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Hi All! Now that the busy summer is over I'm able to get back out again here and there and try to catch up for lost time...
I went back to the site I obtained in the Spring that produced my 1747 1/2 Reale and 1796 Liberty Cap Cent in hopes of finding more great Colonial treasures....and boy did I hit the jackpot this time!!
The grass in the field is pretty tall right now, so I asked the land owner if I could detect the small piece of mowed property that sits directly across from the 1762 farmhouse...and he graciously obliged. Instantly I began digging Colonial artifacts..flat buttons, suspender buckles, and the center of a Colonial shoe buckle were just some of the items laying in wait.
As I approached the end of the property, the land owner came out to see what I had dug. He was impressed and congratulated me on all my finds, but then told me that the area I was about to scan was the site of his grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party a few years earlier, so I may only find newer coins and garbage left over from the party goers. I thanked him for his time and went back to work as he walked away.
About 10 minutes after his departure, I received a +24 hit at 2.5". Definitely a nickel from the party....or so I thought. As I dug the plug and flipped it over, I was surprised to see a greyish flat button with a perfect shank fall back into the hole. And even more surprised when I flipped the button over and saw the letters 'USA' staring me in the face from under the 230+ yr. old soil that clinged to it!!! I said 'no way...NO WAY'!!
She's in great shape for being in the ground so long...and anyone who has dug pewter items knows that this is a metal that flakes and wears on the edges very easily in the ground.
I have read Albert's book of Military buttons many times...and have graced the first few pages of the book many a time yearning for to one day dig such an important piece of Our Nations History. What a great day this was, and what a great machine my XLT is.
This is definitely one of my best finds of all time.
Thanks for looking and HH,
~Hank 8)
I went back to the site I obtained in the Spring that produced my 1747 1/2 Reale and 1796 Liberty Cap Cent in hopes of finding more great Colonial treasures....and boy did I hit the jackpot this time!!
The grass in the field is pretty tall right now, so I asked the land owner if I could detect the small piece of mowed property that sits directly across from the 1762 farmhouse...and he graciously obliged. Instantly I began digging Colonial artifacts..flat buttons, suspender buckles, and the center of a Colonial shoe buckle were just some of the items laying in wait.
As I approached the end of the property, the land owner came out to see what I had dug. He was impressed and congratulated me on all my finds, but then told me that the area I was about to scan was the site of his grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party a few years earlier, so I may only find newer coins and garbage left over from the party goers. I thanked him for his time and went back to work as he walked away.
About 10 minutes after his departure, I received a +24 hit at 2.5". Definitely a nickel from the party....or so I thought. As I dug the plug and flipped it over, I was surprised to see a greyish flat button with a perfect shank fall back into the hole. And even more surprised when I flipped the button over and saw the letters 'USA' staring me in the face from under the 230+ yr. old soil that clinged to it!!! I said 'no way...NO WAY'!!
She's in great shape for being in the ground so long...and anyone who has dug pewter items knows that this is a metal that flakes and wears on the edges very easily in the ground.
I have read Albert's book of Military buttons many times...and have graced the first few pages of the book many a time yearning for to one day dig such an important piece of Our Nations History. What a great day this was, and what a great machine my XLT is.
This is definitely one of my best finds of all time.
Thanks for looking and HH,
~Hank 8)
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WTG! 
Still Standing Proudly after all this time 
that is awsome its no wonder that we never find any revy stuff done here because most of all of it has completly rotted away, its a shame but thats how it goes, congrats on a beautiful button 
