Buttons and an LC

[McCDig]

Got started this weekend with an end of day hunt on Thursday that yielded two buttons, one solid with shank

and the other with back and shank missing . Also dug what appeared to be a live round but closer inspection reveals this to be a "toy" round

On Saturday I set out for the Eastern Shore of Maryland to a Club hunt on an undeveloped 5-acre parcel. The finds were scarce but still some older pieces were recovered by members; these included a portion to a shoe buckle frame, five flat button, one of which is tombac, a type-set letter, a KGII halfpenny and the large copper I dug toward the end of the hunt. Thus looked a lot better when it first came out of the ground. Only about 20% of the obverse is intact and only the "1" and "8" are readable in the date; revese is in decent shape though. .

On the way back home I stopped by a Baltimore City park and managed three wheats and this crucifix that range up an "11" on the Equinox 600. .

It looks like it was gold-plated in its original form. Got another signal in the hole and found the Jesus figure, a little bent but mostly there .

Got out late in the day today and got these two pieces:

an attendance pin and a button marked "Equpments Militaire" .

 

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[Ihyn]

Nice finds

 

[Whyme]

 

[Randy Combs]

Fantastic Attendance pin

 

[GB1]

 

[A2coins]

excellent finds sounds fun doing a club hunt

 

[grasshopper]

Does the first button have another hole on the opposite side of the shank? Can't tell from the pics.

If so it's quite early, and a good indication that you are on a promising site.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice relics and old copper finds!

 

[McCDig]

Good eye, grasshopper! I noticed the hole after posting. Not far from that button I have found a KG coin and an LC. Problem is that the field is rarely mowed and swinging near where the button came from is almost impossible.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Tommy! We have a Club hunt usually once a month. I paid two tolls and drove about 70 miles to get to the Saturday hunt.

 

[smokeythecat]

Good as always. I saved the world from aluminum this weekend, but did get a piece of an 18th century shoe buckle and some modern coins.

 

[grasshopper]

Good eye, grasshopper! I noticed the hole after posting. Not far from that button I have found a KG coin and an LC. Problem is that the field is rarely mowed and swinging near where the button came from is almost impossible.

they're called blow hole buttons. I've read they date from the mid 1600s to mid 1700s, ball park.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks smokey! Nice shoe buckle frame you dug. My LC came late that day.

Farm Park keeps coughing up little gems now and then. Knew the button was old but didn't know about blowhole buttons until grasshopper's comment.