- May 28, 2003
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Man I starting to really get on a roll
Did you ever drive past one of those roadside historic markers and think, "One of these days I'm going to stop and check that out"? Well I did, gave in to the impulse, and found an 18th century fort site in a cornfield close by. Permission to detect was duly granted, and the Colonial coppers and buttons I started retrieving hinted that history hadn't had its final say there. Suddenly, I got a strike that froze me to the spot from a rattlesnake! Okay, not a real rattler...a silver-plated brass button bearing a snake coiled around 13 eggs, symbolic of the 13 colonies. It's an unlisted variety, but the same motif appears on other patriotic American buttons produced from the post-Revolution late 18th century until at least the 1820s. The complete story can be found in the April 2000 issue of Western & Eastern treasures magazine.
So my 2nd best find was a: circa 1790's Early American Patriotic Button
Did you ever drive past one of those roadside historic markers and think, "One of these days I'm going to stop and check that out"? Well I did, gave in to the impulse, and found an 18th century fort site in a cornfield close by. Permission to detect was duly granted, and the Colonial coppers and buttons I started retrieving hinted that history hadn't had its final say there. Suddenly, I got a strike that froze me to the spot from a rattlesnake! Okay, not a real rattler...a silver-plated brass button bearing a snake coiled around 13 eggs, symbolic of the 13 colonies. It's an unlisted variety, but the same motif appears on other patriotic American buttons produced from the post-Revolution late 18th century until at least the 1820s. The complete story can be found in the April 2000 issue of Western & Eastern treasures magazine.
So my 2nd best find was a: circa 1790's Early American Patriotic Button
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