Pitt County field produces again

[Papa Bear]

Today's hunt was at the same field as before. I went hunting with a NCJim today. I didn't step 5 feet from the truck when I got a good signal and dug a button!!!

Anyway, 5 hours later I had 13 buttons (3 in bad shape), a furniture tack, my 4th spear point from this field and an old native pottery shard. Plus a bunch of odds and ends (glass, pottery shards, lead, copper etc).

The decorated button was sitting in plain view in an area we had hit over the two previous occasions. The rains from last weekend must have removed any dirt that was on it. The large coat button is 1 3/8s in diameter!!!!!

I stopped by to see CWDigger afterwards and he could not believe how many buttons I had found. All told I have found 22 buttons in that field. I think we are up around 40 to 50 in total, most of which have been an area of half a football field.

A good day for sure!!!!

 

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[SneadsFerryMD]

your hunt crushed mine in north topsail.

 

[Papa Bear]

your hunt crushed mine in north topsail.

I am just lucky to swing my coil over the spot where a button is. The T2 makes short work of an area when swung low and slow.

 

[texjim]

cool digs

 

[Papa Bear]

cool digs

Thanks!!!

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Westfront]

Nice score Papa Bear! Wonder that no coins pop up between the buttons. The rule on the fields over here is usually, when you get buttons the coins are not far away. Any info bout the age of the spearhead? Looks crude made, are these ones older or comes that from the material they are made of?

 

[Papa Bear]

Nice score Papa Bear! Wonder that no coins pop up between the buttons. The rule on the fields over here is usually, when you get buttons the coins are not far away. Any info bout the age of the spearhead? Looks crude made, are these ones older or comes that from the material they are made of?

We have wondered that too. Only one coin has been found and it was nowhere near where we have found the buttons. On theory is that either the area was a workshop or an area where clothes were dumped. The field contains old redbrick and colonial glass so we know that there was a structure there at some point prior to the 1850's. As for the spearhead. I have found three Archaic Period (3000-6000 BC) spearheads in the field. I think this was a started but not finished one. On this trip I found my first pieces of flint. Th soil is very sandy with little or no natural stone or rock in it so I am thinking that the stones were transported there.

 

[Westfront]

Thanks! Dumping clothes with the buttons sounds odd to me as buttons were someway expensive in these days. If you have bricks, glass, buttons and maybe pottery the coins are there! I wish you luck! With the stone artefacts it's the same here. Very little natural stone here so most of the flint used was "imported" from the Maas River in belgium, about 80 mls from here. Hard to imagine.... The last of my finds were from rock wich was also brought from 25 mls away. Looking forward to your next finds!

 

[csachipper]

You guys are right. Congrats on your finds Papa Bear, check out W.D.D. Quite a few of the spear points that I have, are made from non-native rock. We have the rock in Eastern NC but can't dig deep enough to get to it. I have found blocks of flint in the past while hunting, that were about 12 inches by 12 inches and 4 inches thick. I have heard that these were traded from the western and central tribes in exchange for coastal shells, which they in turn made jewelry out of them. Fact or not, you have some good finds.

 

[K Zack]

Congratulations Papa Bear on a job well done.
Buttons just do not seem to be a common find find for me in Michigan.
Happy Hunting
Kevin

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice finds Papa Bear. Your octagonal button with the design is actually an 18th century cufflink. I have found them before with the loop attached.

 

[GetReal]

Nice finds Congrats

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice finds Papa Bear. Your octagonal button with the design is actually an 18th century cufflink. I have found them before with the loop attached.

Depending on the size, you are most likely right. However, if larger, they can be buttons as well.

 

[HomeGuardDan]

Nice find...Pitt County NC treated me very well over the years, great place to dig. Just curious, the NCJim, is that Jim Nelson?

Nice tudor Rose Cufflink...early style too. Also am catching up on posts, the TS button you dug could be a school button, but not a military academy button. It is likely late 1800's, could also be a type of RR button.

Dan

 

[Papa Bear]

Nice find...Pitt County NC treated me very well over the years, great place to dig. Just curious, the NCJim, is that Jim Nelson?

Nice tudor Rose Cufflink...early style too. Also am catching up on posts, the TS button you dug could be a school button, but not a military academy button. It is likely late 1800's, could also be a type of RR button.



Dan

I solved the button. Here is the link

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/todays-finds/295055-interesting-button-possible-id-made.html

 

[Papa Bear]

Congratulations Papa Bear on a job well done.
Buttons just do not seem to be a common find find for me in Michigan.
Happy Hunting
Kevin

Thanks Kevin,

Have tried old homesteads in Michigan?

James

 

[Papa Bear]

You guys are right. Congrats on your finds Papa Bear, check out W.D.D. Quite a few of the spear points that I have, are made from non-native rock. We have the rock in Eastern NC but can't dig deep enough to get to it. I have found blocks of flint in the past while hunting, that were about 12 inches by 12 inches and 4 inches thick. I have heard that these were traded from the western and central tribes in exchange for coastal shells, which they in turn made jewelry out of them. Fact or not, you have some good finds.

Thanks Chip. I am still heading to Utah. LOL.

 

[Papa Bear]

Thanks! Dumping clothes with the buttons sounds odd to me as buttons were someway expensive in these days. If you have bricks, glass, buttons and maybe pottery the coins are there! I wish you luck! With the stone artefacts it's the same here. Very little natural stone here so most of the flint used was "imported" from the Maas River in belgium, about 80 mls from here. Hard to imagine.... The last of my finds were from rock wich was also brought from 25 mls away. Looking forward to your next finds!

Thanks! Hopefully this next weekend i will find myself knee deep in relics!!

 

[HomeGuardDan]

I solved the button. Here is the link

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/todays-finds/295055-interesting-button-possible-id-made.html

You know that makes sense. I had permission to dig the Laughinghouse tract and the grimesland tract. I recovered a script BS button just off the back porch of the Grimes home. The Laughinghouse site produced a lot too, need to go back and see if any of the folks I took in there dug a button like that.

HH

Dan