1857 Seated Half Dime, 9 flat buttons(including one thats engraved) and CW lead.

[matt092079]

1857 Seated Half Dime, 9 flat buttons(including one that's engraved) and CW lead.

Hey guys. I have a few finds collected from this past week. Thursday I did a short hunt after work and ended up finding a flat button, but not just any flat button. This one appears to be heavily plated silver with the engraving "1W" on the front. Well, as far as I know it's an engraved piece. I didn't know, nor could I find any info on flat buttons with the "1W" on the front. What's everyone's thoughts?

Today my cousin and I had a bunch of time to detect. We detected from about lunch time until about 7:30pm. Right off the bat I land this nice button with a really nice star/sunburst design on it. It was slim pickin's after that...it was about 2:30 and I was ready to wrap it up and go home. lol But, I stuck with it and forged on. This property is huge so I decided to go to a spot where we haven't been much. First good find was this flag that appeared to be a pin or something. It has 13 stars. Can anybody shed any light on this piece? After that I found two piece of a carved round ball...never found the other piece. That really set a fire under my butt...I felt I was on to something good. Well I hit another good signal and it's a tiny flat button, then a nice pistol bullet(not sure the make). I continue to work this area, most of the find at this point are in a straight line. I get turned around(chased away, basically) by a mamma cow that's grazing and I continue on my path and dig a LOW vdi signal of only 45-55. Thought for sure this was gonna be a small button or shotgun shell, but to my surprise it was a 1857 seated HALF DIME! My first half dime!

It was getting late at this point, so I went back to the truck and worked the front field a little more and found 2 more flat buttons and made a friend. Little calf came up to me while I was diggin' a hole. lol Thanks for looking and reading guys! Happy hunting!

Video of several hunts:

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Treasure of Victoria Peak - Grab it through Amazon!

[umrgolf]

Beautiful finds, Matt. Congrats on your first halfdime

The 1W button is VERY intriguing. Most marked buttons from that time frame with a number like that would be a regimental number Looking forward to what others have to say about it.

 

[jewelerguy]

you can tell the engraved button used to have the number 17, but someone transformed the 7 into a W. regimental number? revolutionary war? I'll bet someone here can ID it

 

[Ground Inspector]

Nice buttons and seated

 

[matt092079]

you can tell the engraved button used to have the number 17, but someone transformed the 7 into a W. regimental number? revolutionary war? I'll bet someone here can ID it

Good eye. I didn't even notice that!

 

[jewelerguy]

Good eye. I didn't even notice that!

I don't know a lot about the revolutionary war, but I believe it is possible that your button may be revolutionary war period British officer's (or junior officer) button for the British 17th Regiment of Foot. I don't know if they were in your area or not. Here's a link to the unit's history.... HM 17th Regiment History

 

[johnnyblaze]

Sweet finds

Love the flag pin..


Blaze

 

[oldsalty19]

great finds and nic pics.......HH

 

[flyinryan2]

Way to go on the half dime hope that button is from the REV! Lol. You found some great finds on friday cant wait to get back on that side to find some more. Awesome job!!!

 

[matt092079]

Thanks. Hope to find more on the other side of the property.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Good post, great pics, and more good finds Matt!!! Nice HD-there will be more for you. WTG, Quindy.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I noticed that the "flag" below your engraved button only has 13 stars. Nice group of finds! I will be watching to see if anything more pops up about the button.


VPR

 

[matt092079]

Good post, great pics, and more good finds Matt!!! Nice HD-there will be more for you. WTG, Quindy.

Thanks, Quindy. The F75 is just a beast when it comes to small deep silver!

 

[matt092079]

I noticed that the "flag" below your engraved button only has 13 stars. Nice group of finds! I will be watching to see if anything more pops up about the button.


VPR

Yeah, was hoping somebody had some input on the flag. I mean, it was in an area where I was finding CW stuff, so was wondering if it was a soldiers pin or something. Thanks for looking.

 

[matt092079]

Anyone have any clues on the button? I've searched and searched for 17th regiment buttons and just can't find anything on them.

 

[cwhunter_1]

the way the W is overlaid on the 7, could be 17th W. Virginia Volunteer regiment, civil war era.

 

[Iron Patch]

Cool button, and never seen anything like it. One you should run by Troiani.

Don Troiani [email protected]

 

[trol]

Hey guys. I have a few finds collected from this past week. Thursday I did a short hunt after work and ended up finding a flat button, but not just any flat button. This one appears to be heavily plated silver with the engraving "1W" on the front. Well, as far as I know it's an engraved piece. I didn't know, nor could I find any info on flat buttons with the "1W" on the front. What's everyone's thoughts?

Today my cousin and I had a bunch of time to detect. We detected from about lunch time until about 7:30pm. Right off the bat I land this nice button with a really nice star/sunburst design on it. It was slim pickin's after that...it was about 2:30 and I was ready to wrap it up and go home. lol But, I stuck with it and forged on. This property is huge so I decided to go to a spot where we haven't been much. First good find was this flag that appeared to be a pin or something. It has 13 stars. Can anybody shed any light on this piece? After that I found two piece of a carved round ball...never found the other piece. That really set a fire under my butt...I felt I was on to something good. Well I hit another good signal and it's a tiny flat button, then a nice pistol bullet(not sure the make). I continue to work this area, most of the find at this point are in a straight line. I get turned around(chased away, basically) by a mamma cow that's grazing and I continue on my path and dig a LOW vdi signal of only 45-55. Thought for sure this was gonna be a small button or shotgun shell, but to my surprise it was a 1857 seated HALF DIME! My first half dime!

It was getting late at this point, so I went back to the truck and worked the front field a little more and found 2 more flat buttons and made a friend. Little calf came up to me while I was diggin' a hole. lol Thanks for looking and reading guys! Happy hunting!

Video of several hunts:

YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUcH0D6_gCI&feature=plcp

The thing with lines in it and small circles is a harmonica plate i found one of those too

 

[matt092079]

Cool button, and never seen anything like it. One you should run by Troiani.

Don Troiani [email protected]

Thanks. I will e-mail him.

 

[matt092079]

Cool button, and never seen anything like it. One you should run by Troiani.

Don Troiani [email protected]

Interesting button, hard to be certain what it is though. dt

This was his response. lol Guess I may never know!