Mixed Bag Of Relics And Artifacts From A Recent Four Hour Hunt

[Doc Bach]

Tough hunt on my hands and knees working a small area that was partially exposed during last winters high water.

I still had to move a lot of deadfall and do a fair amount of pruning to hunt effectively and used the deus 2 with the remote in the armband and the nine inch coil with just the lower rod attached for easy mobility.

The site has seen intermittent habitation from probably the Clovis period or shortly thereafter through the post contact trade era and with some probable brief military occupation and modern usage as well.Therefore lots of pollution to deal with.

The Tongue From A Tongue And Wreath Buckle And The Pewter Button Spent A Great Deal Of Their Life In The Brackish Water And Did Not Hold Up Very Well.

This Small Button Was A Little Dissapointing I Could See That It Had A Lot Going On And Was Hoping For Something Military Related Which Is A Possibility?

 

Just A Common Garden Variety Flat Button But Not So Easy To Come By For Me At Least.

For Me This Was The Find Of The Day.Not Sure About The Age But It Looks Like A Gold-Rush Or Civil War Period Ship?

Ancient Stone Tools And Trade Era Beads Etc What I Call Bycatch.

1850's And 60's Glass And Some Other N.F Targets.

And A Small Portion Of The Trash That Was Masking The Goodies.

[Fugio]

Nice finds. Looks like some old stuff. I'm pretty sure the piece in the next to last picture with the holes is a shoe tap. Your box of trash looks like my typical hunt!

[JCR]

Some interesting old there.

[Lodge Scent]

Wow! Nice mix of finds there Doc. I hope someone can ID the ship medallion. Very cool.

[Doc Bach]

3 minutes ago, Lodge Scent said:

Wow! Nice mix of finds there Doc. I hope someone can ID the ship medallion. Very cool.

Thanks Lodge Scent.Yes I am hoping the same there are some sharpies on this forum that have the knack of figuring these things out.

[Gold Seeker]

1 hour ago, Lodge Scent said:

Wow! Nice mix of finds there Doc. I hope someone can ID the ship medallion. Very cool.

 

1 hour ago, Doc Bach said:

Thanks Lodge Scent.Yes I am hoping the same there are some sharpies on this forum that have the knack of figuring these things out.

That medallion/medal is the battleship USS Maine, it was sunk by an explosion in Havana Cuba harbor on February 15th 1898, which shortly after among other issues between Spain and the USA lead to the Spanish American War later that spring through summer.

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/ships-of-steam/uss-maine.html

There's a very similar one  like it on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225055688251

 

[Doc Bach]

30 minutes ago, Gold Seeker said:

 

That medallion/medal is the battleship USS Maine, it was sunk by an explosion in Havana Cuba harbor on February 15th 1898, which shortly after among other issues between Spain and the USA lead to the Spanish American War later that spring through summer.

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/ships-of-steam/uss-maine.html

There's a very similar one  like it on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225055688251

Well done Gold Seeker (Skip P. and very much appreciated!

D.B.

[stupot]

I can see you've worked hard in those conditions. You've got some interesting bits, I like the Maine medalet  especially .

I guess it's a productive site either habitation or used frequently in the past. The button with 'rich colour^ treble gilt is made here in England in Birmingham, a large manufactory of metalwork.

Keep swinging !

[Valens Legacy]

Nice collection of finds for your hard work.

Good luck on your next hunt.