Large cents & 1820's Marines Button......updated pics

[The Seeker]

The day started off with a bang and the bang was two Indian head pennies in the same hole , and it was the first signal of the day!

.......this is going to be good i said to myself. The house I'm hunting is one I gained premission earlier this summer but was saving it for late in the season...Its a house that is still standing but has been abandoned for years ....still in pretty good shape the lawn has been mowed from time to time which makes the detecting pretty easy....now that I am detecting the front lawn and after the big bang, I got another hit which turned out to be a flower button that has a nice design to it....



As I continued on... the next find was a small blown button but it was crushed and had a small dent on the surface....still swinging the coil and just having a great time , enjoying the sun ....I get another big hit , this turned out to be a large copper (1845) Coronet....My 39th copper of the year.....and it has been a good one.



This spring and fall have been nice to me with the coppers.....The summer has been a wet one and I never got out as much as I would have liked but between work and the rain ....This beautiful fall weather is making up for it ...so I try to get out as much as possible for now, the snow will be flying soon.......!

After finding a few more items and some metal pieces ...I hit it big again I found two beautiful OLD (Memorial Cents) If anyone is interested in purchasing them let me know! lolol

I decided to pack up and head on over to Geneseo area that I have hunted in the past . The area I hunt is a cow pasture that has given up many early colonial coins, buttons and you name it Relics.....After having my lunch and changing my battery pack i noticed that my batteries were low on my detector ( which was not good) since I planned on doing an all dayer.....Is that a word! Well you know what I mean! Getting started I made my way to the area that has always given up some nice large cents....so after about an hour and no hits I finally get a deep low consistant hit....It was a small, very small round bubble button. It was a nice find.....next and only a few feet away I get a solid hit from all angles....I can't believe it , I know I hit this area pretty good, dig down 7 to 8 inches and "Wahlaaa" 1825 large cent and my 40th of the year...



Now the area has all kinds of red brick chips, ash, and all kinds of pottery chards in this area and in every hole you dig...what again makes me believe the colonial home burned down....now checking the same hole with my probe give up a gold gilt marine button.....After looking in the Alberts blue book ....The time period from 1804 to 1821, there were a number of types made during that period....there is one that matches the anchor and the left wing of the eagle...the button is soaking to further clean it with out damaging it.


The next button is one of my favorites...and is in nice shape , the braided design, nice green color makes this button one for the display case...



All the other items were found here and there through out both sites.........Once again, no site is ever hunted out.





This is the cleaned version of the Marines button....but when looking in the Albert's blue book ,it seems that this button is not in there. When looking at the left wing and the tail feathers. ( they are almost touching) and the head of the eagle is far from the anchor. It's close to the MC 9 A.varity but its different. Any imput would be appreciated.......






Keep on Digging!!!

John

[johnnyi]

Nice finds seeker. I like the colonial doorknob too. One like that is worth putting a new shaft on, polishing up, and sticking on one of your own doors! Good going.

[Iron Patch]

Good stuff.

I hope your soaking the button in something good because it will clean up great!

[Evan/tn]

great hunt love to see those old coppers and buttons

[LI Tom]

40 coppers are a super year,congrats!My youngest is a senior at SUNY Geneseo and it looks like a great are to detect in.

[vayank54]

Can you post a pic of the back of the marine button. that would help. Looks like it should clean up nice too.

[Nana40]

You're always finding the neat buttons, John! And I wanna find just ONE of the LC's. I'd be sooo happy! Lots of super keepers there!

Way to go! Nana

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice going, great site you have

Still looking for my first LC, hard to find in California...but there's a few here and there found :P

[tinpan]

hi john Nice finds and HH

t.p

[dfx willy]

nice finds ya got there!! any idea on the age of that buckle and what it was? my buddy just found one of those. congrats. willy

[rtde3]

Very Cool!

[Neil in West Jersey]

Is there any back mark remaining on the button? It looks like a two piece button which might date it a bit later.

[jgas]

Thats some nice digging right there. Nice copper finds. The button is great stuff too. Congrats. jgas

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Real nice finds John

[Sniffy]

Awesome Hunt!

[Kyle PA]

It is good to see you back posting again, Seeker. I love those coppers, and the button should look really nice after some aluminum jelly.

[vayank54]

nice finds ya got there!! any idea on the age of that buckle and what it was? my buddy just found one of those. congrats. willy

It's actually a cover for a harness buckle. Some people think they are civil war some think later. I have never seen any dug in a spot that was strictly civil war and have never seen a civil war picture with them being used so I have always believed they are later. I could be wrong though.

[Rusted_Iron]

I don't know if you ever posted it, but I would love to see your finds from just that one spot, all together. Looks like you have a great, great site there.

40 LC's in a year... speechless.

Great stuff.

Peace & happy 'tectin be with you.

[The Seeker]

nice finds ya got there!! any idea on the age of that buckle and what it was? my buddy just found one of those. congrats. willy

Hey dfx willy....those buckles are all different types as well as sizes....I have found a few , but this one has a date inside .....maybe it's similar to the one your buddy found........





Also Neil ...here is a pic of the back of the button.....did a little work to get some detail.....It is a Scoville & Co. Superfine.....



Thanks for the kinds words everyone and .....

Keep on Digging!!! John

[vayank54]

That is a precivil war backmark, 1840's or so. Civil war and earlier Marine buttons are fairly rare. A nice dug coat size goes for about $100.00 or more. I just sold a nice dug cuff for $90