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HEAVYMETALNUT
08-11-2012, 07:54 PM
Got out to a homestead site I had found researching.it's on Church property and talked to the nun 2 weeks ago about detecting it.Yesterday she called and said it was fine to give it a shot.I was anxious heading up to it because it's not very visible and no foundation.just a depression in the ground with loads of Myrtle (the myrtle is not shown in these photos)around it and broken bottles,clam/oyster shells and china all over.
I think somebody beat me to this spot as the only coins i got were 2 wheaties & a civil war store card token.Itt's so overgrown with a lot of modern trash/burnt coal which made it a frustrating day diggin.
found a kids porcelin dollhouse tea cup,a intact bottle.maybe olive jar? an escutcheon plate which has makers initials stamped in.i dig alot of these and this is the 1st i ever saw initials stamped into back of plate :confused: a very old horse pommel and a broken toy soldier.wasn't a bad day but not the finds I expected to pull from a site like this.
**THE LAST PIC OF OLD CROCK STYLE ALE BOTTLES WAS FROM THURS HUNT WITH GARY**
WHAT A SHAME THEY WERE ALL BUSTED.SOME NICE COLONIAL BOTTLES RIGHT THERE!

HEAVYMETALNUT
08-11-2012, 07:57 PM
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del
08-11-2012, 08:17 PM
dude :wow: did you grab any of the clay beer bottles :huh: were there any not broken?? the escutcheon has some nice hand tooled engraving and my first seen with intials :smitten: well done on the store card token |:cheering: |:cheering:

HEAVYMETALNUT
08-11-2012, 08:23 PM
dude :wow: did you grab any of the clay beer bottles :huh: were there any not broken?? the escutcheon has some nice hand tooled engraving and my first seen with intials :smitten: well done on the store card token |:cheering: |:cheering:

I WISH THERE WAS WHOLE ONES! all broken some half broken and looked intact until ya picked it up :crying02: i tried to play puzzle with that pile to see if i could build one and glue it but nope >{
yeah weird on that plate huh? i never seen makers intials stamped in like that either :confused:

milco
08-11-2012, 08:26 PM
Great finds and cool pic's Dave! Those clay bottles are awesome, too bad there were non intact. Congrats on the Civil War token!

aloldstuff
08-12-2012, 02:26 PM
Dave, :congrats: on the Civil War store card. What a crying shame, all those crock bottles broken. Any chance of some buried??

Toadman
08-12-2012, 02:44 PM
Great day out !! What's a store card..?

Toadman
08-13-2012, 05:09 PM
Nevermind......

Fire Fighter 43
08-16-2012, 11:18 AM
Cool find, I love those CW store cards, WTG |:cheering:

OxShoeDrew
08-16-2012, 02:13 PM
Very nice Dave, hey what is the 5B thing?....I find a lot of those things.

HEAVYMETALNUT
08-16-2012, 06:39 PM
Very nice Dave, hey what is the 5B thing?....I find a lot of those things.

58 those clipped on the old liscense plates before our time.remember the yearly stickers ya used to put on your marker plates on cars? well these pre-date the stickers

del
08-16-2012, 06:57 PM
Very nice Dave, hey what is the 5B thing?....I find a lot of those things.


and here i thought Dave was just giving you his apartment number Drew lol lol

buck57
08-17-2012, 11:43 AM
Very nice variety of finds there Dave. :congrats: What is a Civil War Store Card ::huh:: Looks pretty cool. Great job, thumbsup01

serega
08-17-2012, 12:15 PM
Super - congratulations