1785 CONNECTICUT COPPER & A ONE PIECE EAGLE BUTTON*NEED ID ON IT

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

1785 CONNECTICUT COPPER & A RARE ONE PIECE EAGLE BUTTON * RV-35

sittin home looked at the clock..11 am.what to do? a little voice said go up to the very 1st cellar hole that ya took Dan on your very 1st cellar hole hunt!
so off I went..slow going at first. diggin everything. a lot of iron,a horsehoe,square nails,then a colonial barbecue fork! i mean i've dug colonial meat forks before and they were small but,this one takes the prize! then a tombac button,then kicked and rolled some rotted trees and got a bigger flat button(so I thought) a shoe buckle frame at 10 inches.a butter knife blade with "best steel" stamped into it.last target was 8 inches deep and sounding real nice.dug down and much to my suprise a pretty nice 1785 Connecticut copper.conditions were just perfect,ground was nice & damp. alot of machines including mine have attacked this site and it just goes to show ya that even if ya think a site has been pounded,there's always a keeper or 2 left somewhere.
hoping someone can ID this button.it looks like a rock scraped the eagles head.not sure if this happened while digging it? no back mark. it's a RV-35 very rare Diplomatic button..I wrote to William Leigh to confirm this
72 coppers on the year

 

[Bubba65]

Awesome digs Dave. Congrats on another great hunt.

Bubba65

 

[TNGUNS]

I will be there by morning to help take some of the load off ya.....just too much potential for one man to worry with. Ha ha......Congrats

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

I will be there by morning to help take some of the load off ya.....just too much potential for one man to worry with. Ha ha......Congrats

ha ha !

 

[Sooper Dave]

That is a Great Connecticut Copper! Awesome Digs! Way to go!

 

[CASPER-2]

Beautiful coin - very nice button

 

[Nooberz]

The Conn Copper is great but that button is about as cool as you can get. What a beauty!

 

[VOL1266-X]

You are progressively creeping up on 100 Coppers Dave. Those are all nice finds. HH, Quindy.

 

[nov2101]

Congrads HM, I say and vote banner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[okerraine]

You have some great finds there Congrats!

 

[flyinryan2]

Wow 72 coppers, i could not imagine finding that many coppers in one year. I hope to see you hit 100 by the years out. Awesome Connecticut copper way to go!!! Voted Banner as well!!!

 

[70monte68]

HMN, sweet finds! I am looking at the button and trying to find the head(prob right there). I see the olive branch in the tallons and the lightning bolts. Great button!!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Always love the amount of photo's in your posts Dave, makes me feel like I'm right there with you!

The 1785 Connecticut copper still has a lot of detail on it, not much corrosion either. The shoe buckle frame
is a beauty, but what I really like is the old butter knife . . . it really was made with the "best steel"!

Dave

 

[Ground Inspector]

Nice copper!

 

[spitfire55]

Great hunt.

 

[JanThorCro]

That coppers got some sweet detail, but that button with the eagle is awesome.

 

[MaineRelic]

Hey Dave . The Conn. copper is in great shape but the find of the day is that early diplomat button . I find it Referenced as : Albert O11A. Described as " eagle in flight facing right to olive branch , bolts of lightning in left talon, 24 mm one piece flat button no backmark manufactured before 1820 . Also listed as very rare ! Another super button for your collection congrats ! MaineRelic

 

[johnnyblaze]

Holy fork Dave

Nice Conn copper

Button is a sweet rare find..Keep it up man..

Blaze

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Hey Dave . The Conn. copper is in great shape but the find of the day is that early diplomat button . I find it Referenced as : Albert O11A. Described as " eagle in flight facing right to olive branch , bolts of lightning in left talon, 24 mm one piece flat button no backmark manufactured before 1820 . Also listed as very rare ! Another super button for your collection congrats ! MaineRelic

thanks! from what I read only diplomats wore these buttons. is it a banner worthy button?

 

[MaineRelic]

thanks! from what I read only diplomats wore these buttons. is it a banner worthy button?

If I had found and posted the button it definitely would not make Banner ! LOL ! You might have a chance though. I have never seen one posted on here. Rarity is a plus ! Value is harder to set than a known enity ie. Washington button. The banner gods can be fickle. Umgolf recently found his first gold coin and did not make banner Herbie's recent Mass silver tree coin did not go to the top either . Who knows with Tnet now ? The short answer is yes it is banner worthy ! In all likely hood we will not see this button dug and posted ever again . MaineRelic