1757- 1774 Royal Navy Flag Officers Button??

[cannonball]

I went out in the heat wave here in New Jersey to do a little detecting/sifting. I found this 17mm cooper button about two feet down. Also found were early two Georges, silver shoe buckle fragment, cufflinks and a few other trinkets. According to Tim Burts book it's a 1757 Flag Officers button. The site has given me many early Georges and Farthings, two early style 26th regiment British pewter buttons and many cuff links, some of them are Tudor Roses. Please feel free to chime in if you know about this button and or the sleeve buttons.

 

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[Lost Signal]

Well done! Those are excellent finds. Did you sift the navy button?

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations on your very nice finds!

 

[cannonball]

I started doing something that I call skimming. It's a combination of sifting and detecting. In medium to low iron areas. It works really well if you have a strong back����

 

[villagenut]

I started doing something that I call skimming. It's a combination of sifting and detecting. In medium to low iron areas. It works really well if you have a strong back����

I do the same thing down here in Florida...we have sandy soil and there are lots of non-metallic artifacts in the soil. Those are some nice finds you got.

 

[Florida Finder]

Awesome find cannonball! That’s a keeper!!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[JeffInMass]

Outstanding finds, Congrats!!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Very nice. Congrats!

 

[pepperj]

Great results! Fruits of your labour.
How big of an area did you do?

 

[Steve in PA]

Maybe Iron Patch will chime in, but I believe that's what you got. Love those cufflinks. That's a great site you're on.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

very cool finds! wtg