06-12-2016, 05:50 PM
Hey all,
yesterday was the hottest day so far this year here in my neck of the woods so for a welcomed change of pace from my typical type of diggin/huntin = I went for an evening creek hunt on a well researched site that I spent the winter pinpointing and tracking down.
I've been saving it for a day like today and for when I didn't have anymore field sites to dig.
My trip to the state historical library this past winter paid off pretty well today and I'll be going back as I only spent 2 hrs or so with the CTX and 6" coil in a sea of iron.
Found my 1st ever Reale and a cool tiny spoon that seems to fit the same time period - I think it's pewter. They were found near the creeks edge in black muck about 8" and 10" deep. The site is that of the 1st white settler in the township along/on the creek. He built a cabin in 1836 and later (early 1850s) a home further inland along with a sawmill on the creek and continued to cut lumber well into the 1860s before it burned during the fires here that swept the state. The home survived the fire that burnt the sawmill and still stands and is in the same family.
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yesterday was the hottest day so far this year here in my neck of the woods so for a welcomed change of pace from my typical type of diggin/huntin = I went for an evening creek hunt on a well researched site that I spent the winter pinpointing and tracking down.
I've been saving it for a day like today and for when I didn't have anymore field sites to dig.
My trip to the state historical library this past winter paid off pretty well today and I'll be going back as I only spent 2 hrs or so with the CTX and 6" coil in a sea of iron.
Found my 1st ever Reale and a cool tiny spoon that seems to fit the same time period - I think it's pewter. They were found near the creeks edge in black muck about 8" and 10" deep. The site is that of the 1st white settler in the township along/on the creek. He built a cabin in 1836 and later (early 1850s) a home further inland along with a sawmill on the creek and continued to cut lumber well into the 1860s before it burned during the fires here that swept the state. The home survived the fire that burnt the sawmill and still stands and is in the same family.
