1770 Copper Half Reale Button - It was a button morning.

[OutdoorAdv]

I had a blast digging up a mess of buttons in a quick 2 hour hunt this morning. I am mostly a one trick pony as far as my sites have gone this past year. I do have other sites, but when the good stuff keeps coming from the one big one, its tough for me to branch out in the limited time I have to detect. Well, this morning I decided to hit a site for a couple hours that is close to home. The first time I was there some dirt was moved and I found this FE. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...flying-eagle-colonial-relics-auction-buy.html I took a buddy there the following weekend and we found a whole bunch of nothing... so I never went back.

I had no expectations this morning, but I was pleased to see how much under brush was dead. I have to say, with 100+ hours on the Deus, I am really understanding that machine. If I was not well versed in it with deep low conductor targets, I would have only dug maybe two of these buttons today. It's great to feel like I finally have this machine down, however I know I will always have more to learn.

After spending 8 hours yesterday and digging a similar amount of buttons at my main site with those NY buttons, it made me realize this morning that I need to start going to some other places. I found more in 2 hours than I did all day yesterday and it was a ton of fun.

The 1770 reale button had my heart stop... then I saw the shank and the flaking... ran it across the coil and saw it was now reading in the 50's. Its is definitely one of my all time favorite buttons though. I dug 5 pewter buttons and 3 of them looked like they had someone on the front under the dirt. However only one had a design and it was not military. Still pretty cool.





Great group of buttons, with three of the pewters having an iron loop through the back. It looks like this site might be a bit older than I thought.





Any idea what this is? Looks like a fancy brass hinge part, but it has what appears to be a stop to it to limit its range of motion maybe? The fancy "handle" part is also broken.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

As usual, a great hunt! Congratualtions!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice digs Brad. Your half real coin button is a cufflink. I have a linked pair and a couple others that still have the loop attached.

 

[trapperart]

Very nice finds I like the reale button congrats

 

[CRUSADER]

Drawer handle.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

As usual, a great hunt! Congratualtions!

Thank you Professor! Wish all my hunts could be that short and that much fun.

Nice digs Brad. Your half real coin button is a cufflink. I have a linked pair and a couple others that still have the loop attached.

Oh man Steve, that makes it even cooler to me. I find so many buttons, that its always great to get a cufflink. You pointed me in the right direction so I googled around and saw this Patriotic & Commemorative Buttons I wish they were complete, but still awesome to me no matter what. Thanks a ton man.

They seem to fit the description of the center one on this section of that site.

Very nice finds I like the reale button congrats

Thanks Art! I need to get a little button case for it to display it better.

Drawer handle.

Thanks a ton Cru! I think you're right. That actually crossed my mind earlier, but all the pulls I've dug haven't been so heavy duty. The form of it would definitely fit the function of a drawer pull though.

 

[Ahab8]

Well buddy now that I'm done cleaning the house I can reply. Cleaning while you were hunting....not cool man. Glad you had another fun day. Those real links are a really neat piece. And I love pewter designed buttons. Not an easy find. I told Brad that out of the 148 buttons I dug last year only 4 were pewter. This season 6 of the first 9 or so have been pewter. Just a weird hobby sometimes. I have a feeling you're going to pull a stunner from the depths at that place. Can't wait to see that. Btw I've enjoyed sharing our hunts this weekend.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Well done, Brad. Digging a nice pile of relics to finish out your weekend had to feel good.

 

[CRUSADER]

Thank you Professor! Wish all my hunts could be that short and that much fun.



Oh man Steve, that makes it even cooler to me. I find so many buttons, that its always great to get a cufflink. You pointed me in the right direction so I googled around and saw this Patriotic & Commemorative Buttons I wish they were complete, but still awesome to me no matter what. Thanks a ton man.

They seem to fit the description of the center one on this section of that site.

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Thanks Art! I need to get a little button case for it to display it better.



Thanks a ton Cru! I think you're right. That actually crossed my mind earlier, but all the pulls I've dug haven't been so heavy duty. The form of it would definitely fit the function of a drawer pull though.

I know I'm right Found lots of that type.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Well buddy now that I'm done cleaning the house I can reply. Cleaning while you were hunting....not cool man. Glad you had another fun day. Those real links are a really neat piece. And I love pewter designed buttons. Not an easy find. I told Brad that out of the 148 buttons I dug last year only 4 were pewter. This season 6 of the first 9 or so have been pewter. Just a weird hobby sometimes. I have a feeling you're going to pull a stunner from the depths at that place. Can't wait to see that. Btw I've enjoyed sharing our hunts this weekend.

Thanks a ton man! I like the designed tombacs more than the pewters, I think because they are shiny and the pewters are crusty. haha If that reale link was tombac I would probably still be convinced it was silver... so its probably a good thing its brass or copper. Next time, I want some coins and you can have some buttons... while it was awesome to have a weekend full of buttons, just one copper would have been nice to mix it up. Thanks for that hunting motivation this weekend buddy

Well done, Brad. Digging a nice pile of relics to finish out your weekend had to feel good.

