Black glass grave yard

[JOETHECROW]

Wow....amazing and cool.

 

[cacarpetbagger]

Ya did it again, let's see em cleaned up.

 

[tigue710]

ORIGINAL: coldwater diver

Hi Doug, Great post. This might be a stupid question but what tribes do you suppose they were trading with? Are you planning to sift any of the dirt? I hope you have only scratched the surface and there is much more to come. Please post some cleaned up pictures when you can. Kevin

Hey Kevin, its Matt actually... The trade beads used here were glass beads that were used as currency to trade with Native Americans. The first gold seekers and traders actually traded handfuls of gold from the Natives for strands of beads... I'm not 100% on these yet but its most likely...

 

[tigue710]

ORIGINAL: surfaceone


Hey Matt,

I feel muddy! Thanks for the great time capsule photo spread.

Tell me, please, is that an antler scratcher in the foreground of the above photo?

Yes sir it is, thats my secret weapon... I found it in the woods out digging one time and its been my favorite tool ever since. Tough enough for rocky sticky dirt but wont chip or scratch the glass

 

[tigue710]

hers the Cylinder cleaned up, the florescent light is terrible for color representation though. Nice iron pontil on it... I brought the blacks home but haven't cleaned them, they will probably end up in the garden...

here's the digging tool, I find it works best to hold it like a scraper and then use one side as a handle using the other side as a pick for digging... Moves a lot of dirt, and very comfortably too...

 

[creeper71]

Can you post better pics of the coins/tokens you found?? when you clean them DON'T MAKE THEM WET...

 

[Steve/sewell]

Nice Matt ,what a find,thanks for sharing your great success. Your pictures are so sharp I can see that your married!!![8D] Good luck and I hope you find a bunch more.

 

[cacarpetbagger]

Super looking whiskey cylinder. Those blacks your digging are also great bottles.

 

[surfaceone]

Brilliant Secret Weapon, sir! Thanks for showing it.

 

[tigue710]

ORIGINAL: cacarpetbagger

Super looking whiskey cylinder. Those blacks your digging are also great bottles.

I'm loving the cylinder... The blacks although pontiled are all sick as heck, I'm cleaning them up now... I'm outta window room for them anyway!