Memorial Day Weekend digging!!!

[sandchip]

Man! You done good!

 

[mx961]

Hello KBbottles the wh cawley hutch with the dog on it is supposed to be of a collie dog as wh cawley thought his name was close enough to a collie so he put a picture of a collie dog on thetre also wh cawley was a colonel in a new jersey regiment in the civil war i have been digging and collecting new jersey hutches for a few years now but just thought you would like to know about that info on wh cawley

 

[KBbottles]

Dear mx961 Thank you and thank goodness for this forum as I have been trying to research them all morning. I just got the chills reading your post. The local history of these pieces is incredibly fascinating!!! You don't happen to know anything about C.L. Voorhees do you? I do run by the historic graveyard often where their family is buried.

 

[Dansalata]

wow, great finds there... nothing like the excitement of diggin up the past!!! congrats

 

[Poison_Us]

Nice haul! Them half dolls with no eyes always freak me out when I see them.

 

[swizzle]

That pontil is awesome. Is that what they consider a graphite pontil? If you have a decent metal detector take it with you. Anytime you find a bit of junk that you don't want to dig again then notch it out. I used my accept/reject button on my x-terra 30 to find a Streeter House token in my last dump dig 2 days ago. Good luck, dig deep and have fun. Swiz

 

[KBbottles]

Thanks Swiz,

I only have a real old Radioshack detector lol. I did find a diamond tennis bracelet as a kid though with it. I desperately need a new one. Stupid question... Do they make ones that filter out rust/iron etc... and only pick up harder non-ferrous metals? I know of a couple that were recommended, but I haven't had the chance to invest in one. Thinking of selling some bottles for one, but can't depart with any yet. hmmmm

 

[mr.fred]

Very nice haul[sm=rolleyes.gif]----great assortment of everything----are you dreaming of bottles Yet?[sm=tongue.gif]

 

[pyshodoodle]

ORIGINAL: KBbottles

  Stupid question... Do they make ones that filter out rust/iron etc... and only pick up harder non-ferrous metals? 

I detect, and in my opinion, my answer to this would be yes & no. Anything that is big will cause my detector to overload... and in my dumps, which tend to be newer, there's a lot of stuff, both iron & not iron that will overload the detector the same way (meaning you have to remove it - good or bad, to continue). Small items are easily distinguishable by type of metal. I tried detecting a dump once and just got frustrated and decided to dig and give up the detecting. That, however, was a farm dump with all sorts of metal in it. I have non-digging metal detecting friends that love finding dug dumps and detecting the 'dug' piles.... they have been very successful! Hope this helps.

 

[KBbottles]

Hi Mr. Fred. It's weird... I had a dream before the weekend and was literally thinking gee I wonder if I will find any hutches. Sure enough...

Thanks for the info on detecting pysh. This site has a ton of metal as well. We shall see. I'm planning on sifting my dug pile a little at some point to see if anything shows up.