1723 WOODS HIBERNIA * CW ARTILLERY BUTTON

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Sniffy drove down & snatched me up and headed down to Rebel's neck of the woods.focused mainly on 3 sites.the 1st one gave up the CW Artillery button(young & smith co new york backmark) and was real trashy.snapped a picture of a tonka truck tree along the way never seen anything like this before in my life
next site gave up quite a few buttons , a 1723 woods hibernia copper & a silver 47 rosie.
3 rd site with all the myrtle was pretty trashy and with a lot of brass targets & modern trash there.
question...the button with missing face came out of the hibernia site.was wondering what kind of front this had? lead filled front or pewter?

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

more pics

 

[johnnyblaze]

That Hybernia is in killer shape


Nice button also

I guess someone was into Tonka toys

Nice assortment there

The woods are sweet this time of year arent they


Blaze

 

[dwayne sueno]

dang, man,
you are on fire!
is that your second hibernia of the year?
that tonka tree is beyond cool.
thanks for the pics.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

dang, man,
you are on fire!
is that your second hibernia of the year?
that tonka tree is beyond cool.
thanks for the pics.

thanks man! yep my 2nd this year and i dug one last year. 3 total now

 

[Sniffy]

Button has no shank and no gilt......and the Copper has a huge nose....bum hunt.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Button has no shank and no gilt......and the Copper has a huge nose....bum hunt.

 

[joeyfresh]

I want to see a picture of that table in the background with all of your finds on it

 

[Kirk PA]

You are having an amazing year, Dave. You still have one month left to hit 100. The Hibernia is the find of the week for you.

Kirk

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

I want to see a picture of that table in the background with all of your finds on it

thats just a small shelf over my sink with some finds on it

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Good stuff man. 1723 is getting back there.

I like site pic. #2 awesome looking spot.

My snow if half gone, fingers crossed.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice looking site and finds - WTG!!

 

[VOL1266-X]

You are making a great run before the weather shuts you down HMN. Another great hunt with outstanding finds. HH, Quindy.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very interesting finds today Dave!
I like the little tea pot!

Best of luck to you,
Dave

 

[Lanny in AB]

Nice haul!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

You are making a great run before the weather shuts you down HMN. Another great hunt with outstanding finds. HH, Quindy.

thanks Quindy! last 2 years we hunted right through the winter.no shutting us down up here
2 years ago picture below

 

[Tobias]

Nice finds. The saddle pommel (to the left of the teapot in the next to last picture) looks really well preserved. This type generally dates to the 16th-17th century.
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=2876&cat=all

 

[steelheadwill]

Got some real nice stuff there!
LOVE Georges beak
dish button is rather odd, maybe just molded like that
I found two that are somewhat similar in shape...
Congrats on the great Colonial to CW Finds

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Got some real nice stuff there!
LOVE Georges beak
dish button is rather odd, maybe just molded like that
I found two that are somewhat similar in shape...
Congrats on the great Colonial to CW Finds

I coulda swore i seen a post sometime here about these colonial buttons being lead or pewter filled on the face. the one on the left you can clearly see the remains of lead or pewter.they were definitely filled at some point.i guess they popped out in time.
please somebody chime in about these types of buttons

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Nice finds. The saddle pommel (to the left of the teapot in the next to last picture) looks really well preserved. This type generally dates to the 16th-17th century.
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=2876&cat=all

very cool! thanks for the ID on this.I had no idea what it was.almost ended up in the scrap brass bucket