Thanks a ton Keith! I had a great weekend of buttons. Both days I had low expectations, but I'm really getting to know the Deus and its paying off big time in hunted out spots. I meant to put this in my original post, but some other detectorist had left a horrible open hole\plug yesterday and on the edge of that hole was a pewter just laying on the ground. So he extracted the target, but then lost it or something and moved on.... so I don't know if I can count one of those pewter buttons. haha The day before, on sat, I spent all day at my main site (a diff post) and worked off the side of the pit area and pulled two CW NY buttons from the area I've beat up and a SWEET engraved tombac. So I found 4 killer buttons\links this weekend. Having a ball with the Deus man!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That's another very cool and unique artifact to add to the many that have come from this site. I know when you first saw that "coin" appear in the dirt you were certain of a long-awaited silver, but this might be even better. Definitely one that I've not had the good fortune to dig. Keep 'em coming Brad, and you better start laying out a design for the next display cabinet as I'm sure you're getting close to maxing out the one you're using now.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

That's another very cool and unique artifact to add to the many that have come from this site. I know when you first saw that "coin" appear in the dirt you were certain of a long-awaited silver, but this might be even better. Definitely one that I've not had the good fortune to dig. Keep 'em coming Brad, and you better start laying out a design for the next display cabinet as I'm sure you're getting close to maxing out the one you're using now.

Thanks a ton Bill! It's hard to believe, but this was actually at a different site I only had a couple hours, and this other site was closer to home, so I figured I'd give it one more chance. However, it will now move a bit up in my site order so I will have to get back out there soon before the grass gets too tall. Since I keep my relics from my main site separate, I cant stick that reale cufflink in there even though it would look awesome with the other colonial relics.... so now I need to find some more colonial relics from other sites. ha

 

[Isaac]

Sweet button! What a unique find.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Sweet button! What a unique find.

Thanks man! It was a fun hunt with a huge OMG moment when I saw the pillars and globe. ha I'll trade you the reale cufflink, for that sick lead seated half mold. Glad you got out some over the weekend to enjoy some nice spring weather.

 

[DownNDirty]

I think I would camp out at that spot-like you said, why go anywhere else? The real cufflink is very cool.

 

[gwdigger]

Really like those pillar buttons. Have a few myself & they are always a treat to dig.

 

[metalev4]

The pillar button is a killer find, I would take that over a reale any day. A very fine hunt with more quality finds. Your having a good year!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

I think I would camp out at that spot-like you said, why go anywhere else? The real cufflink is very cool.

Thanks DnD! This was only my 3rd time at this site. I think I was deliriously tired from two early mornings when I wrote this post yesterday. haha I just re-read it and it doesn't flow well. I will definitely be back there though... It seems everyone left the faint mid tones for me and I have no problem digging up a bunch of buttons! Makes me wonder what kind of coins were pulled out of here though.

I'll be back at my main site where I've been spending most of my time, to do a bunch more sifting. I have a few areas that I'm really excited to sift AND I really want to find the rest of that cannon flask.

Really like those pillar buttons. Have a few myself & they are always a treat to dig.

Thanks man! I thought it was silver for a few seconds... while I prefer relics, It would have been really sweet if this one was made with the real deal reale

The pillar button is a killer find, I would take that over a reale any day. A very fine hunt with more quality finds. Your having a good year!

Thanks man! It's too bad it wasnt silver, but its still one of my top favorite buttons I've dug. This year's been awesome so far, but its hard to imagine how I will beat last year with that virgin site I discovered.... but I am certainly going to try, it will just take a hell-of-a site or two... and while I know the site I got these buttons at has been hit hard by other hunters, it gives me hope that there might be even more left behind there.

 

[joeyfresh]

I love that pillar link and would love to find one...or a pair myself. I understand the limited-time situation and it's always a tough call to try to secure permission at a new site or to hit a site that you know will at least produce something good and it looks like you made the correct decision. I wish I had all the time in the world like some retired people I know or like self-made millionaires like Crusader[emoji1]

 

[OutdoorAdv]

I love that pillar link and would love to find one...or a pair myself. I understand the limited-time situation and it's always a tough call to try to secure permission at a new site or to hit a site that you know will at least produce something good and it looks like you made the correct decision. I wish I had all the time in the world like some retired people I know or like self-made millionaires like Crusader[emoji1]

Thanks a ton man! I had two weeks off over Christmas and I felt like a retired guy... got in a bunch of full day hunts with some sick finds. I have enough hobbies and interests to retire yesterday Millionaire eh Cru? I think I'd bring someone along to dig my plugs and pack out my iron. Haha