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Large Cents, Buttons Galore & Early Silver Cuff-links! What an Ending!!!
I met up with my friend Dale at a new farm field we have been detecting. Some Indian Heads and flat buttons have been found there recently. I spent about an hour digging depression era trash. I got a dime signal and dug the food stamp token, which is a first for me.
I figured it may be my last outing of the year so I needed to find the older stuff. I quickly left for my "button field", which was not far down the road. The button field has produced hundreds of buttons, more than a dozen coppers, and some Spanish Silver, but I had not dug a large cent there in over a year. This was my first outing to the field with my new SEF "Butterfly" coil. I immediately started digging buttons that I have missed in the past. Many were more than 8 inches deep, but most were in the 4-6 inch range. Nearly all had broken signals, and a few even read on the ferrous side of the scale in the negative numbers. I dug some real beauties, but the keeper of the day is the small eagle button with the backmark I. Scott & Co. This dates the button to the 1830's. The button has UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBIS UNUM. It is not in great shape but a keeper for sure!
I short time later and I got the signal I was hoping for, and dug what I could tell was an early Matron Head Large Cent. It is in bad shape but I was able to get a date what I think is 1817 off of it.
I was feeling really good by now, digging some more buttons and some thimbles, even a Ford key from the 1930's. Then I got another great signal. I was thinking it is too good to be true. Out came another copper, this one showing no detail. I was thinking it was a KG, until I got home and after a mild bath in Hydrogen Peroxide I realized it was a 1796 Large Cent! The odd thing is that the only detail remaining is the date and the bottom of the bust, so I have no clue whether it is a Draped Bust or Liberty Cap. I am leaning toward Draped Bust, but let me know if anyone disagrees.
At this point dusk was approaching and I was starting to hear the sound of screeching owls and other creatures coming from the woods. I was hoping for one last button, and got a broken pull tab type of signal. At first when I saw the gleam of silver, that is exactly what I thought it was; another pull tab. I nearly screamed out when I saw the complete silver cuff link in my hand!
What a way to end the day, and most likely the year! It has been a great year of detecting for me!
I met up with my friend Dale at a new farm field we have been detecting. Some Indian Heads and flat buttons have been found there recently. I spent about an hour digging depression era trash. I got a dime signal and dug the food stamp token, which is a first for me.
I figured it may be my last outing of the year so I needed to find the older stuff. I quickly left for my "button field", which was not far down the road. The button field has produced hundreds of buttons, more than a dozen coppers, and some Spanish Silver, but I had not dug a large cent there in over a year. This was my first outing to the field with my new SEF "Butterfly" coil. I immediately started digging buttons that I have missed in the past. Many were more than 8 inches deep, but most were in the 4-6 inch range. Nearly all had broken signals, and a few even read on the ferrous side of the scale in the negative numbers. I dug some real beauties, but the keeper of the day is the small eagle button with the backmark I. Scott & Co. This dates the button to the 1830's. The button has UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBIS UNUM. It is not in great shape but a keeper for sure!
I short time later and I got the signal I was hoping for, and dug what I could tell was an early Matron Head Large Cent. It is in bad shape but I was able to get a date what I think is 1817 off of it.
I was feeling really good by now, digging some more buttons and some thimbles, even a Ford key from the 1930's. Then I got another great signal. I was thinking it is too good to be true. Out came another copper, this one showing no detail. I was thinking it was a KG, until I got home and after a mild bath in Hydrogen Peroxide I realized it was a 1796 Large Cent! The odd thing is that the only detail remaining is the date and the bottom of the bust, so I have no clue whether it is a Draped Bust or Liberty Cap. I am leaning toward Draped Bust, but let me know if anyone disagrees.
At this point dusk was approaching and I was starting to hear the sound of screeching owls and other creatures coming from the woods. I was hoping for one last button, and got a broken pull tab type of signal. At first when I saw the gleam of silver, that is exactly what I thought it was; another pull tab. I nearly screamed out when I saw the complete silver cuff link in my hand!
What a way to end the day, and most likely the year! It has been a great year of detecting for me!
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