King's Royal Regiment.Some gold,silver,Fur Trade and prehistoric finds.

[Aureus]

Finally have a bit of time to write a post. In the last 3 weekends did a good number of hunts. Finds weren't abundant by I managed to get a few quality items.

My best find was my first Revolutionary War loyalist's button and not of just any regiment but that of King's Royal Regiment of New York (or Johnson's Royal Regiment of New York) raised in 1776, a very rare find. I have been hoping to stumble upon a loyalist button for a long while, just didn't dream hitting KRR right away. It looks pretty good, compared to other examples I've seen in the past.



An other unexpected find was this engraved gold ring. I rarely find gold on my fields so it was a welcome site to see it shine in the dirt. The age of it, didn't seem to match the usual period of the relics I find as the ring looked to be in a 100 years old range. With the help of engraved initials, I managed to trace the most probable descendant of its owner. It wasn't that hard,as it was the farmer that presently owns the land. The ring appears to have belonged to his great,great uncle Salem G. who died around 1940 I contacted the farmer by phone and later dropped the ring at his mail box. Glad I managed to recover a part of their family history.



Did find a few coins, some in a very good condition.

My best preserved Coronet Liberty Head 1816



As well as my best Liberty Head 1854 That one is actually from a plowed field, it was sealed in some thick clay, thus the condition.



Some more coins in the usual ''field's'' condition.

My first Great Britain Commerce 1814 Halfpenny



And again, my first large penny from the Bank of Montreal 1842



A few other coins



Managed to find an other Fur Trade period axe. A BIG one!



Stone arrowhead (any ideas on the type?)



An other ''mystery'' pewter...I did find a few of them in the past, this time I might actually have ID'd it as I have found a book online that migh be of their Standing Orders. Seems to be of 1st Battalion of Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada.




A pretty beat 31st from around 1812



An other lion's head uniform piece



A few old complete bottles I stumbled upon in the woods




And a strange rock from the fields, any idea on the type?



Thanks for the comments.

 

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Man that is an AWESOME hunt right there!!!!!! Congrats and Nice return!!

 

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[Calabash Digger]

Very nice finds!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Aureus, your finds always blow me away. I might have to travel to Canada to find some American coins. There seems to be no shortage of them up your way. I hope your success rubs off on some of us. Gary

 

[The Patriot]

Incredible finds and love that Rev War button!!

 

[Aureus]

Man that is a ridiculous hunt, congrats on all the top shelf finds. And HONOURABLE MENTION for the ring return!

Thanks J.Cache

 

[villival]

Absolutely incredible. And returning the ring was just an incredibly kind thing to do.

I'm moving to eastern Canada. Unbelievable.

 

[Aureus]

Awesome finds. I never find coppers in that condition. Nice return...very admirable.

Thanks lenmac65 It's very uncommon for me as well, usually they are pretty toast.

 

[WVExplorer]

Good finds and good for you on doing the right thing with the ring. The LC’s are in great condition for coming out of the ground.

 

[xcopperstax]

Mirror mirror on the wall who has the fairest finds of them all? Aureus! Amazing finds as always! Great bunch of stuff and you even gave the gold ring to the owner!!! Amazing! After reading what the others said I'll give a vote for honorable mention whatever that is. The stone? No idea but it looks like it was worked by human hand. My guess is that it's a nose off a statue!

 

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[Aureus]

Great condition on those large cents . Kind of strange looking at them in such amazing condition . I've never really seen it before but the braided hair large cent bust looks like my friend Matt wearing a wig.... Sorry , went off on a tangent there . Anyway , amazing finds and kudos on the ring return.

Thanks Evolution

 

[Aureus]

Beauty of a rare Rev War button...condition is amazing
coins are really nice for out of the ground as always

Your gesture of giving back the ring to the family is admirable, well done!

Thanks IH.

 

[Aureus]

Nice Finds!! Keep returning that gold

Thanks cannonball

 

[Aureus]

Very nice bunch of finds.
The KRR loyalist button is top notch.
The old coppers are in great shape
And nice job returning that gold ring.

Thanks Relific. Wanted that button for a while, pretty much since you've found one.

 

[Aureus]

Outstanding hunt!

Thanks PoE

 

[Aureus]

Man your soil is kind to those coppers- beautiful coins- Congrats!

Thanks JeffInMass

 

[Aureus]

Excellent idea! Honorable mention vote for giving the ring to the property owner. The KRR button is awesome.

Thanks Silver Tree chaser. Honestly, I could have looked for a closer relative of that gentlemen but since the farmer owns the land and is the descendant of the ring's owner through his great grand mother I finally decided to give it to him.

 

[Aureus]

Man that is an AWESOME hunt right there!!!!!! Congrats and Nice return!!

Thanks lairmo

 

[Aureus]

Very nice finds!

Thanks calabash digger

 

[Aureus]

Aureus, your finds always blow me away. I might have to travel to Canada to find some American coins. There seems to be no shortage of them up your way. I hope your success rubs off on some of us. Gary

Thanks ToddsPoint. For many years I haven't found any American coins. Only learned what's an Indian Head Penny about 3 years ago. They aren't extremely common over here but a few spots produced more than others.