Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. Either my finds have been somewhat slim to even amount to taking pictures, or I've been doing more water fishing than dirt fishing 
But anyhow, I have been out a couple times recently....once hunting a farm field looking for that elusive "tree coin" with a couple of friends, & the other time trying a Colonial cellar hole near my aunts house in NH....
Here's a picture of the NH. cellar hole in the woods that features a sweet root cellar right under what remains of the center hearth.....
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Anyhow, I hunted it in the past with my buddy Howard when we first found it hiking, & we gut some Indian heads, relics, & he stole the show with this killer piece of Spanish Silver...a killer 2 Reale'
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My other buddy dug a King George copper at this cellar, but I never got a picture of it. I found various odds & ends, but unfortunately no more coins. We are sure there are some little coins & buttons masked in all the nails around the foundation. But that's another project for another time with the smaller coils...
Though I didn't walk away with any great Colonial relics this time, (flat buttons, buckle, etc), I do like the nice brass key that I'm sure opened the front door to this once stately home. I dug it right along the dirt road with the F75 LTD not far from the front step itself.....
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The good news is that if we have a slow morning at a cellar hole, we have a few different bottle dumps near-by that are always productive. So, we traded in our detectors for some claw rakes & shovels & hit our favorite dump. We find lots of cool stuff here like clay pipes, marbles, and of course some sweet old & valuable bottles from the late 1800's......
Of course we always bring the video camera along......here's Howard behind the lens filming my nice "Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Remedy" I left in situ as I found it......
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Here's the entire haul of bottles from Howard & I combined. Overall not a bad bad of diggin' all around......
There are some good one's in here, especially the embossed blue ones which are probably the most valuable of the lot.
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We have enough footage for a "Bottle Digging" DVD to follow up our metal detecting one. Our bottle dump digs on YouTube are pretty popular....
I mentioned earlier I have been doing more sea fishing than "dirt fishing". I take both very seriously & try to mix it up so I don't get burned out (plus my huntin buddy John has a sweet boat). Well, this post allows me one more photo upload so here's a picture of me holding a nice "summer flounder", or "fluke" as we call 'em here in New England....Great eating!
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HH,
Bill
But anyhow, I have been out a couple times recently....once hunting a farm field looking for that elusive "tree coin" with a couple of friends, & the other time trying a Colonial cellar hole near my aunts house in NH.... Here's a picture of the NH. cellar hole in the woods that features a sweet root cellar right under what remains of the center hearth.....
[attachment 200746 Chamber3.jpg]
Anyhow, I hunted it in the past with my buddy Howard when we first found it hiking, & we gut some Indian heads, relics, & he stole the show with this killer piece of Spanish Silver...a killer 2 Reale'
[attachment 200749 Howard2R.jpg]
My other buddy dug a King George copper at this cellar, but I never got a picture of it. I found various odds & ends, but unfortunately no more coins. We are sure there are some little coins & buttons masked in all the nails around the foundation. But that's another project for another time with the smaller coils...
Though I didn't walk away with any great Colonial relics this time, (flat buttons, buckle, etc), I do like the nice brass key that I'm sure opened the front door to this once stately home. I dug it right along the dirt road with the F75 LTD not far from the front step itself.....
[attachment 200750 chamber4.jpg]
The good news is that if we have a slow morning at a cellar hole, we have a few different bottle dumps near-by that are always productive. So, we traded in our detectors for some claw rakes & shovels & hit our favorite dump. We find lots of cool stuff here like clay pipes, marbles, and of course some sweet old & valuable bottles from the late 1800's......
Of course we always bring the video camera along......here's Howard behind the lens filming my nice "Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Remedy" I left in situ as I found it......
[attachment 200752 HowrdBottle1.jpg]
Here's the entire haul of bottles from Howard & I combined. Overall not a bad bad of diggin' all around......
There are some good one's in here, especially the embossed blue ones which are probably the most valuable of the lot.
[attachment 200753 GargBottles511.jpg]
We have enough footage for a "Bottle Digging" DVD to follow up our metal detecting one. Our bottle dump digs on YouTube are pretty popular....
I mentioned earlier I have been doing more sea fishing than "dirt fishing". I take both very seriously & try to mix it up so I don't get burned out (plus my huntin buddy John has a sweet boat). Well, this post allows me one more photo upload so here's a picture of me holding a nice "summer flounder", or "fluke" as we call 'em here in New England....Great eating!
[attachment 200754 Fluke511sm.jpg]
HH,
Bill