ironhorse
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more crowns and cannons than I'm used to......
.....but it's something I'd like to get used to
Me and Iron Patch finally got the go ahead on a field we have been looking at for years, after a few trips of nobody home and cows all over the place, today the farmer was home and in a good mood and so were his cows!
Things started off slow, but after the patch of iron was found so were all of our great finds of the day. While IP was banging out the cannon balls I was steady digging all of my "10" old military buttons; and few other goodies to boot. The usual plain buttons were everpresent, but I also got a harp, crotal bell, and a broadarrow marked gun brass. Scored some old coppers, which seemed weird that there weren't more, maybe next time.
The highlight was the amount and diversity of old military buttons. We always knew we would score a site like this someday, and today was the day! This place seemed like it was loaded like a freight train, smoking and rolling like it couldn't be stopped
I got 4 RSLA arty's ,2 flats and 2 domed. Two pewters, center of an early militia, and an unkwown right now. Militia officer's buttons, two different ones! Another domed button also to be i.d.ed. And finally, a nice cuff from a rev war officer. One cool find was a little gold crown? could be a button or cufflink piece...oooh shiny 8)
I'm totally looking forward to our next trip back, although it won't be fast and furious like today, the percentages will give us hope of popping something decent.
.....but it's something I'd like to get used to
Me and Iron Patch finally got the go ahead on a field we have been looking at for years, after a few trips of nobody home and cows all over the place, today the farmer was home and in a good mood and so were his cows!
Things started off slow, but after the patch of iron was found so were all of our great finds of the day. While IP was banging out the cannon balls I was steady digging all of my "10" old military buttons; and few other goodies to boot. The usual plain buttons were everpresent, but I also got a harp, crotal bell, and a broadarrow marked gun brass. Scored some old coppers, which seemed weird that there weren't more, maybe next time.
The highlight was the amount and diversity of old military buttons. We always knew we would score a site like this someday, and today was the day! This place seemed like it was loaded like a freight train, smoking and rolling like it couldn't be stopped
I got 4 RSLA arty's ,2 flats and 2 domed. Two pewters, center of an early militia, and an unkwown right now. Militia officer's buttons, two different ones! Another domed button also to be i.d.ed. And finally, a nice cuff from a rev war officer. One cool find was a little gold crown? could be a button or cufflink piece...oooh shiny 8)
I'm totally looking forward to our next trip back, although it won't be fast and furious like today, the percentages will give us hope of popping something decent.
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I think a better pic of button would make banner
Believe it or not that same soldier was first settled where I was digging my Rev buttons 10 years ago. Now if I can figure out which piece of land he owned.
