Long island hunt finds,colonial buttons

junkhunter

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Finally made it out to another long island hunt(organized hunt that supports local hist. group)Used GPX both days.Got a king george copper of some sort.Same size as my 1/2 penny.Also dug 19 flat buttons including 3 with patterns on.One is a very weird design.Looks kinda like the end of a telescope from back.But design on inside rim.Also got a part of a bell and lead,toy soldier,and a fork,part of a copper or brass buckle,lead seal with RNP on it,and mystery brass/ copper bits.
 

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treasurehound

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Jan 23, 2008
1,500
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Morristown, Tennessee
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Minelab GPX 4500,
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Garrett AT GOLD with NEL coil,
Garrett Sea Hunter
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Relic Hunting
Great finds. I love finding colonial relics.
 

Deepdiger60

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Jun 18, 2009
2,804
94
Long Island E-end
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Minelab Sov GT,Sovereign xs2-pro Fisher CZ21 Custom Skullies , Stealth 720-i
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Nice finds :icon_thumleft: those fields sure hold a lot of buttons and some good coins Good hunt . Jim
 

CRUSADER

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May 25, 2007
40,850
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ENGLAND
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1
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XP Deus II v0.6 with 11" Coil
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All Treasure Hunting
If its about 28mm it is a Geo II Halfpenny (so remove the LC :wink: ) :icon_thumright:
 

flatbuttonman

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Dec 12, 2011
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junkhunter said:
Finally made it out to another long island hunt(organized hunt that supports local hist. group)Used GPX both days.Got a king george copper of some sort.Same size as my 1/2 penny.Also dug 19 flat buttons including 3 with patterns on.One is a very weird design.Looks kinda like the end of a telescope from back.But design on inside rim.Also got a part of a bell and lead,toy soldier,and a fork,part of a copper or brass buckle,lead seal with RNP on it,and mystery brass/ copper bits.
Nice Buttons!! I love finding buttons, those would have made my day Great Finds
flatbuttonman
 

Scottso

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May 8, 2009
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long island new york
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Fisher F75se, Minelab Excalibur, Minelab etrac, Tesoro sand shark
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Metal Detecting
im scott im 13 and i metal detect long island my family is from orient point. We came to america in 1643 as the family name" king" look it up. I too am apart of the artifact dtecting team so hh :headbang: :icon_thumleft: pm me
 

West Jersey Detecting

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Philadelphia Area
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Nokta Legend, Excalibur 1000/II (hybrid) , Teknetics T2 SE
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I would call that a successful outing! I can't wait to see some of the posts from the other members.
 

steelheadwill

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Jan 2, 2010
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715
New Castle NH.
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Brain eyes ears and nose
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Other
Great work pulling those oldies in league with the Society :wink:
beautiful floral Dandy :o
I am wondering about the lead item near top left in photos 1 & 2,
above the 'Double Orange Gilt'
teardrop shaped tab on back..
Found one myself recently, anyone got an ID on these :help:
Keep up the great work & HH to you all :thumbsup:
Remember, 'Pence ain't Cents' :laughing9:
 

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Lanny in AB

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Apr 2, 2003
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Alberta
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Various Minelabs(5000, 2100, X-Terra 705, Equinox 800, Gold Monster), Falcon MD20, Tesoro Sand Shark, Gold Bug Pro, Makro Gold Racer.
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Prospecting
Cool finds!

All the best,

Lanny
 

CRUSADER

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May 25, 2007
40,850
45,368
ENGLAND
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1
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XP Deus II v0.6 with 11" Coil
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All Treasure Hunting
steelheadwill said:
Great work pulling those oldies in league with the Society :wink:
beautiful floral Dandy :o
I am wondering about the lead item near top left in photos 1 & 2,
above the 'Double Orange Gilt'
teardrop shaped tab on back..
Found one myself recently, anyone got an ID on these :help:
Keep up the great work & HH to you all :thumbsup:
Remember, 'Pence ain't Cents' :laughing9:

Its a Lead Cloth Seal
 

Nooberz

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Nov 16, 2010
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Ohio
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XP Deus
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Nice buttons. Got to be some coins around there somewhere!
 

steelheadwill

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Jan 2, 2010
6,689
715
New Castle NH.
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Brain eyes ears and nose
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Other
CRUSADER said:
steelheadwill said:
Great work pulling those oldies in league with the Society :wink:
beautiful floral Dandy :o
I am wondering about the lead item near top left in photos 1 & 2,
above the 'Double Orange Gilt'
teardrop shaped tab on back..
Found one myself recently, anyone got an ID on these :help:
Keep up the great work & HH to you all :thumbsup:
Remember, 'Pence ain't Cents' :laughing9:

Its a Lead Cloth Seal
Much obliged Crusader ;D
 

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