BuckleBoy
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Update: See reply #59
Hello All,
Even though the weather wasn't cooperating, my buddy HB and I got onto a housesite out in the middle of nowhere today. It was an easy housesite to find--since the farmer had tipped us off to the fact that he thought something was there.
So after a failed attempt to take the car offroad in the muck without 4wd 
we parked on some nice Gravel and Walked in.
The site was Iron Infested with a few dozen aluminum beaver tail pulltabs to boot. Since it was pasture land, we were hoping that the plow had never touched it. And as it turns out, we were right.
The finds were slow to come up. I started finding some oil lantern tops (ended up with Four of 'em--which is pretty unusual for one hunt). All the patent dates on the wick turners are in the 1870s. The usual housesite finds were starting to make an appearance. HB dug a toe tap, and I got a nice floral button with the shank on it. I also dug this large flat button. Now while some of you up north probably wouldn't get excited about this type of button, it makes me Very happy when I find them--because we don't often have sites that old in our neck of the woods. Typical flat button finds for us are the smaller-sized ones.
We also started digging some suspender clips--three Nice ones, in fact. HB got a great one with a star cut-out. Here is a photo of the two he found:
Then he called me over to look at a button. "One or Two Piece?" I asked. "Two" was the reply. And I said without hesitation "Eagle Button!" (even though I couldn't see anything on it). Of all the two piece buttons we've dug this year, there has only been an 1840 campiagn button, a large civilian two-piece, and a Masonic button that weren't Military buttons.
So after that button find, we started to pound the area to death. The rain had started misting down on us, and I was wishing that it was snow instead! Here's a photo of HB hitting the turf:
HB got an interesting piece marked "PERRY & CO / PATENT / LONDON." Thie piece has a horseshoe for the outside border, and what looks like a jockey's cap up above. Interesting piece--and I'm hoping someone will have an idea about it. Here it is, cleaned up:
Pretty soon he called me over to see one of the Great finds for the day--an Excellent spur! First Spur for HB--and you can tell by that smile.
Then I had a little stroke of luck in walking over the only coin for the day. It was a deepie, in the hole with some junk iron. A late date IH cent. :P
At that point, the rain started pouring down on our heads. (We'd watched as it rolled in from the distance, but we were'nt willing to leave until the last minute.
) So we ran for the car and started plotting the return trip. 
Here is a photo of all of the finds together, before cleaning:
Hello All,
Even though the weather wasn't cooperating, my buddy HB and I got onto a housesite out in the middle of nowhere today. It was an easy housesite to find--since the farmer had tipped us off to the fact that he thought something was there.
So after a failed attempt to take the car offroad in the muck without 4wd we parked on some nice Gravel and Walked in. The site was Iron Infested with a few dozen aluminum beaver tail pulltabs to boot. Since it was pasture land, we were hoping that the plow had never touched it. And as it turns out, we were right.
The finds were slow to come up. I started finding some oil lantern tops (ended up with Four of 'em--which is pretty unusual for one hunt). All the patent dates on the wick turners are in the 1870s. The usual housesite finds were starting to make an appearance. HB dug a toe tap, and I got a nice floral button with the shank on it. I also dug this large flat button. Now while some of you up north probably wouldn't get excited about this type of button, it makes me Very happy when I find them--because we don't often have sites that old in our neck of the woods. Typical flat button finds for us are the smaller-sized ones.
We also started digging some suspender clips--three Nice ones, in fact. HB got a great one with a star cut-out. Here is a photo of the two he found:
Then he called me over to look at a button. "One or Two Piece?" I asked. "Two" was the reply. And I said without hesitation "Eagle Button!" (even though I couldn't see anything on it). Of all the two piece buttons we've dug this year, there has only been an 1840 campiagn button, a large civilian two-piece, and a Masonic button that weren't Military buttons.
So after that button find, we started to pound the area to death. The rain had started misting down on us, and I was wishing that it was snow instead! Here's a photo of HB hitting the turf:
HB got an interesting piece marked "PERRY & CO / PATENT / LONDON." Thie piece has a horseshoe for the outside border, and what looks like a jockey's cap up above. Interesting piece--and I'm hoping someone will have an idea about it. Here it is, cleaned up:
Pretty soon he called me over to see one of the Great finds for the day--an Excellent spur! First Spur for HB--and you can tell by that smile.
Then I had a little stroke of luck in walking over the only coin for the day. It was a deepie, in the hole with some junk iron. A late date IH cent. :P
At that point, the rain started pouring down on our heads. (We'd watched as it rolled in from the distance, but we were'nt willing to leave until the last minute.
) So we ran for the car and started plotting the return trip. Here is a photo of all of the finds together, before cleaning:
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I'm still having lots of fun though. 
