1803 Draped Bust, and an early marine cuff button

[Sniffy]

AHHH finally the weekend! I got a few hours to hunt today so I decided to go back to the spot that has rewarded me with a nice handful of coppers, capped bust dime, and two other marine buttons just like this one. (only this one is smaller). The draped bust was trying it's very best to hide behind an oxe shoe...BUT once I moved it the DFX went bonkers. It must have only been a foot away from the last draped bust, and 1827 large cent I found. I'm sure it was a pocket spill, but it just took 3 seperate hunts to gather the spill. ALOT of iron around the cellar hole. I"m constantly moving it trying to stir up some more good stuff. The small marine button was also mixed up in the nails and scrap, somehow after several times slowly going over this one area I managed to find this small button. This site is very large and I"m very confident that there is more to be found, however the large majority of items that have been found has been very close to the cellar hole and barn hole. I really need to start bringing a camera in the field with me. I heard a dog barking a ridge or two over (which is strange, no houses within 2 miles or so. Must of been a stray dog or just loose). Anyhow, all of the sudden out of the corner of my eye I see a bounding deer headed straight towards me. It slammed it's breaks on prolly 30 yards away, froze. I to am frozen solid just watching. So I pretend to "grunt" at the deer to see what kind of reaction I could get. Nothin. So then, I "snorted" at this big fat doe to see what she would do. ANd then, she fired her tail straight up and started "prancing" away. I mean, she was like a show horse. She was raising her legs very high each step, I've seen alot of deer in my time...but never seen one do this.

 

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[dwayne sueno]

good job on moving that iron. have you ever done that and then discovered that you threw the iron on top of a good target?

 

[Sniffy]

good job on moving that iron. have you ever done that and then discovered that you threw the iron on top of a good target?

Now you have me concerned!

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Sweet find

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Looks like you had a great day!

 

[mainer]

Nice one Sniffy! Looks like your getting your season back on track!

 

[RPG]

good job on moving that iron. have you ever done that and then discovered that you threw the iron on top of a good target?

Now you have me concerned!

Me too. I've been piling iron up for a couple of years now thinking I will go back later and get it.

I wonder what's under it?

Good hunt Sniffy.

 

[Broken knee]

Sniffy, can you tell if it is large date small fraction? or is it trashed.My first large cent was 1803 also sweet find.
Broken Knee

 

[Aussie Okie]

Nice finds!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice my friend!

 

[Sniffy]

Sniffy, can you tell if it is large date small fraction? or is it trashed.My first large cent was 1803 also sweet find.
Broken Knee

I really can't tell, it's in pretty bad shape.

 

[Sniffy]

Nice one Sniffy! Looks like your getting your season back on track!

Yeah, I went from having all the time in the world to none. So a weekend copper is a huge score!

 

[Mr Tuff]

nice LC MR TUFF

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

A day digging a Draped Bust in ANY condition is a good day Keep picking away at the iron and bring us more.


VPR

 

[vayank54]

A good day. Can you make out the backmarks on the marine buttons. Civil war and earlier marine buttons are fairly rare. It looks like you might have dug some

 

[Sniffy]

A good day. Can you make out the backmarks on the marine buttons. Civil war and earlier marine buttons are fairly rare. It looks like you might have dug some

IT's a early scovills backmark. If I"m lucky all of the buttons on the coat may still be there.

 

[TommNJ]

Good job on the finds !

TommNJ

 

[umrgolf]

The Sniffy machine is still at work I see Another Draped bust coin to go along with a capped bust and a few military buttons this year.. Nice post

 

[Dirt Junkie]

Sweet find. --Dirt

 

[Iron Patch]

That's a good day out!

Either iron goes in my pouch, or well clear of the site. I never just toss it down on the surface of the site.