I decided to get into the I decided intobefore the the woods to andget hunt woods and hunt before the cut afternoon thunderstorms afternoon thunderstorms cut our day short. I wandered ouraround day short. againI wandered for almost half aroundanagain for almost half hour, hunting slowly. an Then hour,I hunting slowly. got a very high pitch Thentarget, I got aa very high good sign pitch of silver. target, a good sign of silver. Another Reale, I thought, or Another Reale, I thought, or maybe more melted silver. maybe more melted silver.
Not all good finds are metallic. A Not all good finds are metallic. got the ball rolling, and before long June broken Spanish olive jar sitsAwith two got the ball before long June a trash broken Spanish olive jar melted sits with twoof gold and rolling, Richardand Downing located metallic treasures: slag and Richard Downing located a trash metallicand treasures: melted of gold pile where they began finding 1750s to mid 1800s potsilver, found by slag Jimmy Koenig. pile where began finding pot-HI Halfand silver, found by__________ Jimmy Koenig. terythey shards. June also 1750s found to a mid 17841800s Carolus tery shards. June also found a 1784 Carolus HI aHalf Reale. Robann and Patty were working small area __________ Reale. Robann and Patty were working a small area nearby and got into another patch of artifacts, with gold is a reason to dig deeper, so I went down another nearby Robann and got finding into another patch of artifacts, with along a 14th Regiment British button, gold is a18reason toThere, dig deeper, so aI high went tone, downand another inches. I heard plucked out th Robannwith finding a 14 Regiment British button, along a pair of cuff links, and pieces of shoe and knee 18 inches. There, I heard a highoftone, andI plucked a relatively large piece silver. thought out I was on a with a pair of cuff and pieces shoe buckles. Tenlinks, feet away, Patty of dug twoand axeknee heads and a a relatively piece ofall silver. thought I was roll, large but that was thereI was in the hole.on a buckles.hoe Tenfrom feet the away, dug two axe heads and a latePatty 1700s. roll, but that was all there was in the hole. I then decided to get into the woods and hunt behoe from the late getting 1700s. the boat secured, I decided to workI then After decided to get into the woods and be- short. I fore the afternoon thunderstorms cut hunt our day After getting the boat secured, I decided totarget, work I began along the high tide mark. Hearing a small fore thewandered afternoonaround thunderstorms cut our day short. I huntagain for almost half an hour, along the high tide mark. Hearing a small target, I began digging. Running my probe through the pile produced wandered almost anpitch hour,target, hunt- a good ingaround slowly.again Thenfor I got a veryhalf high digging.a Running probepiece through the pile small (3.9my grams) of gold slag.produced Hearing more in ing slowly. I gotAnother a very high pitch target, or a good signThen of silver. Reale, I thought, maybe more a small the (3.9hole, grams) piece ofdigging gold slag. Hearingme more a bit more rewarded withinanother sign of silver. Another Reale, I thought, or maybe more melted silver! the hole,piece a bit of more digging rewarded me with another melted gold, this one 3.2 grams. Obviously, melted silver! But I was wrong. I dug deeper, down, and down, and piece of gold, this one 3.2 grams. Obviously, melted But I was wrong. I dug deeper, down, and down, and
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Patty Edwards takes a break during a British 16th, 22nd, and 14th Regiment th nd th takes a break during a British 16 , 22 , and Regiment Florida treasure excursion. buttons found by14 Robann and Patty. Patty Edwards Florida treasure excursion. buttons found by Robann and Patty. 36 American Digger Magazine Vol. 7, Issue 2
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