I invited a friend of mine to hunt the site with me and he found one, exact same pattern, a few months previously... So to find another was just pretty amazing. So it leads to the question - encampment, or lost from the same coat? No way to really know, though there certainly were militia movements in the area....

Captain Silver · Oct 20, 2014

Excellent digs, especially the spoon and Spanish silver..congrats!

archaeology22 · Oct 21, 2014

Great finds! Thanks for sharing.

budaf250 · Oct 21, 2014

An amazing amount of super finds. That real is in super fine shape.

doninny · Oct 21, 2014

Very nice group of finds. Any makers marks on the back of the spoon? Any photos of the colonials? Would love to see more pics.

Gaspipe · Oct 21, 2014

Great post

BB_in_Maine · Oct 22, 2014

doninny said:
Very nice group of finds. Any makers marks on the back of the spoon? Any photos of the colonials? Would love to see more pics.

The makers mark is JA Webb with an arm holding a hammer. I believe Webb was a silversmith out of Baltimore. Spoon dates to 1820-1840, house where it was found was built in 1791 and the monogram matches the family who built the house.

As for the colonials, the reale and the buckle are the two pieces that would qualify... The following image is a selection of buttons, musketballs, clay pipe pieces, pottery shards and other items that have all come from this site and date from roughly 1750-1810. There is another drawer besides with the larger relics and yet another for all the coins! This is all from a plowed field so things have been quite turned around over the years but there is very little in the way of modern signals.

beastdig · Oct 22, 2014

Really nice finds. Hope you get more before the freeze.

Vermonster · Oct 22, 2014

Some nice stuff! Congrats!

Matt (NH) · Oct 22, 2014

Wow...you find some great stuff man. Congrats on some GREAT finds.

zeemang · Oct 22, 2014

Awesome condition on that reale, i'd guess someone turned it in to a necklace early on in it's circulating life...

BB_in_Maine · Oct 22, 2014

zeemang said:
Awesome condition on that reale, i'd guess someone turned it in to a necklace early on in it's circulating life...

Apparently they were also sewed into jacket liners as kind of a rainy day fund. I believe that's why so many holed coins are found - a lot of them had been sewed into clothing and the stitches eventually worn out against the hole edge and dropped... Just a guess. :yes:

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