200 Year Old House........3 BUTTONS............Smallest one yet !!

AQUA

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HEY GUYS AND GALS

Hit the shore for a hunt and got skunked....so on the way home got permission to hunt a 200 year old homestead !!!

Glad we had permission as a guy stopped by to see what I was doing but was good after I told him I had permission. He said..."good man " !! I knew him anyhow so we just chatted about some history of the area.

As you can see it was infested with pennies.....but still managed a few old coins.

The snuff tin is kinda cool...nice pattern on it .

The tiny button is the smallest I have found to date and has the clasp still !!!

The 2 eagle buttons are kinda cool...any ideas on their purpose and date ????



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Those are Great Seal Buttons. They have been used by the US military since WW1 and are still used on uniforms today.
 

Some real nice recoveries the Aqua, that snuf box is in amazing shape.
ZDD
 

Some real nice recoveries the Aqua, that snuf box is in amazing shape.
ZDD

ty ZDD

Where is your post from yesterdays hunt ??

Was looking for one last night .
 

Those are Great Seal Buttons. They have been used by the US military since WW1 and are still used on uniforms today.

TY ekeisler for the ID

Will have to find out the history of that house.
 

Nice job Aqua,I'll bet there is more there just waiting for ya.
 

Those buttons look fantastic buddy. Another great hunt
 

Love your finds, AQUA- You ARE going back I hope

Yup...will make another stab at it...was lotsa signals everywhere when I left....bugs were driving me crazy.Gotta be something really good there.
 

Nice job Aqua,I'll bet there is more there just waiting for ya.

ty COILYGIRL

I,m thinking there is more there...just feels weird rooting around someones yard....prefer to be outta site doing my thing.
 

Those buttons look fantastic buddy. Another great hunt

ty Ahab

Just goes to show how much stuff there is out there ..but it is in people yards....not always easy for us detectorists to get to.
 

nice going man...those looked like fun to dig.

ty HomeGuardDan

Was interesting dig in that knew had to be something old there...but wasn,t easy to find it amongst the modern clad etc.

But nothing overly great for finds....but fun indeed !!
 

The last button with the ground Bird on it, is a circa 1850s Hunts Button.
 

The last button with the ground Bird on it, is a circa 1850s Hunts Button.

TY CRUSADER

Nice ID.....That goes with the age of the house roughly....poor shape but is something I don,t have.

Want to return to the spot that I found the Cartridge Plate but the bugs are horrible right now.......and the fields are no good now til they hay them.
 

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