dwayne sueno
Bronze Member
Copper Fix, "Free Silver" Button, and a coupla Whatzits
These are from three different hunts over yesterday and this weekend at two different sites.
Got the 1802 draped bust large cent at my favorite early-american site. It was the only non-ferrous signal I got in four hours. Only four inches down, but completely on edge, and came out of the ground with rust stains from nails in the hole with it. She's a little worn out, but the draped bust LC's are about my favorite coin to dig.
The button was found at a colonial site that is newish to me. The stone house nearby to where I was detecting was burned by the british during the revolution, and was later rebuilt and added-on-to. For the most part, though, it seems that the bulk of the coins and relics found in this field are early 20th century. The button would appear to be very late 19th century, perhaps a William Jennings Bryan campaign button. The front says "FREE SILVER COINAGE" and "ONE 16." Nothing appears to be written on the back. Very cool.
This same field also produced two interesting whatzits, one of which (the copper thingy) I described on a post in the "What Is It" forum. The other is a tapered lead piece with a band of brass or bronze around it. I have found these in the past, but they usually have a hole at the tapered end, and don't have a band around them. I have seen these attributed as weights, fishing weights, and Native American trade beads. Seems like a necklace of these would be pretty heavy. Any suggestions?
Glad to get some detecting time in, as it looks like we've got near a foot of snow coming to ny tonight and tomorrow.
HH, dwayne
These are from three different hunts over yesterday and this weekend at two different sites.
Got the 1802 draped bust large cent at my favorite early-american site. It was the only non-ferrous signal I got in four hours. Only four inches down, but completely on edge, and came out of the ground with rust stains from nails in the hole with it. She's a little worn out, but the draped bust LC's are about my favorite coin to dig.
The button was found at a colonial site that is newish to me. The stone house nearby to where I was detecting was burned by the british during the revolution, and was later rebuilt and added-on-to. For the most part, though, it seems that the bulk of the coins and relics found in this field are early 20th century. The button would appear to be very late 19th century, perhaps a William Jennings Bryan campaign button. The front says "FREE SILVER COINAGE" and "ONE 16." Nothing appears to be written on the back. Very cool.
This same field also produced two interesting whatzits, one of which (the copper thingy) I described on a post in the "What Is It" forum. The other is a tapered lead piece with a band of brass or bronze around it. I have found these in the past, but they usually have a hole at the tapered end, and don't have a band around them. I have seen these attributed as weights, fishing weights, and Native American trade beads. Seems like a necklace of these would be pretty heavy. Any suggestions?
Glad to get some detecting time in, as it looks like we've got near a foot of snow coming to ny tonight and tomorrow.
HH, dwayne
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