Carolina Tom
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I went out this morning for a bit of metal detecting therapy. I stopped at a couple of the usual suspects, but didn’t get much.
I did get this, which I believe to be a US military insignia but I can’t find a match. Please let me know if you can ID it, it almost looks like an unicorn...
Second stop was some partially torn down apartments from the 1940s. A known spot, where a silver coin just might be found. The bulldozer man gave me the thumbs up, I donned my hi vis vest and off I went.
Always nice to spot a partially exposed marble in a bulldozer scrape.
Sure enough, third hole. 1935 Merc.
I was getting some clad and a few wheaties, and had high hopes of more silver coins or maybe a ring, then this happened...
The target sounded like a bottle cap, nothing special. I was trying to dig all the signals. One of the boys got a gold ring here 2 weeks ago and you just never know.
It took me a minute to get enough dirt off of it, then I realized it was a button.
A little more rubbing, and what do I see.
Holy smokes, it’s a Confederate block I button.
It’s a cast pewter Correction: Brass, not pewter drilled shank button. It would have been made in Dixie, out of whatever the gentlemen in gray could get their hands on.
Just a random spot, no CW activity near here, I am very thankful to have found it. Blind squirrels and acorns.
Here is a pic of all the stuff, plus a cap gun hammer.
Thanks for looking and good luck on your hunts!
I did get this, which I believe to be a US military insignia but I can’t find a match. Please let me know if you can ID it, it almost looks like an unicorn...
![E97B1E59-BF5C-4B0B-83CD-A92503EE33AB.jpeg E97B1E59-BF5C-4B0B-83CD-A92503EE33AB.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1722/1722848-8b6d6b6c65ab946ca237ff00c920ebd3.jpg)
Second stop was some partially torn down apartments from the 1940s. A known spot, where a silver coin just might be found. The bulldozer man gave me the thumbs up, I donned my hi vis vest and off I went.
Always nice to spot a partially exposed marble in a bulldozer scrape.
![64C18E26-F9C5-4BBE-9FB7-B9B0E36898C3.jpeg 64C18E26-F9C5-4BBE-9FB7-B9B0E36898C3.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1723/1723008-3d96626ed69749446c8fc44e224e57c8.jpg)
Sure enough, third hole. 1935 Merc.
![442D05DB-554F-4437-8C10-58D604F3A619.jpeg 442D05DB-554F-4437-8C10-58D604F3A619.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1722/1722917-622360bae7e9090fdc64f0e59fad8e09.jpg)
I was getting some clad and a few wheaties, and had high hopes of more silver coins or maybe a ring, then this happened...
The target sounded like a bottle cap, nothing special. I was trying to dig all the signals. One of the boys got a gold ring here 2 weeks ago and you just never know.
It took me a minute to get enough dirt off of it, then I realized it was a button.
![5ECE1D21-83F4-4F8C-85C1-C72318356179.jpeg 5ECE1D21-83F4-4F8C-85C1-C72318356179.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1723/1723071-ef363e205dcee098e1fcc12df35b3362.jpg)
![33BC1A65-A977-4C44-A1BA-E38B5586F42D.jpeg 33BC1A65-A977-4C44-A1BA-E38B5586F42D.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1723/1723095-bb35ede6f08a6453178a0ab7457f10aa.jpg)
A little more rubbing, and what do I see.
![AA090344-1F71-45B2-B00C-A9DC1F487DB0.jpeg AA090344-1F71-45B2-B00C-A9DC1F487DB0.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1723/1723084-eeabad23f046681db994ecba00d57d24.jpg)
Holy smokes, it’s a Confederate block I button.
It’s a cast pewter Correction: Brass, not pewter drilled shank button. It would have been made in Dixie, out of whatever the gentlemen in gray could get their hands on.
![39C56D19-1966-49AA-91EE-28DEE8438303.jpeg 39C56D19-1966-49AA-91EE-28DEE8438303.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1723/1723114-04cd78e70ff3de3a7ef87cdfcf140303.jpg)
![5CB2914D-486A-43C6-9785-F9BA2A96C321.jpeg 5CB2914D-486A-43C6-9785-F9BA2A96C321.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1723/1723118-4478d71ec417c8e5642f50c51c69e837.jpg)
Just a random spot, no CW activity near here, I am very thankful to have found it. Blind squirrels and acorns.
Here is a pic of all the stuff, plus a cap gun hammer.
![6DE5BC1F-64C3-4289-B1DE-375DCBC1A398.jpeg 6DE5BC1F-64C3-4289-B1DE-375DCBC1A398.jpeg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1723/1723148-d8121db1418bff7b2563c08e7b03ef12.jpg)
Thanks for looking and good luck on your hunts!
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