What Do Lady Liberty, A Buffalo, And King James Have In Common? (return Update)

[F350Platinum]

3 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Well dang, F350, you're a Relicstar! I was impressed with that your buffalo nickel had a date, but the King James hammered silver... holy cow!!! What's next, the Holy Grail? If it's anywhere, it's probably in one of your fields! 😆

Thanks Cap'n!

This is a small place, looks like nothing would be there. Very humbling experience that I may not ever have again, but if I do y'all will be first to know. 🙂

1607 is the year after "Captayn" Smith discovered this area, and marks the year of the settlement/incorporation of "Jamestowne". It was another ~30 years before the first settlers arrived here from Maryland. This farm is very close to the "Patowmack", about 20 miles from where I live. I love those old spellings. 😀 Somebody was in that spot, and broke his belt. 🤯

I realize that coins were scarce back then so it could have been much later that it was lost but it evokes some truly reverent sentiment.

I would consider it a holy grail for me. Not going to quit looking tho.

[George Kinsey]

Very nice finds on a great permission.

[F350Platinum]

21 minutes ago, George Kinsey said:

Very nice finds on a great permission.

Thanks George, 🙂

I've been admiring your finds, sure is great to live amongst so much history. 

[George Kinsey]

6 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks George, 🙂

I've been admiring your finds, sure is great to live amongst so much history. 

We are lucky. But it never came easy. Congrats.

[F350Platinum]

Went back to this farm today to see if there was anything else in the little "hotspot" where I found the hammered Sixpence.

One of the interesting things about these small fields is that they are composed of a strata called "Blue Marl", a silty gray clay soil. When wet, it's sticky and heavy, when dry it's like concrete. We've had a good amount of rain this season so it's got a lot of water in it. It's one of those soils that makes your shovel creak. 😀

Walked the back two fields for quite a while, decided to go out in the woods and try to find a house location that was on the oldest topographic map. I found the house location but the house was long gone, nothing but metal trash and bottles everywhere.

Coolest thing was this overturned Model T.

I got pretty much all of this searching the area where I found the Sixpence and buckle:

A large unique button that looks like it has one soldered into it:

Looks like it might have some backmarks.

Got two flat buttons and a very old Tombac. An odd bread shard, and a decorated bit of pewter. Got a 1971 memorial, and a ring thing I thought was a coin or button, but it's neither.

Trash was next to nothing, I dug two iron bits intentionally to see if they held any context associated with the King James coin and buckle. I think I'll separate those finds and put them in another small display box. 🤔

[CPT_GhostLight]

Great finds again, F350, keep 'em coming!

 

[F350Platinum]

20 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Great finds again, F350, keep 'em coming!

 

Thanks Cap. 🙂

Just noticed this logo for Jamestown, does the coin in the background look familiar? 🤣

Going to take about a 4 day break, but hopefully I'll get out Monday. 😎