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  1. US Button & Spoon

    Found these on the same old lot. Not too old, but had to imagine they came from the same soldier. Always cool to find old buttons.
  2. 🔎 UNIDENTIFIED 2 military style buttons from Madison, WI

    Here are photos of the front and back of the buttons, text on front of first button (IMG_3251.jpeg)reads "Excelsior" along the bottom and has 13 stars along the top. The backside (IMG_3253.jpefg) reads " SCOVILLE MFG CO WATERBURY" along the top and "State of New York" along the bottom. The front...
  3. ✅ SOLVED Metal detecting area of newly aquired home in VA

    So, Ive hunted alot now that I am in Va, as well as while fixing a door to the dirt basement came across a circle dent in my outer wall- there was a battle nearby within a few miles of my home. The age of my home I am unsure as its got many add ons to it, but it does look like it got hit by a...
  4. 5/27/23 Button Find in VA

    My husband found this button in our cow field today in VA! I can’t find much info on it, but finally saw it says “Solidite Paris” on the back. The front says “H.G Fledderman” and something else like “Dalto” ? I can’t read it well. Any info or history on timeframe of this or where it would’ve...
  5. Help to identify the buttons I found while gold detecting please 😊

    Hey guys, while out detecting I dug these all from less than a square meter, makes me think they’re all from the same piece of clothing? Either way would love any info/history on them if you can 😊 1 with nu plus ultra written on it and drawing on the back (First 3 photos) 6 the same size...
  6. A Wednesday Wander

    A day off work today, so despite the chilly temps and the frost on the ground, off we headed. Today we went to the fields near the river, just outside the village, the field still has the ridge and furrow lumps and bumps in it, got a nice mix of bits nd bobs, buttons, musket ball, lead, I found...
  7. Today’s results 😆 xx

    After the truck breakdown last week, we were determined to have a good day today and we boy did we! Tonight for your viewing pleasure , we have a selection of buttons, buckles, a dog tag and the rim of half a pair of specs (?) a button with a toggle rather than the usual loop. Some cutlery...
  8. Day off =extra digging day 😃

    With great excitement we set off bright nd early to at last go back to the field where I found my greatest treasure…… but the pheasant shooting season has started and the gates were locked 😕 so we scrambled for plan b, some stubble fields that are going to be contracted out, so our last chance...
  9. Stubble Trouble 😬

    Today we wanted to go to a possible Roman site on our permission.. but it still has stubble on it.. but Himself wants that Roman 😬 .. so we gave it a go! He found a hammered .. no id yet?! Usual buttons, lead bits, and possible Roman bits?? 🤔 We def need to go back to do it properly when there...
  10. Button

    Would like to identify this 2 piece gold guilt button. Was found near where large cents were found. Thanks
  11. An hour in the field and we find silver! 😎

    we only had an hour tonight so a quick waddle around our favourite field and it doesn’t disappoint! We have had lots of rain in the last couple of days, so digging was a joy! No idea what this little silver thing is… but its got a hallmark! Musket balls, lead, buttons, a thimble and other...
  12. Something a little different today…

    New field, new finds😆 Himself detected this blade. After that excitement, we settled into a full day detecting. some lovely buttons, some different lead things (?) crotal bell top, thimble top and something that looks like a ring? Fits my finger perfectly! we picked up this stone, just because...
  13. A quick Friday Field Forage….

    Because we can’t resist and the digging conditions are perfect atm, we went out this evening to finish the fields we have been doing this week. This gold button was my last dig as the light was fading I saw the gold nd nearly dropped my pointer, ok so not a coin, but it sure is pretty. The...
  14. Tonight’s quick hunt

    Wow the nights are really drawing in here, but we managed a quick swing.. our first whole Crotal Bell, some bits of metal, circular one is heavy(?) Little buttons, and lead couple of musket balls, what looks like a squished lid (?) and a strange little bit that looks like a seal 🤔 xx
  15. 1696 William III Shilling

    We managed to fit in a quick swing tonight, after yesterday’s rain the field was perfect for digging! I Went off into a corner of a field and it was button central! Then this little beauty popped out 😍 As the light started to fade we headed back to the car… and I got the best signal of the...
  16. And Finally, Friday’s Finds x

    Last day of the “detecting at home holiday” was another perfect day. The usual lead (the big chunky one weighs 269g…) . And another belted round thing (found one in another field a few weeks ago). Nice range of buttons again. Some metal bits, and then a new livery button, a strange piece of...
  17. Day 3 results …

    Day 3 was a beautiful cooler day and a new field, we were looking for an old path shown on early 1800’s map. More beautiful buttons, a livery button made by Firmin shows a lion holding a sword and possibly a Fleur-de-lis? A ring, a small trade weight, pot fragments, spatula type thing… and 2...
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    new finds
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    masonics?
  20. Help! Wadhams & Co "Superfine" button

    Found this Wahams & co "Superfine" button with what appears to be a otter standing on rocks near a waters edge. Was told this particular button wasn't in the "big book of buttons" and could be a very valuable specialty collector piece and that it can be dated back to late 1700's, early 1800's...
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