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new collector - 2/22/2008 2:18:24 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline Hello, new to the board and thought I would introduce myself. Hopefully I can share some pictures also, if i can figure out how. Had a metal detector sitting in garage about 5 years. This past summer, a friend suggested we go out. First field we hit, 3 musket balls. I was hooked. Later in the day we came across another field that looked good. Got the owners permission and started detecting. Found some great coins, but also happened to stroll into woods near field. Saw a few gopher holes and tons of broken pottery and bottles littering the ground and some building foundation. It looks like the place was dug out before, but they didn't do a great job. might have been dug out in the 70's or 80's due to rusted shovel and other things we found. looks like they dug out the privy  and a few other places. I dug in what looked like a privy but only found some broken bottle pieces. I moved a couple feet away and started digging. Found a lot of beautiful pottery chunks, pajama buttons, horse shoes,and bottles. I'll try and post pictures. The great thing about this hobby is you get out only after putting effort in. it takes research and a lot of effort, hit and miss, to find stuff, especially historic items. But once you pull your first bottle out of the ground and relize it hasn't seen the light of day in 100-150 years, its an unbelievable feeling. Post #: 1

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:19:39 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline sorry, trying my best to post pictures from snapfish, please be patient. < Message edited by jesster64 -- 2/22/2008 2:27:58 AM > (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 2

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:31:43 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 3

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:33:54 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 4

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:35:26 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 5

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:37:36 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 6

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:40:37 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 7

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:42:22 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 8

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:43:50 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 9

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:45:19 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 10

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:49:33 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 11

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:51:12 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 12

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:51:27 AM    Plumbata Posts: 1643 Joined: 12/4/2007 Status: offline Wow those are some truly enviable finds! I am particularly drawn to the greenish blue bottle in your third picture, it almost looks old enough to be iron pontiled. Could you post some pictures of the base, or tell us what is embossed on the bottle so some people here can tell you what you have? It looks like an awesome site, be sure to go back and dig it all up! _____________________________ Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. - Thomas Jefferson (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 13

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:52:54 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 14

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RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:54:47 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 16

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:56:02 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 17

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RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:58:22 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 19

RE: new collector - 2/22/2008 2:59:41 AM    jesster64   Posts: 626 Joined: 2/22/2008 Status: offline (in reply to jesster64) Post #: 20

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