'MERICA cockade button - KGII and pair of CW Eagles

Patriot Relics

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Hey guys,

While you guys up north have been contending with snowstorms, it's been quite pleasant...if not a bit on the hot and buggy side, in SC :laughing7:. Perfect conditions to get out and swing the detector on another fresh permission in the low country. This site produced a few flats on a short scout so hopes were high that there may have been a 18th century homesite there. As with any new site, 90% of the targets were trash...shotgun shell and aluminum cans. Clearly someone had a blast in the 70s or 80s given the age of the bud cans. While frustration began to mount, I got a nice tight target on the XP deus. Expecting small trash, I kicked over the sandy top soil and to my surprise I was looking at the back of a small flat button. Unimpressed but happy to avoid the skunk, I flipped it over and was stunned to see this...

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A little toothpicking and a bit of oil revealed one of the nicest flat buttons I've ever recovered. Albert lists this one as UU132 (unknown/unlisted), however after a bit of research this one falls into the generic category of patriotic/diplomatic. William Leigh was able to point to a one similar examples on cockades in some of the New England Historical Societies. This one dates from around 1812-1820 and just looks at that patina.

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Not far from the main iron patch the buttons started flowing

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This monster octagonal dandy is certainly an interesting one

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Also score an interesting etched tombac and London flat with crown

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The only military buttons recovered were a matching set of coat and cuff general service eagles. The cuff backmark is H. B & A. / (star) EXTRA (star), this is Horstmann Brothers & Allien, abbreviated mark only used on small button, ca 1860.

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Any site with this many early flats was bound to have a coin somewhere. I don't recover many coppers in the LC so this one was a huge surprise - cut KGII 1727-1760.

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Pair of horse tac buckles

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Copper wedding ring

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Colonial earring...copper with gold gilt?

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Furniture hardware

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Looking for help with these 2 - any ideas?

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All in all, another quality hunt with the patriotic cockade being one of my favorites for the 2018 season. So glad the soil conditions were just right to save this one from the salt. Thanks for looking

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laidback4sho

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The first unidentified one looks like a clock winding key.

Nice finds, btw. Wish springtime would hurry up and come to NH. Y'all are starting to make me jealous, lol.
 

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Wow! Now that's a button to be proud of right there. Killer patina and history, so congrats on it and the other finds, an awesome hunt.:occasion14:
 

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The first unidentified one looks like a clock winding key.

Nice finds, btw. Wish springtime would hurry up and come to NH. Y'all are starting to make me jealous, lol.

Thanks laidback, that was my guess as well- just seemed very heavy duty
 

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''Looking for help with these 2 - any ideas?''


​I forget the name but the clock winding looking thing is actually for one of those machines that go on the piano & ticks to keep the time.

The other is actually a leather decor which went on horses.
 

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Damn buddy that button is gorgeous! That thing is so eye appealing! Congrats buddy
 

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''Looking for help with these 2 - any ideas?''


​I forget the name but the clock winding looking thing is actually for one of those machines that go on the piano & ticks to keep the time.

The other is actually a leather decor which went on horses.

Spot on Cru as usual - its a metronome key

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Damn buddy that button is gorgeous! That thing is so eye appealing! Congrats buddy

Thanks Abe, definitely my favorite button dug this year. Crazy that a copper flat could survive this close to the coast for 200 years and look this good.
 

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Congratualtions on the nice old coins and relics! :occasion14:
 

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Excellent finds and those buttons are sweet
 

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Jon glad you're back on ground you can actually dig into. Looks like you're not wasting a minute making up for lost time. Great finds.
 

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