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Back in No vember, I finally got permission to m etal detect at an old homestead that I've had my eye on for a number of years ...two cellar holes and some outer buildings on a small Civil War era property. I can't find much on the history of the site, but saying it's a produc tive site is an understatement.
To date, I've only worked approximately an acre and have dug more than two dozen buttons, artifacts and of course, coins. Lots of them. There ha ve b een some nice Indian Head Cents, including an 1863 "Fatty" in as nice shape as I've ever seen dug, semi-key 1869 and an 1870 that is simply not to be believed.
For the first few outings I hadn't found any large copper, but during week 3 at the site I finally got a signal at 10 inches that I thought would turn out to be iron, but to my surprise tu rned out to be an 1851 with EF details. Another sweep 6 inches to the right and another similar deep signal. After digging more than 14 inches, I came up with a very large crotal bell, with the makers mark of Willia m Barton III, Americas first bell maker. There's been much more since those first few outings in Novemb