tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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The other day I went back to campus to continue my gridding of a sports field. This field has produced civil war buttons and bullets and some large cents along with newer goodies from the old farm and modern coins and a nice big gold class ring. I am working a grid and digging all mid and high tones and anything that sounds the least bit promising. So naturally I am finding a boat load of tabs, can slaw, foil and an occasional nail and large bits of iron like horseshoes.
On this trip I found 40 coins with a face value of $2.15, some sports spikes, a thin brass ring, a tombac button, a smashed mystery button and a small,piece of harmonica reed.
The tombac came out pretty good with a complete shank which doesn’t usually happen around here. The back has some kind of hard crud on it that encloses the shank and that might be why it is still there. All my other tombacs have been shankless.
The mystery button popped out of the ground in a ball like a coin ball. You can see the impression of the button in the pieces of the ball in the dug picture. It is a 2 piece button with the shank missing. It has been completely mashed and has a concave shape. The backmark is in bad shape and unreadable or it might help ID the button. On the front the small anchor with the flukes on the left is the only easily identifiable part. If you look closely you can see stars along the top edge and an eagle head down facing left. That should mean it is a marine corp button. I looked it up in my Alberts book and I believe it is MC 9A which was made by Scoville. Comparing the Scoville Backmarks to the back of mine I believe it was made between 1854-1875. That is my first marine corp button and adds another variety to my collection of civil war buttons. If there any button experts out there please correct me if I am wrong or confirm my info if I am right.
Another good hunt in the social distancing fresh air, with a little gas money, some more oldies from the farm and another mystery solved. I had good luck with my swingin. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
On this trip I found 40 coins with a face value of $2.15, some sports spikes, a thin brass ring, a tombac button, a smashed mystery button and a small,piece of harmonica reed.
The tombac came out pretty good with a complete shank which doesn’t usually happen around here. The back has some kind of hard crud on it that encloses the shank and that might be why it is still there. All my other tombacs have been shankless.
The mystery button popped out of the ground in a ball like a coin ball. You can see the impression of the button in the pieces of the ball in the dug picture. It is a 2 piece button with the shank missing. It has been completely mashed and has a concave shape. The backmark is in bad shape and unreadable or it might help ID the button. On the front the small anchor with the flukes on the left is the only easily identifiable part. If you look closely you can see stars along the top edge and an eagle head down facing left. That should mean it is a marine corp button. I looked it up in my Alberts book and I believe it is MC 9A which was made by Scoville. Comparing the Scoville Backmarks to the back of mine I believe it was made between 1854-1875. That is my first marine corp button and adds another variety to my collection of civil war buttons. If there any button experts out there please correct me if I am wrong or confirm my info if I am right.
Another good hunt in the social distancing fresh air, with a little gas money, some more oldies from the farm and another mystery solved. I had good luck with my swingin. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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