1rst cellar hole hunt of 2019--large coppers

[digging440yrs]

Took my minelab explorer se to my Circa 1790 cellar hole i've been hitting for 5 yrs now. Its surrounded by a 40 acre hay field on 1 side and a 40 acre corn field on the other. My research shows it was built circa 1790 and last lived in about 1865. I have never found a coin newer then an 1862 ihp . Next time I will get pics of the cellar hole, I forgot today. 2 large coppers is a good start of a new year, both typical of 200+ years of fertilizer and age . I believe the American large cent is 1818 [ not for sure ]. And the other a king George of some sort, pretty rough but as soon as I plucked it from the hole I could feel it being much thinner then a large cent. That is my 9th KG from this site, and number 31 American large cent from this site. Well over 200 flat buttons from there also. The button i'm showing today has me stumped, I was ready to throw it in the pile with the others but back marks are odd to me, any help would be great. The front side is smooth, no nothing. --- -- - - ---forgot to mention it was 38 degrees- no bugs

 

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[Whyme]

Nice finds! Congrats! That's an interesting button. Can you make any sense of the writing on the back?

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, nice finds. Congrats

 

[G.A.P.metal]

440
Real cool hunt,at a very productive site nice big coppers.
That button stumps me too...some writing on it but when enlarged it gets very blurry .
Gary

 

[digging440yrs]

I'm cleaning it up more now, I will post new pics of button gary

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions! That Minelab Explorer SE can really sniff out the goodies!

 

[digging440yrs]

Sorry , ive been trying for 2 hrs to upload pics to tnet--it just wont work for some reason. Same thing happened last nite. --

 

[A2coins]

Ive wanted a copper in my display case for years I would be out in minus 30 if I was finding those My town was founded in 1817 so I dont see coppers in my future Awesome job my friend I live in Mi I still go out in tbe winter and enjoy it. Well done Hope 2019 is a great year for you. Tommy

 

[G.A.P.metal]

440 thanks
Well i still like that button,nice big print on that one !

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice stuff. I believe the button dates to the approximately age when the coppers were lost: 1820-1840. The British had the "goods" on us with backmarks at first, so I would think it's British made.

 

[Jyverb64]

That's an interesting button and always nice to get some coppers, congrats