Finds from the civil war orphange! More buttons!

[Pacivilwarluke]

I went digging since the ground had finally thawed out- and was rewarded with some keepers! Some staff buttons, an eagle, and civilian flower button and a pristine 1863 fatty indian! The 16mm GS eagle with a skinny shield turns out to be made by Steele and Johnson Ca. 1860. Seems like a rare variant as I can only find one other example with this backmark and it is a C in the shield cavalry officers. Pretty happy with this little outing!

 

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[CoilyGirl]

Beautiful finds! Love the patina on that old IH.

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

Beautiful finds! Love the patina on that old IH.

Thanks! It's quite the intersting patina, I love it!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[texjim]

Awesome buttons.

 

[gheenoe78]

Awesome recoveries. Thanks for sharing. Love me some CW relics.

 

[A2coins]

Wow those are great for your collection I love it!!!!!

 

[HunterMF]

Awesome finds!

 

[stefen]

The title "Orphanage" says poor as a church mouse (actually broker than a church mouse) and clothed with hand-me-downs or donated rip n tears...probably no toys, pocket knives or typical kids stuff...

Maybe a lot of buttons and a marble or two...

Find the outhouse or kitchen and look for plates, cups, spoons and bottles...

If you can find a barn or cellar, so much the better...

And look for a rubbish dump or burn pile...test for diurnal winds that blow away from the old building locations...then look in the adjacent fields...

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

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The title "Orphanage" says poor as a church mouse (actually broker than a church mouse) and clothed with hand-me-downs or donated rip n tears...probably no toys, pocket knives or typical kids stuff...

Maybe a lot of buttons and a marble or two...

Find the outhouse or kitchen and look for plates, cups, spoons and bottles...

If you can find a barn or cellar, so much the better...

And look for a rubbish dump or burn pile...test for diurnal winds that blow away from the old building locations...then look in the adjacent fields...

It was actually a state run orpahnge! And I actually have found about 50 civil war era buttons about 10 civil war coins including a reale, rings, and other stuff! It's been very productive more than I ever thought it would've been!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

Awesome recoveries. Thanks for sharing. Love me some CW relics.

Thanks, they're one of my favorite things to dig!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Those are some great looking buttons.

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

And some more from today!

 

[UnderMiner]

Might want to be careful going to this site, a Civil War orphanage sounds like just the place to be haunted by ghosts!
In all seriousness great finds! From a very exciting, albeit sad and destructive time in our history!