VTColonialDigger
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I still can't believe what a piece of American History I dug today!
The day started out with myself and 2 friends detecting in an old hayfield where we think there was an inn in the 1700's. I found a nice piece of a shoe buckle frame early on, and a couple of tombac buttons, and later I found an early brass thimble. My friends each found a copper, some buttons and other cool relics. Then things started getting slow and we decided to head to a cellar hole that was close by. That site didn't pan out so we went to another cellar hole that had been detected many times over the years, but my friend who had gotten permission to the site thought there might be some good finds left. There was a lot of iron and non-ferrous targets were few and far between. I started detecting in the thick brush where other detectorists might not have gone. I got a really nice signal ringing high 70's- 80's a few inches deep. I dug some dirt out and pulled out what I thought was a big dandy button, then I dropped it and one of my friends helped me find it. I finally found the button again and handed it to my friend. He wiped it off and said "Man, THERE'S AN EAGLE ON THERE!" I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the eagle on that button!
Here's the button after we found out it was a GW button.
These are all my finds from today. Almost all the relics were found in the field we detected early in the day. Other than the button and the suspender clip, there were not many relics found at the cellar hole.
This is the button after I used a Q-tip to remove just the surface dirt. I am not going to attempt to do anymore to it, as I don't want to damage it.
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Here's an extra picture, I thought it was interesting- you can see the stamp of the eagle on the other side of the button!
I can't get over how historic this button is. When I started detecting I would never have expected to dig something so closely connected with early U.S. history.
GL&HH
VTColonialDigger
The day started out with myself and 2 friends detecting in an old hayfield where we think there was an inn in the 1700's. I found a nice piece of a shoe buckle frame early on, and a couple of tombac buttons, and later I found an early brass thimble. My friends each found a copper, some buttons and other cool relics. Then things started getting slow and we decided to head to a cellar hole that was close by. That site didn't pan out so we went to another cellar hole that had been detected many times over the years, but my friend who had gotten permission to the site thought there might be some good finds left. There was a lot of iron and non-ferrous targets were few and far between. I started detecting in the thick brush where other detectorists might not have gone. I got a really nice signal ringing high 70's- 80's a few inches deep. I dug some dirt out and pulled out what I thought was a big dandy button, then I dropped it and one of my friends helped me find it. I finally found the button again and handed it to my friend. He wiped it off and said "Man, THERE'S AN EAGLE ON THERE!" I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the eagle on that button!
Here's the button after we found out it was a GW button.
These are all my finds from today. Almost all the relics were found in the field we detected early in the day. Other than the button and the suspender clip, there were not many relics found at the cellar hole.
This is the button after I used a Q-tip to remove just the surface dirt. I am not going to attempt to do anymore to it, as I don't want to damage it.
edit:
Here's an extra picture, I thought it was interesting- you can see the stamp of the eagle on the other side of the button!
I can't get over how historic this button is. When I started detecting I would never have expected to dig something so closely connected with early U.S. history.
GL&HH
VTColonialDigger
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