Popular Post strick Posted November 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2022 One last hunt on this spot before it changes hands and I no longer have access. Its an old home site near an old townsite...people have been hunting the townsites for decades but they seemed to miss this old home site.... or not. I've been here twice before and not found any coins but there seemed to be lots of higher conductors. So I gave it one more shot today. I needed a break as I worked all day yesterday getting our garden beds ready to plant the winter garden. I'm calling it a successful hunt due to the Silver thimble and the butt end of the rifle. Those were my only good finds despite digging lots of targets and I got my exercise by walking a few miles as well. I'm thinking the rifle butt end is from a Musket? We have found a couple powder flasks at this site. strick 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Nice one strick! The only common buttplate I can find so far with a side notch like that is Sharps rifles. There are some others.? Great finds, silver is always good. I have found many thimbles but never a silver one. Shame you're losing that permission. ? Is there a screw hole on top of the plate? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCtoad Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Congrats!! A silver thimble is on my list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCKINGCM Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Nice relics but damn those Avocados are the stuff! Really a nice garden Strick. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_Cobra Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Good hunt, can't go wrong with a silver thimble! Surprised no coins have ever come from there ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Outstanding Garden, nice and tidy, doing well with the Avocados. The ground you were hunting looked incredibly dry, looked some hard digging to get all those targets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Great finds and the thimble looks to be in great shape. Good luck on your next hunt, because the cold is going to get you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim tn Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Nice hunt! Silver thimbles are always a welcome surprise. HH Jim tn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 13 hours ago, F350Platinum said: Nice one strick! The only common buttplate I can find so far with a side notch like that is Sharps rifles. There are some others.? Great finds, silver is always good. I have found many thimbles but never a silver one. Shame you're losing that permission. ? Is there a screw hole on top of the plate? 350 yes there is another hole on the top...I have not tried to even look this one up yet...forgot to add I was using the Deus 2 in Fast program tweaked a little to my liking......the Thimble was a 94 I believe..Thanks strick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Cal_Cobra said: Good hunt, can't go wrong with a silver thimble! Surprised no coins have ever come from there ? Thats cuz guys like you and Tom got there before me ? You know its interesting but I have found more coins in old townsites/resorts etc then I do at old single home sites..even though the old townsites were pounded long before I got there they did not get all the coins presumably due to the larger number of targets at these sites...and anyone that could afford to go to a resort or hotel for a week could afford to loose a few coins...This little spot is not on any maps. I found it while hiking around to and from areas...just a little glass laying around thats it and of course lots of nails. But yea no coins so maybe someone got there before I did. strick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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