One Of My Favorite Relic Finds Ever

[relicmeister]

This is it- it’s a flagpole holder from a colonial house that no longer exists even a cellar hole or any trace of. I’ve found many mid to late 1700s finds placing the homes heyday during the Revolutionary War, including Georgian coppers, New Jersey coppers, and Spanish reales, some with dates surrounding the Rev. War. 
   I can picture it holding an early American flag with 13 stars on it , mounted next to the front door of this colonial house. 

[rvpopeye]

Oh my goshk , that's older than I yam !🥸

Awesome detecting spot , what brought it to your attention ?

[relicmeister]

1 minute ago, rvpopeye said:

Oh my goshk , that's older than I yam !

Good detecting spot , what brought it to your attention ?

Random detecting very old area woods listening for telltale iron targets that led me to this virgin homesite a number of years ago. I still go to this site but it’s Rare to pull up any non ferrous target these days. Still searching the woods in hope of wandering onto another hidden homesite like this one. 

[rvpopeye]

It sure worked for you !  WTG 👍 I'm inspired...

[JCR]

That is special.

[Doc Bach]

You and I seem to have very similar hunting practices.What I mean is that we sometimes at least do our research with our imagination and legs and of course a lot of hard work.Very nice relic with a lot of history and I'm envious of your early and prolific site.

[Rick N. MI]

That's incredible and still using it. Nice.

[relicmeister]

5 hours ago, Doc Bach said:

You and I seem to have very similar hunting practices.What I mean is that we sometimes at least do our research with our imagination and legs and of course a lot of hard work.Very nice relic with a lot of history and I'm envious of your early and prolific site.

I go there now more for nostalgia than expecting finds other than small iron. I dream of the day I stumble onto another such site. They’re there, but it’s rough terrain and homesites were somewhat scarce throughout that period. Good thing is if you do find a site with no cellar hole or anything obvious, it’s more likely to be untouched, so that’s all the more reason to look for them. There is no LiDAR available and sat photog doesn’t show much due to the tree density. 
  Another special find from this site is this gold open thimble, engraved Germany. 

[Fredneck]

Cool relic, likely a remnant of a colonial hoe, Here's a couple I found at an early site. I added one that looks similar to yours from Bill Dancy's artifact book.

[relicmeister]

58 minutes ago, Va Dave said:

Cool relic, likely a remnant of a colonial hoe, Here's a couple I found at an early site. I added one that looks similar to yours from Billy Dancy's artifact book.

Well I guess there goes my flagpole holder theory😟