1834 LC and a really nice Tombac button.

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I have not been swinging (or posting) very much this year. New house is keeping me busy.....

I am building a stone wall and my wife and I go for rides "rock picking". On one of these rides Saturday afternoon we found a cellar hole that I was not aware of before. I had my Minelab with me and thought that I would give it a couple of swings. 10 minutes later I had a flat button and small hunk of lead.
Back home working on the wall I decided that I was going to get up Sunday morning and give the new spot a good search. The first hole I dug was the sun burst design Tombac button. The second hole was the 1834 Large Cent. Nothing good for the next hour.
I thought that the LC would clean up really nice. Not so, this one has the kind of green crud that the Peroxide and toothpick wont touch. I have thrown it in some olive oil to see what it will do. The button is something that I have wanted to dig for a while now. I have plenty of shiny Tombac buttons but this is my first with a design.

VPR

 

[HighTone]

Nice finds...Congrats... I dug a v nickle couple weeks ago had the same lookin green crud... even the dirt inprint was green...weird

 

[collector01]

Nice copper the back dosnt look to bad. I would take any right now I only found one this year. Love the tombac I only have a couple with designs on them but not that one yet. Great finds!!

 

[texjim]

nice finds... good luck with the new house...

 

[crazyjarhead]

Sweet finds while joy ridding VPR Nice oldies . Maybe you can keep this "rock hunting" thing going for a while .....especially with finds like that. Regards, Ron

 

[civilman1]

Mine are just the opposite VPR....No date and everything else is legible Nice Dig's

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Thanks for the replies!

I hope to get a chance this weekend to give it another try. These finds all came from the barn side of the road. I have not tried too hard on the house side of the road yet. The spot has been metal detected before. ALL of the cellar holes arround here have been hit a time or two. The good thing is that there is no modern trash and the spot is mostly open hardwoods. The swinging is not too bad....


VPR

 

[teleman 2525]

nice finds vermont glad to see you posting