Colonial Silver, Seated Silver, and My First NY!

BuckleBoy

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Hello All,

Got out with Shangolangoid today to do some diggin and we had a heck of a day. Here's the video:



First thing I know, he's found a nice piece of a SILVER colonial shoe buckle. The thing was made to look like faceted jewels on it! I've read about a time frame for these in some book---perhaps a Noel Hume book, but I can't remember or find out where these are discussed. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Then before I can gain my composure and proceed to dig circles round ole shang like normal, he's got himself an 1853-O with arrows Half Dime! :BangHead:

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OK, so now I've gotta dig something. But before I do, he's yelling "Hi Ho!" and I know he's got another Silver. It's an 1854-O with arrows Half Dime!

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At this point my homicidal thoughts are coming out--but before I could whack him with my detector and steal his silver, I started to get some finds. I got a dropped minieball, then a couple steps later I dug a shield nickel.

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We both got a couple buttons, including a convex one-piece that I thought might be military. (it wasn't).

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Then I got a nice BIG colonial button with some neat flower designs in the silver gilding. I like this big, funky button. If the gilding were worn off, then no trace of the design would remain.

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He dug a couple small ball buttons that were cuff sized

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Then I got a nice lead signal and dug a dropped Merrill Carbine bullet.

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Things were looking up in the Civil War department! :headbang: Anytime I'm digging drops in close succession on a hunt, I start getting excited. Well, not long after that I looked down and saw what I thought was a shotgun shell laying on top of the ground. When I bent over to look, I realized I was staring at a New York button!!

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Plow-struck and missing the back, I'm still thrilled with this find. It's my first ever NY button. So it looks like he got the silver on this trip and I dug the Civil War, which is perfectly fine with me. :) We had a nice handful of finds at the end of the hunt!

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And here are the finds, after cleaning:
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A silver happy face :D

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-Buck
 

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What a fantastic hunt! I can't even pick my favorite find. Congratulations!
 

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What time is your museum open? You guys crushed it. I would have to put a pair of depends on if i hunted there. Confreakingrats
 

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Way to go on your first NY button and tell Shane congrats on the half dimes. I think there might be a CW buckle close by. Good luck!
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Killer hunt again for you two! Nice division of work too, next time you can get the silver although CW is more interesting for me! Good job!

I'll take CW over silver anyday ;)
 

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Way to go on your first NY button and tell Shane congrats on the half dimes. I think there might be a CW buckle close by. Good luck!
Dman

I hope it's an SNY buckle!
 

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Great finds Buck, love the silvered button!
Yet another great colonial hunt! :notworthy:

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Great finds Buck, love the silvered button!
Yet another great colonial hunt! :notworthy:

Dave

Thanks so much for your reply, Dave! Great to hear from you.

Cheers,

Buck
 

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Awesome finds. Sure beats a clad quarter! Also love the silver happy face. Congrats on a great day swinging!
 

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That's one heck of a hunt there guys, great finds all around, so who's gonna find the rest of that great buckle?
 

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The CW Finds will sure make you wonder what's to come on the next hunt, Congrats on the first NY button and the Seated Silver.
 

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Awesome finds once again.
Yall's Efforts Always amaze me = The type & Kinds of relics Yall dig.
Esp, all those coins.
Congratz on the NY button.
Dug my first one as well last Year.
Davers
 

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Great job as always. Relics and coins...nothing left to want for!
 

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Wow, you guys are racking up down there. You have definitely found a great place. Congrats
 

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Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures with us .
 

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That's one heck of a hunt there guys, great finds all around, so who's gonna find the rest of that great buckle?

Doesn't matter which one of us finds it, the first piece was dug by Shang so the rest goes to him when it turns up.
 

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Awesome finds once again.
Yall's Efforts Always amaze me = The type & Kinds of relics Yall dig.
Esp, all those coins.
Congratz on the NY button.
Dug my first one as well last Year.
Davers

I'm always amazed at what's in the ground down here. I think that about the time I had KY and VA figured out, I moved to another state LOL. Great to hear from you, Davers!

Cheers,

Buck
 

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Doesn't matter which one of us finds it, the first piece was dug by Shang so the rest goes to him when it turns up.

that's great!, hope it turns up for you boys!
 

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