Eastender
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I spent a full 8 hours today detecting parts of a beautiful 160 acre woodland on the ocean. The colonials were there in a few small homesteads, but it's very difficult to find remnants of their material culture. My earliest maps from 1835 show some of the farms, and there is a small 1700's family cemetery still marked with headstones. I have found nice relics and 1700s coins on this property before. Some days I will come up empty-handed despite looking at a fair share of forged nail fragments. It's the type of site where you have to dig almost every solid signal. But there aren't many hits, so you don't mind digging them.
Also containing productive estuaries with a harbor access to the ocean, it had Native American habitation right through the 1600s contact period. I have previously found two 1600s copper arrowheads here and a museum-quality black hard stone polished war club. Today was one of those days where I didn't find much aside from iron debris. I ventured beyond the closeness of the foundation areas to explore the larger area.
But this is a gem of property that will never be for sale. I'm sure if and when the current owners have to sell, it will be snapped up by the town and put into preservation. Today I saw not only the box turtles, but also: a Great Horned Owl, an Osprey, a Red Tailed Hawk, a Cooper's Hawk, Red Fox, Deer, and Turkeys. Plus a great mix of very active song birds. Among these, I really enjoy the complex calls of the Orchard and Baltimore Oriels and their sock-like nests. This is one reason why I never wear headphones.
I have a pretty large collection of box turtle porn. It's always funny to stumble upon mating pairs and I quickly snap my pics and move on so as to not disturb them. The male always has that oh shit worried look while the female is usually closed inside her shell. She does this to trap the males claws so that he can't escape! The instructional part of the picture is to see the differences between male and female shell patterns. Also, the males typically have red irises, while the females have brown ones. The red iris of the male is not a pigment but a lack of one. You are seeing blood coloring. I always see many box turtles where the earthworms are plentiful.
Also containing productive estuaries with a harbor access to the ocean, it had Native American habitation right through the 1600s contact period. I have previously found two 1600s copper arrowheads here and a museum-quality black hard stone polished war club. Today was one of those days where I didn't find much aside from iron debris. I ventured beyond the closeness of the foundation areas to explore the larger area.
But this is a gem of property that will never be for sale. I'm sure if and when the current owners have to sell, it will be snapped up by the town and put into preservation. Today I saw not only the box turtles, but also: a Great Horned Owl, an Osprey, a Red Tailed Hawk, a Cooper's Hawk, Red Fox, Deer, and Turkeys. Plus a great mix of very active song birds. Among these, I really enjoy the complex calls of the Orchard and Baltimore Oriels and their sock-like nests. This is one reason why I never wear headphones.
I have a pretty large collection of box turtle porn. It's always funny to stumble upon mating pairs and I quickly snap my pics and move on so as to not disturb them. The male always has that oh shit worried look while the female is usually closed inside her shell. She does this to trap the males claws so that he can't escape! The instructional part of the picture is to see the differences between male and female shell patterns. Also, the males typically have red irises, while the females have brown ones. The red iris of the male is not a pigment but a lack of one. You are seeing blood coloring. I always see many box turtles where the earthworms are plentiful.
