A friend and I got together for what was supposed to be a full day of digging. Unfortunately, the weather didn't feel like cooperating, so a late afternoon/evening hunt had to scratch the itch...and scratch we did! The May flies were insane! I don't remember ever seeing them this bad, especially along the shores of Atlantic Canada. It was a fight to the finish, but landed a few keepers. 7 buttons, including one roached pewter, musketball, blank cut copper coin, 1792 Camac Kyan & Camac Dublin conder token and a Silver WWII pin (Army Navy Productivity Award) from another site. Happy to leave with a fist full of goodies, even if we lost a pint of blood in the process.
Excellent hunt enduring the critters and some real great finds for the effort! Congrats on all!
Ed
Bugs or no bugs, I have a feeling you're going to have a great detecting summer. Those old sites will really pay off once you hit them thoroughly. Your 1792 token is a very nice find and prompted me to do some brush-up reading on the Conder coins/tokens. Fascinating subject. Have you found others?
(05-24-2018 06:09 PM)shadeseeker Wrote: [ -> ]Bugs or no bugs, I have a feeling you're going to have a great detecting summer. Those old sites will really pay off once you hit them thoroughly. Your 1792 token is a very nice find and prompted me to do some brush-up reading on the Conder coins/tokens. Fascinating subject. Have you found others?
Yes I've found a few others over the past couple of years, one being counterstamped. So far, I have an Anglesey Mines Druid, Inverness (counterstamped) and the Dublin Hibernia Mining Company. I like finding them and doing the research as well. It wouldn't hurt for me to brush up on them too lol.
Nice finds Relic Medic, WTG!