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Fizzle

Greenie
Jan 7, 2019
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46
New England
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Tesoro Silver Umax
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I found this small button today in Massachusetts. I cleaned it up a bit, but unable to detect any marks. Thoughts?


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ekeisler

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Looks early to me. Gotta be at least 1700s. If that’s there then there’s gotta be more!
 

vpnavy

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1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard Fizzle! Well, considering "New England" consists of six states - you might consider (in alphabetical order) browsing Sub-Forum: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont for information directly related whichever state you actually live in...

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2nd - Nice button! I see members are already jumping in with a possible ID...
 

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Fizzle

Greenie
Jan 7, 2019
19
46
New England
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XP Deus
Tesoro Silver Umax
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Thanks for the welcome. The site is promising. It was formerly a well traveled colonial cartpath along with collapsed stone bridge. I have permission for approximately 500 linear feet of road plus the the bridge. It has turned up a few coins, Merc and Wheat, both 40's as well as horseshoes and a lot of iron bits.
 

smokeythecat

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Nov 22, 2012
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Welcome. It is a cast pewter 18th century button. The colonists cast a lot of their own buttons back then.
 

Rookster

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Pretty toasted. But.... Nice find.:icon_thumright:
 

A2coins

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Great relic sounds like you have some fun hunting to do keep posting your finds.
 

A2coins

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Welcome to tnet from MI Tommy
 

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Fizzle

Greenie
Jan 7, 2019
19
46
New England
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XP Deus
Tesoro Silver Umax
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Will upload pics from the site as it progresses. It appears we are about to freeze out which is a total bummer. I am hopeful the upgrade to the Deus, from my very trusty and excellent Tesoro Silver will produce the goods.
 

Oct 5, 2014
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I wonder if the date range is late 1600's to very early 1700's. :dontknow:
 

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Fizzle

Greenie
Jan 7, 2019
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46
New England
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Tesoro Silver Umax
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Hopefully the site will produce some more examples. Where it was found beside a colonial roadway, and a main one at that, I expect the finds will cover a reasonably long period of time. I believe roadway was rerouted to the new path sometime before 1900.
 

Steve in PA

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Hand cast with high lead content. Here are some similar from 1750s to 1790s sites in SW PA
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Possum

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Nice find Fizzle, Welcome to T-Net from Southeast Louisiana... "D"
 

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