Few finds to make it worth while, another Military button

[pepperj]

It has been a week or so since I got out for a hunt and there was plans of getting it done yesterday but the day was blustery with a NW wind so I opted for a hunt today. Before I realized it was 1pm already and out the door I went. I stopped in a field beside a stone house and managed to get a few targets just hot spotting. The farmer was looking for some old tiller parts and he gave me the outlying how to get to the other fields on his 900 acre farm. Most of its in hay fields bordering a river and onto a lake so the potential for hunts is good. He explained the family had sold off the land across the road, gee happens to be another old permission already. So I started off with the buckle, then the square filigree piece.

When I first dug this sobering find out I thought it was military-then Mason related-turned out to be a Temperance Fob.



Dug the bell which was cracked and fell apart on the other side, so I didn't even clean it up yet.



I decided to end the short afternoon at the proven little site around the corner. It's produced 7 Military buttons so far, 3 tokens, Agent Tag, and a bunch of other do-dads.

Today I managed to get a button that I could read at least "Royal Regt. Of Artillery". Must be the fact it was on the edge of a rock incline above where the other buttons were found and not dumped on by cows for the past 200 years.



Good day out for 3.5hrs got a couple of keepers for the hunt.

 

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[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Calabash Digger]

man thats some nice finds.

 

[treblehunter]

Cool finds, I like your cow reference.

 

[park pirate]

Damn good hunt....

 

[Dave N Japan]

 

[BARKER]

Hi; That Button is SWEEEETTTT. !!! It is Rev War Era. It's Condition is AMAZING. THAT is what makes it so special. It is easily a $100 button. I think it is worth more. I will look up the Shank Style to get a more accurate Dating on it. Great Find. PEACE:RONB

 

[BARKER]

Hi; That Button is SWEEEETTTT. !!! It is Rev War Era. It's Condition is AMAZING. THAT is what makes it so special. It is easily a $100 button. I think it is worth more. I will look up the Shank Style to get a more accurate Dating on it. Great Find. PEACE:RONB

 

[Carolina Tom]

The fob is nice, and the button is nicer!

Well done PJ.

 

[BARKER]

Hi; I did it.!!! The Shank is called a Boss Style Shank. Puts it squarely in Rev War Era.
Here is that Link:
http://www.daacs.org/wp-content/uploads/buttons.pdf

Here is the History of The Royal Artillery Regiment from Rev War to Present. :

Royal Regiment of Artillery - American Revolutionary War Forums

Here they are in Pictures:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...r+Royal+Regiment+of+Artillery&fr=dss_yset_chr

That was fun. Do it again. I enjoy tracking them down. Thanks to Iron Patch & CRUSADER.: PEACE:RONB

 

[G.A.P.metal]

pepperj
Good hunt and congrats on a killer button !
Gary

 

[weregolf]

Nice

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Glad you got out.
Good finds to boot.
Sounds like a really nice spot...stone house ?
Ground froze here, may not thaw for awhile.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on some nice finds

Thanks trapper

Damn good hunt....

Thanks

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Thanks Dave, I see you like the cat also.

Hi; That Button is SWEEEETTTT. !!! It is Rev War Era. It's Condition is AMAZING. THAT is what makes it so special. It is easily a $100 button. I think it is worth more. I will look up the Shank Style to get a more accurate Dating on it. Great Find. PEACE:RONB

Thanks Baker, it's in pretty good shape.

The fob is nice, and the button is nicer!

The fob had me going for awhile until the soils dried and I brushed it off and saw sobriety.

Well done PJ.

Thank You PJ

Hi; I did it.!!! The Shank is called a Boss Style Shank. Puts it squarely in Rev War Era.
Here is that Link:
http://www.daacs.org/wp-content/uploads/buttons.pdf

Here is the History of The Royal Artillery Regiment from Rev War to Present. :

Royal Regiment of Artillery - American Revolutionary War Forums

Here they are in Pictures:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...r+Royal+Regiment+of+Artillery&fr=dss_yset_chr

That was fun. Do it again. I enjoy tracking them down. Thanks to Iron Patch & CRUSADER.: PEACE:RONB

Thanks for posting up the links Barker

pepperj
Good hunt and congrats on a killer button !
Gary

Thanks Gary, dig enough holes one manages to surface.

Nice

Thanks

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the cool relics Pepper. Sounds like you have plenty of acreage to hunt.

 

[pepperj]

Glad you got out.Good finds to boot.Sounds like a really nice spot...stone house ?Ground froze here, may not thaw for awhile.

Thanks RickThe later finds came from around the fields that were beside the stone house, the button comes from the earlier site down the road on the same property. Not a large site and most of the finds are coming up at the depth of the pinpointer.We got snow here as well yesterday and the longterm forecast is looking like it might be over for the season.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the cool relics Pepper. Sounds like you have plenty of acreage to hunt.

Thanks LD, It seems that there's no shortage of land to hunt, actual producing sites for every permission seems to be the issue.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the relic hunt!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Sweet button pepperj! Great hunt man.