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Aug 05, 2009, 01:04 PM
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Colonial Era Silver Cufflinks w/design
Yesterday I met one of my goals which was to find a pair of silver cufflinks. I have been fortunate to find many pairs of cufflinks over the years and most with a nice design, but none were ever made of silver.
I went to my "Colonial Copper Grand Slam" site yesterday, which back in late 2003 I accomplished a grand slam of finding 4 British halfpence all from a different monarch! A William III, King George I, King George II and a King George III. All within 10 feet of each other and all within 10 minutes. I have the story & photos posted for a few years now under Best Finds. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,102926.0.html
I had planned on digging and sifting a few spots at this small homestead yesterday, but after two small digs, the heat and humidity told me to stop diggin and just metal detect. So I put away the shovel and sifter and started detecting.
This homestead is very small, the iron field hit area is no more than 20x30 feet at best and even then the targets are very scarce. My previous hunts yielded my oldest lock ever found by me and my son got a nice 18th century knee buckle there. 
Near the edge of the homestead, next to the beginning of a cedar swamp area, I did get a weak but decent, non iron hit and to my delight a beautiful pair of cufflinks were staring up at me! 
I was as not sure if they were silver or pewter, but once I washed them off, I decided to try a bit of baking soda paste on the backside and without a doubt the cufflinks were silver.  
These cufflinks probably date around later middle period to the late 1700s(1750s-1790)
This was the third pair this year with the first pair being the TALLYO ones I found in February.
Don
"The mantra has always been don't clean a (copper) coin or it will lose value.
For undug coins this is true. For dug coins this is untrue.
The value will increase with judicious cleaning."
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Aug 05, 2009 01:04 PM
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Aug 05, 2009, 01:07 PM
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Re: Colonial Era Silver Cufflinks w/design
congrats on those great looking silver relics !!! 
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Aug 05, 2009, 01:13 PM
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that is awesome,I love hunting colonial sites and it looks pretty private too,Thats even better.Happy Hunting, Art Of Fact.
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Aug 05, 2009, 02:04 PM
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 wow now those are a awsome find congrats
 Building my wealth one pull tab at a time Tank69 ™
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Aug 05, 2009, 02:05 PM
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Re: Colonial Era Silver Cufflinks w/design
 Don
arn't they known as cuflink buttons 
SS.
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Aug 05, 2009, 02:14 PM
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Re: Colonial Era Silver Cufflinks w/design
 Originally Posted by Silver Searcher
Don
arn't they known as cuflink buttons
SS.
As far as I know most (in America) call them cufflinks, in fact if only one half was found, people would most likely chime in and say, hey, that is a cufflink and not a button. Mr Warren Tice (Dating Buttons author) calls them Cuff Links or Linked Buttons. I do consider them a button, but call them cufflinks. 
Don
"The mantra has always been don't clean a (copper) coin or it will lose value.
For undug coins this is true. For dug coins this is untrue.
The value will increase with judicious cleaning."
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Aug 05, 2009, 03:18 PM
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Nice area Don, and nice finds...as usual. I am envious of the New Jersey sandy soil!
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Aug 05, 2009, 05:48 PM
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Great going Don SJ, you seem to be hunting in the middle of no-where. Love those cuff links 
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Aug 05, 2009, 05:52 PM
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I'd love to find those. Great goin!
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Aug 05, 2009, 06:02 PM
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Don - congrats on the cool cufflinks. Those are nice ones.
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Aug 05, 2009, 06:18 PM
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 all ways up for a hunt in the pines
Re: Colonial Era Silver Cufflinks w/design
good job . fighting the heat , the ticks and ,, the chiggers .
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Aug 05, 2009, 06:46 PM
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Yeap, they are might fine, don't you just love the simple but stunning designs
TOO BUSY TO DETECT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY!!!
'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
A real man thinks about detecting every 6 seconds.
'They look over their shoulder, I look to the ground.' 30/09/12
We can not understand ourselves unless we understand our HISTORY.
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Aug 05, 2009, 06:51 PM
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Awesome pair of cufflinks, glad you could knock another one of your wish list. I have only ever found one cufflink they seem hard to come by especially made of silver congrats on another great find. HH!
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Aug 05, 2009, 06:57 PM
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Oh Man, they are sweet! Great find! How many acres is that site? I would detect every inch of that site for at least 200-300 yards in circular fashion from where those colonial coppers and cufflinks were found.
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Aug 05, 2009, 07:00 PM
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They're beautiful...I love the flower design, looks like the dogwood blossom. Now if you could find the matching mate, then you'll get to wear em.
 RR
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Aug 05, 2009, 07:07 PM
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Beautiful pair of silver cufflinks Don. 
Congrats to you.
I've been putting off MDing in this heat but now you got my blood pumping again. 
-MM-
Oldest coin - 1775 Spanish 1 real Oldest U.S. silver - 1833 Capped Bust Half DimeOldest U.S. copper - 1847 Large centCivil War best finds:*NC officers belt buckle*CSN Confederate Navy Officer button*Eagle Sword Belt Plate
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Aug 05, 2009, 07:59 PM
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Great recovery!!!
You have got to love unmarked silver coming out of the ground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ty
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Aug 05, 2009, 08:30 PM
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I quit smoking 2/26/08
cleaning Earth 1 pulltab at a time.
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Aug 05, 2009, 08:32 PM
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Aug 05, 2009, 08:41 PM
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Nice finds !! Imagine if the copper came out of the ground as nice as the silver
VPR
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