mapper65
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Today my Mom and I went back to the old colonial site where she found the 1745 King George and I found the 1834 half dime. We hit this place every so often. It's owned by a family member and their neighbor, well guarded from anyone else detecting it and just kind of one of those spots that you know there is still good stuff there but you keep it on the back burner for those times when you're not sure where to go and want that chance of pulling up something really old.
We got rained out of one spot and after we left it started to clear up. After arriving at the colonial site and unpacking the truck it started raining again but we thought we'd tough it out for a little while.
I dug up some old square nails in a few spots and then ran across a jumpy 38, 40, 42, 44. It sounded like sliver but the signal was a little all over the place. As I dug down I ended up pulling up a small fork that looked sliver but I really could tell because the ground was pretty muddy and my muddy gloves weren't helping. What made me think that it was silver was that it felt heavier than aluminum and did not have the shine of stainless steel. It was folded over so I straightened it to the point of telling that I may break it in two if I went any further.
When I rinsed it off you can see STERLING in the casting on the back. This appears to be either a childs fork or some kind of cocktail fork. The design is fairly simple. It weighs 14 grams which is pretty heavy for something of this size. She's not it too good of condition the way it came out of the ground but I would expect that it's at least turn of the century but probably older.
This property was the original homestead of the founder and namesake of the town that it's located in. We've been excited to find many items once owned by this family being that they are listed in a few history books as having immidiate ties to George Washington. Don't know if George ever slept there. ha ha ha
Found with the 6" Coiltek coil.
We got rained out of one spot and after we left it started to clear up. After arriving at the colonial site and unpacking the truck it started raining again but we thought we'd tough it out for a little while.
I dug up some old square nails in a few spots and then ran across a jumpy 38, 40, 42, 44. It sounded like sliver but the signal was a little all over the place. As I dug down I ended up pulling up a small fork that looked sliver but I really could tell because the ground was pretty muddy and my muddy gloves weren't helping. What made me think that it was silver was that it felt heavier than aluminum and did not have the shine of stainless steel. It was folded over so I straightened it to the point of telling that I may break it in two if I went any further.
When I rinsed it off you can see STERLING in the casting on the back. This appears to be either a childs fork or some kind of cocktail fork. The design is fairly simple. It weighs 14 grams which is pretty heavy for something of this size. She's not it too good of condition the way it came out of the ground but I would expect that it's at least turn of the century but probably older.
This property was the original homestead of the founder and namesake of the town that it's located in. We've been excited to find many items once owned by this family being that they are listed in a few history books as having immidiate ties to George Washington. Don't know if George ever slept there. ha ha ha
Found with the 6" Coiltek coil.
