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Donnie B
02-11-2018, 07:39 PM
Got out with Danny LaMontagne yesterday for some colonial digging! We both had a great day and the finds started coming late in the afternoon. Highlights for me were my first Woods Hibernia Copper (1722 - 1724); my first "Nipple" button and the largest pewter button I have found. The pewter button has a nice design of concentric circles.

Danny LaMontagne -"Let's give it another half hour and then move on!"

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del
02-11-2018, 07:43 PM
Congrats on your Hibernia Donnie and don't see those 1600's era buttons very often !:cheering:



"Let's give it another half hour and then move on!"

That worked out both times !;)
Donnie B
02-11-2018, 07:50 PM
[QUOTE=del;220640]Congrats on your Hibernia Donnie and don't see those 1600's era buttons very often !:cheering:

Thanks Dan! The shank on the nipple button was broken and rusted away.63149
The Rebel
02-11-2018, 07:57 PM
WTG on the KGI as well as the other finds!
Digger Don
02-11-2018, 08:24 PM
Congrats on the KGI. I dug one a couple of years ago, also with Dan.
Still the oldest coin I've ever dug. Mine was nowhere near as nice as yours :congrats:.
del
02-11-2018, 09:12 PM
now looking again at that brass piece i'm pretty sure its to a keg tap
Donnie B
02-11-2018, 09:14 PM
now looking again at that brass piece i'm pretty sure its to a keg tap

Really? Wow! I've never dug a keg tap piece before!
del
02-11-2018, 09:19 PM
Really? Wow! I've never dug a keg tap piece before!

63150see the knob on the far left just above the spout ? that is the piece you found .
Donnie B
02-11-2018, 10:00 PM
Holy Crap! Dan! That's it! I'm so glad I saved it! I thought it was the leg from a small pot or kettle but decided to save it since it might be part of something good. Thanks!!!:thumbsup02:
Lodge Scent
02-11-2018, 10:07 PM
You got some oldies there Donnie B :thumbsup01:
Donnie B
02-12-2018, 08:50 AM
WTG on the KGI as well as the other finds!

Thank you!


Congrats on the KGI. I dug one a couple of years ago, also with Dan.
Still the oldest coin I've ever dug. Mine was nowhere near as nice as yours :congrats:.

We actually thought it would be a little nicer out in the field but I'm still on Cloud Nine! It doesn't look too bad for being in the ground almost 300 years! :hystericallaugh:

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You got some oldies there Donnie B :thumbsup01:

Thanks! It was a great day!
Tony Two-Cent
02-12-2018, 12:47 PM
Congrats on your first Wood's Hibernia and your other colonial finds! Very impressive digs, especially for this time of year!

:congrats:
OxShoeDrew
02-12-2018, 05:14 PM
"Lets give it another half hour then move on" :lol: Danny stays with a site until he is certain it is barren. I move on like an impetuous, impulsive teenager. That's a lot of targets for a cellar these days! I never saw a button like that circle one! A big congratulations on that Hibernia and bucket lister!
Noah
02-12-2018, 07:53 PM
Astounding what you guys dig up. :notworthy:
aloldstuff
02-16-2018, 09:52 AM
Congrats on that Woods Hibernia. Your pewter button is also amazing with all the concentric circles....:thumbsup02:
Ken C
02-17-2018, 03:35 PM
Got out with Danny LaMontagne yesterday for some colonial digging! We both had a great day and the finds started coming late in the afternoon. Highlights for me were my first Woods Hibernia Copper (1722 - 1724); my first "Nipple" button and the largest pewter button I have found. The pewter button has a nice design of concentric circles.

Danny LaMontagne -"Let's give it another half hour and then move on!"

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Congrats on the Hibernia! Were you able to pull a date off the rear? The front is beautiful! I've found 3 KGI Hbernia, all 1723 and all with a dent or hole! lol
Donnie B
02-17-2018, 06:53 PM
Congrats on the Hibernia! Were you able to pull a date off the rear? The front is beautiful! I've found 3 KGI Hbernia, all 1723 and all with a dent or hole! lol

Ken, unfortunately, I can't make out the date at all. If I look at it long enough under a loop my mind wants to tell me that I can see a "4." Sometimes the mind plays tricks on you.
del
02-17-2018, 10:05 PM
Ken, unfortunately, I can't make out the date at all. If I look at it long enough under a loop my mind wants to tell me that I can see a "4." Sometimes the mind plays tricks on you.

I was pretty sure when I peeked at it after you pulled it from the soil I could see the 1723 date (the most common of the three years made )
Donnie B
02-17-2018, 11:13 PM
I was pretty sure when I peeked at it after you pulled it from the soil I could see the 1723 date (the most common of the three years made )

Thanks Danny! It looked better in the field didn't it? When I was cleaning it with a toothpick that chalky green just came right off and left it brown. I didn't even use the heat lamp on it.