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CTDirtFisher
04-16-2013, 09:14 PM
Hello all...

I got out tonight to a state land site with a few cellar holes on it... I wandered back the road 1/4 to 1/2 mile from one site and looked down a trail to the right... Swing swing... button... swing swing... button... hmmm... swing swing... cuff link piece...

There is an indentation there that does not look natural but I can't imagine this was a home site... Some iron, but I recovered all of the buttons in a 20 foot circle..

I went through the indent and got a nice 44 @ 2 on the other side...

Hello Mr. 1787 CT Copper !!

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Here is the rest...

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Broken Shoe Buckle (Thx HeaveyMetal Dave for the ID)

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One of the two pewter buttons:

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Two hours of Colonial Fun tonight... I definitely got lucky finding this little section...

Paul
aloldstuff
04-17-2013, 04:42 AM
Very nice hunt...and not lucky, all skill. :congrats: on that CT copper. Still looking for my 1st state copper. Nice buttons and all found in a 20' area. Any idea why that would be:huh:
POKIE73
04-17-2013, 04:57 AM
congrats on a great hunt do not know much about these kind of finds but they look awful old dennis |:cheering: |:cheering:
Lodge Scent
04-17-2013, 06:55 AM
Nice digs! I guess the lesson to get out of this is that it doesn't have to be a classic looking cellar hole site in order to find the goods. I will be paying more attention for those types of sites :yes:
skribnodsister
04-17-2013, 05:23 PM
Very nice hunt Paul! :congrats: on that CT Copper! |:cheering:
CODY
04-17-2013, 09:02 PM
Wow, nice finds. I wouldn't know how to act to find something that old. Congrats
Fire Fighter 43
04-18-2013, 10:40 AM
:wow: Fantastic hunt congrats on all the nice find.
del
04-18-2013, 04:42 PM
very nice finds Paul , unfortunately i'm unable to id the Connecticut out of the 241 different varieties of the 1787 at the moment . the pewter button looks to be just a designed one as it doesn't seem like a familiar pattern i've come across yet. congrats on finding a hot spot for treasures.

Dan
CTDirtFisher
04-18-2013, 04:59 PM
very nice finds Paul , unfortunately i'm unable to id the Connecticut out of the 241 different varieties of the 1787 at the moment . the pewter button looks to be just a designed one as it doesn't seem like a familiar pattern i've come across yet. congrats on finding a hot spot for treasures.

Dan


Dan, thank you... I only have 110 varieties in my book and parts of this coin match a bunch, but overall... I could not ID it either...

I went back to this spot for 3.5-4 hours... and ZIPPO :-(
CTDirtFisher
04-18-2013, 05:40 PM
Better picture for possible ID... Thank you Dan...

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Tony Two-Cent
04-22-2013, 08:13 AM
Love that 1787 CT copper, Paul! |:cheering:

It's a good thing I can't find stuff that old here in Illinois because if I could I would probably quit my job and metal detect full time. lol

:congrats: