1724 copper, my best coin yet!

[70monte68]

Hi All,

Headed out this morning to a new hunting ground and as soon as I got there I wanted to leave. It was COLD and the ground was hard but stuck it out. Started swinging and the first thing I found was this large button. It was a shallow signal and when I looked down this thing was sticking half way out of the frozen ground. Then Came the two smaller buttons, they were on top of the ground as well. About three hours into the hunt and again sticking out of the ground on it's side came this coin. This coin is my best detailed 1700's copper and oldest.

Looking at the smaller buttons it looks as though one was dipped/coated in something, silver? Also I have a button question. Are the flat buttons/dandy older than the ones with a backmark? Can someone give me a button lesson.

Thanks and HH

Don

 

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[baspinall]

Sweet! That's an old one

 

[wells]

W O W it's in great shape.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Fantastic finds today monte!
Love the look of the 1724 copper and the Dandy button!

Dave

 

[Goldmanford]

Can't help you with the button lesson but I can tell you those are some sweet finds! Congrats!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Nice finds--great job!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[steelheadwill]

Frost pushing those oldies out of the ground
seen it happen with bottle dumps, nice opportunity with coins & Butts
Nice lookin Georgie!
That tombac alloy can stay shiny for a couple centuries.
I think backmarks started around 1800, about the same time Tombac began to fall from fashion
Pluck some more of those goodies while you can
HH

 

[Steve in PA]

Very nice KG I

The tombac buttons date from the 1760's to about 1800. There are a number of other 18th century button types such as drilled eye shank, turret shank, two piece blow hole types, cast pewter, etc.

Flat brass buttons with soldered on shanks and no backmarks started to appear in the 1780's to around 1800. The large "dandy" buttons were popular around this time. While there are some examples of buttons in the 1790's with backmarks, the backmark started to become universal in the first decade of the 1800's.

 

[BuckleBoy]

The one on the left (button) that looks like it was turned on a lathe on the back, with a brass shank, is made of Tombac. The one on the right I can't tell without seeing the front (silver plated or tombac?).


Read my post in the Cleaning and Preservation part of the forum on "How to Clean Buttons."

Those tombacs were ca.1790s.


That is a Beautiful copper. Shouldn't need any cleaning done to it at all.


Best Wishes,

Buckleboy

 

[kayden]

Nice finds!

 

[70monte68]

Very nice KG I

The tombac buttons date from the 1760's to about 1800. There are a number of other 18th century button types such as drilled eye shank, turret shank, two piece blow hole types, cast pewter, etc.

Flat brass buttons with soldered on shanks and no backmarks started to appear in the 1780's to around 1800. The large "dandy" buttons were popular around this time. While there are some examples of buttons in the 1790's with backmarks, the backmark started to become universal in the first decade of the 1800's.

Thanks Steve

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

The one on the left (button) that looks like it was turned on a lathe on the back, with a brass shank, is made of Tombac. The one on the right I can't tell without seeing the front (silver plated or tombac?).


Read my post in the Cleaning and Preservation part of the forum on "How to Clean Buttons."

Those tombacs were ca.1790s.


That is a Beautiful copper. Shouldn't need any cleaning done to it at all.


Best Wishes,

Buckleboy

Agreed! Nice finds....Lets hope we can get a few more hunts in before the frozen ground and snow reach our area!

 

[jerseyben]

That KG is in awesome condition!

 

[pro778]

Great find! What great shape that's in. It's amazing you find clad at 8" and old coins near the surface.