colonial

??? COLONIAL BUTTONS ??? BUTTON #1 Button #1. Small. Found with the XP DEUS on the other side of the James River, 25 November 2017. Shank still intact on other side (see bottom pic). Clad dime for size. Any opinions are WELCOME. let me know what you think. BACK of button (pic below)...

Had a great metal detecting adventure yesterday! I found civil war bullets, colonial buckles and buttons but the main find was a gold ring with an eagle on it! I have not been able to find a similar ring anywhere. I believe it is a military ring since it has the eagle with what appears to be an...

Hello Friends, John hunted a bit over the holiday weekend and dug up some crusty coppers. One is a large cent, we believe from 1797. The other is... ?? We can see a guy's face on it, and a seated lady on the back. There's also the remains of a spoon, pewter we believe, with a DATE carved or...

Hello Friends, hope your summer is going well. John finally found a Barber quarter--seems like he's found everything but! It's a common date, 1898, but pretty nice detail! Also found a nice Colonial(?) era button with a laurel wreath and intact shank. Some "whatitz" too -- your guess is as good...

Anyone recognize this mark or pattern on this piece of china? I found it in a trash dump on a homesite that dates to late 1700's. Thanks!

I have seen a few of these brass artifacts being found at colonial sites, and late 1700 to early 1800s sites. A few of them have showed up here on Treasurenet and trying to find an answer, here is the one I found along with a picture of another friends finds with same brass piece? HELP...

SWEET Colonial coin in the woods !!! (DISCLAIMER: beware ear bleeding voice over comedy in the beginning ahahhaha :laughing7::laughing7:)

Hi gang, I'm at John's doing some relic cleaning for him while he and my husband work on some plumbing in this ancient place. I'm really mystified by this silver disc or coin or??. I cleaned it up a bit more and measured it to the New England threepence, and it is a hair smaller than the photo...

Nothing too exciting, but wanted to share this beautiful gold gild glistening in today's sun. Also a cool, old brass or copper fishing lure. These were dug from the Revolutionary site. Happy digging all, and thanks for looking! --Lisa & John

UPDATE--Button or Native Piece? Fleur-de-Lis? and other items--1683 Mass Property Hi Friends, John did a bit of digging today in the Revolutionary/Colonial site and found some interesting stuff. The one that we are most intrigued about is what we assume is some sort of button or decoration. If...

Went out with a new friend today for about 2.5 hours. He agreed to let me and a guy that's from the local historical society tag along to a property that dates back to the 1700s. It was supposed to be a one time permission but as it turns out I actually know the land owner! He works in the same...

Hi gang, John detected for a few minutes today and found this gorgeous button that appears to be bronze. I think it's a button, although I haven't seen many that are hollowed out on the back like that. Just sharing a pretty little find. Happy digging. -Lisa & John

Hi everyone, I'm writing to you from beautiful NH while I am on vacation. John did a bit of detecting today and found a large amount of buttons and a mystery coin. I do not have my coin book with me, so if any of you can ID this, we would greatly appreciate it. As for the buttons, we're curious...

Hi everyone, here are today's findings. Some of the things are bizarre - the lead/pewter pieces have weird indentations or designs on them. Lots of pottery shards. The item John is most interested in learning about is the bronze cap-looking thing. It was dug at 18" deep and registered around 85...

Hi all, just posting yesterday's small haul. Looks like one dandy (macaroni?) and the rest...old. :icon_scratch: Thanks for looking! ~Lisa & John

Good day, everyone! I've attached photos of yesterday's findings. Perhaps a dandy flat button with a neat starburst design. Another button. A large piece of pewter. And a piece of something...brass? Around 1.5" long. I also posted this last item on the "What Is It" forum so we can hopefully...

Hi everyone, I have a bunch of photos to post. I had to apply a bit of oil on some of the coins in order to see and photograph the silhouettes. I'm curious whether coins in this poor of condition are worth bothering with? I mean, we won't throw them away, but I guess there's no making them any...

Hi all, Did a bit of detecting today. Found a couple of small silver buttons (duplicates of ones we already have), a neat old padlock (not too exciting--iron), and this unidentified coin. Okay, so I know some folks say not to clean them, but...there were NO marks at all visible, no silhouette...

Hi everyone, just posting today's finds. Anything look familiar (besides the obvious, lol)? Curious about the round hollow circle thingy. Enjoy! Lisa & John

Hi everyone! John just texted me some new photos from this evening's metal detecting. He wanted to test out his new pointer, and boy did it deliver. We are very interested in figuring out what these things are! Especially cool is the Shield button/broach. We keep finding large, crude pewter or...