Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Slipperyjack47

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Apr 5, 2008
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Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Got a call from my new buddy and hunting partner "Wallhangers" early this morning, he had gotton us permission to hit an older site in town so I made a fast run to town to meet up with him at the site. This property has been used as a parking spot for our local county fair for over 140 years so expectations were running high. We both started working on gridding off the yard and making good slow and tight passes to make sure we hit it all. was'nt long and I started to pull clad, then wheaties. This was encouraging, about then I got a good deep signal and dug two very old looking tokens. I believe these were from the fair grounds but have no way of dating them. Mark AKA Wallhangers nailed one of the tokens also along with a very nice 1911 wheatie a date that he had not yet found so it was a nice find for him. I continued to pop a wheatie here and there along with alot of clad then finally a little silver showed its face in the form of a 1947 rosie. we worked back towards the rear of the property and seemed to be getting older things the further in we went. I pulled a great nickl;e signal and was rewarded with a wheatie and a Buffalo Nickle fro the same hole The buff has no date I can make out"Someday I'll get one of these I can read!" The wheatie was a 1926. pulled more clad and a few whatsits then I was working arond a very large old tree and got a deep signal when it finally came to light I was holding a very cool old button with and eagle on it and noticed a gold glint on parts of it. I filled the hole back and made another swing and six inches further I got a repeat of the button signal and thats what it was! Two for one YeeeeHaaaaaa!!!! That was about all the excitement this spot had to offer us. I was amazed at the fact of no old silver or Indianhead pennys from this site?Maybe someone with lesser machines had beat us there and we just got the remains? We left and hit a few other small spots to end our day with not anything worthy to mention. I sure enjoy hunting with Mark as he is got the fever as bad as me and always gives it his best effort in trying to find the best and oldest spots thats what it takes to make great finds and sure you'll be seeing alot of his posts in the very near future I'll post some crumby lookin pics"Sorry" I have a poor camera :-[


HH
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jsu

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Nov 29, 2007
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NE Georgia
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice finds. You got a nice assortment of relics and coins. WTG. Its nice to have a buddy to hunt with. That is how I got so hooked. It was the competition that I liked. Now that I have moved to Georgia I have no one to hunt with. I have a buddy here that has gone a couple of times with me, but this time of year he is more interested in deer hunting. Oh well, at least my wife "acts" excited when I show her my finds. HH
 

Marc in VA

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Jun 27, 2003
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice finds! The eagle buttons are general service buttons. The backmark is the key to dating these as they were made from the 1850s thru the early 1900s.
 

Wallhangers

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Jul 28, 2008
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SW Michigan
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Slippery Jack is great to hunt with, he's put his time in and is helping me advance faster by his experience. It doesn't really feel "competitive" with Jack, we are both working together to get the best out of the ground we are working. Hey Jack, did you get a chance to read the writing on the back of those buttons? That was a great bonus to the site. Jack and I have some great spots to hit eventually but it is going to have to be either after we get some drenching rain, or we might have to wait until fall. Good digs today Jack and its always a good time...especially when you buy me lunch!!!
 

MonkeyBoy

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Feb 6, 2006
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice digs!! The Eagle buttons look to be Indian Wars period.. later then Civil War. The shield change to a smaller and more pointed shield then what had been used on the Eagle buttons during the Civil War period.. always check the backmarks, and you might be able to narrow down the age a little..

MonkeyBoy
 

Dman

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Feb 10, 2006
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Tennessee
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice finds. The buttons look post civil war. I like the buffalo nickel.
Dman
 

kibitzr

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Dec 18, 2007
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Niles,Mich
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice finds Jack, and the pics arent bad either :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
kib
 

tsgman

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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice finds!
 

Captn SE

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Apr 1, 2007
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice finds you have there, Jack! :thumbsup:

I hope you and Mark will compare signals with each other when you hunt to better yourselves with your machines for those deepies! It's a lot of fun!

HH,
CAPTN SE
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Prober

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Apr 11, 2007
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West Michigan
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Nice hunting Jack! Now that we got a little rain you & Wallhanger ought to get back there & hit it again. Good luck my friend!
 

BandB1

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Jul 11, 2008
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SE Michigan
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Re: Wheaties,Buff, Silver,tokens, and then Civil War buttons?

Cool, cool stuff, and a silver!

Thus far I've found only two buttons , but that one is much sweeter.

Good luck,
HH.
 

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