1842 LC, Biggest Colonial Button Ever. Plus A Nice Array Of Post 1900 Finds.

[JerV3]

Hey everyone,

Back again with another post. Been out hunting and testing sites like usual. Came up with my first LC of the yr. It was found at the old park I mentioned before I've been hunting off and on. This is the 4th large cent I have dug from this park over the last few yrs.

Lots of finds still left in this place. Getting tough to hunt though now with all the underbrush. The Fall and spring is the time to be there.

However throughout my adventures of stopping off here and there I came up with a few nice early buttons. The one is extremely large. It was all folded up when found and was almost tossed into the big bin of relics.

But I decided to fold it back out and to my surprise it was a old colonial button. Very large with a design in the middle. It has to circles one bigger than the other. Is this a dandy button or tombac. I am pretty sure it dates to the 1770's.

I'm gonna have to go back to this site and check it over more. The button was down a good ten inches. I almost gave up on it. High grass and dry soil almost made me leave it.

Other than that nothing to exciting. Bunch of wheats 3 indian heads. A few washingtons nothing really spectacular but I'll take what I can get. Got a really cool old fold out cup. It's my third one ever. They always fool me when I find them I think they are a half a cut of pipe.

Until I get home and realize that it all folds out into a cup when pulled on. Probably from the 40's or 50's. Got a no date buff a 64 rosie. A nice cameo mary religous charm. Got a union signal and switch co pin.

Got about 30 indians on the yr so far. May find a hundred by the time dec is over. Once again hope you all like the pics and finds.

Thanks for looking,

HH Jer

 

[JerV3]

Here are the rest

HH Jer

 

[Mirage]

Looks good Jeremy. 8) Nice to find those Large Cents. I know the silver Quarters are not that exciting but they seem to satisfy.

The other day I checkout a 1764 site that had 1,600 troops camped. I remember when they were doing a major overhaul of the place in the 80's. I think they dozed all the original ground. From my finds and digging in spots the site looks like a bust.... oh well.

Bob

 

[halfdime]

Nice assortment, as usual! After this rain, the temps are screaming to 90 the next few days; it'll make detecting a bit more of a chore, but maybe the rain will help the signals.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds I haven't seen a shaver like that in years

 

[Diggincoinz]

Nice digs!

Hey, got a close up shot of that old headstone?

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

Yep nice finds there Jer.






P.s. also nice little Cabin, I would love to camp out there for like a couple of weeks. 8)

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

Way to go on coppa and "dandy" button. Did you tumble the coppa?

Kyle

 

[FrankTM]

Great finds, but that log cabin is awesome. Is someone living in it?


Frank

 

[JerV3]

Thanks alot guys,


I'll get a close up of the headstone here soon. I tried with the existing pic I had already on the computer and when it was cropped I couldn't get it to zoom in clearly enough. I have to re down load the pic from my camera and do it again.

I think the guy passed away in 1877 if I can recall the date on the stone. Lived I think from the early 1800's it says. He may have been the one that built this cabin. Actually I didn't hunt any of the grass area in front in or around the cabin circa 1804 I think.

This was not a posted Historic Land Mark. Had no plate on it saying so. I found through research that it sat right out on the edge of a newer park. I hunted the woods and the place has beeen gone over a million times.

Hits were very scarce. I was in the woods no more than 25 ft from the actual structure and it was almost hitless. But I always seem to find something in a tough spot.

I got the really nice floral type button in the heavy brush. I got a old gold plated ring stone missing. And a really thin piece of sterling that went to something looks like a bracelet but it is not. Maybe a pocket watch o ring or compact.

This cabin was huge so you know there were some nice finds made there in the past from other hunters. I just got there to late. Got about 20 shotgun shells in about 2 hrs. My partner had a few clads and a couple shells.

No one lives in the cabin. It is restored to what it would have looked like in the early 1800's. We had alot of these kind of cabins here in P.a and where I live. But they are getting really hard to come by now. All the land is built up to much.

No I didn't tumble the Coppa.

I peroxided it but the surface had been flaking away so much on it that I knew the patina wasn't gonna be nice when done. Maybe I should have tumbled it. But I like to try and hand clean my good old coppas. I then just buffed it up with some mothers to look presentable.

How do you think it came out overalll. It weakend the date alot but what are ya gonna do with a coin in pa soil for nearly 170 yrs right.

Thanks agin guys,

HH Jer

 

[Formula1BMW]

Hey, really nice finds. If you clean them with peroxide, does it just remove all the old stuff stuck to it, or shine them up? And does this hurt the value of the coins? Thanks.

 

[JerV3]

Thanks Forumla,

That is a very touchy subject. I don't know if I have a perfect answer for you but I will explain It the best as I can.

First off peroxide will get all the dirt off about 90% of it. And no it will not give any item any shine unless plating is still present on an item when the dirt is coming off of it. Or what you can call a gilting left on it.

My large cent after the peroxide method was done to it was buffed out with a metal polish to give it a nice look. You do it by hand on a soft cloth.

Now I wanna say yes cleaning your old coins will devalue them. But in this case with alot of knowledge of looking at coins and cleaning them as well. I new the surface had already been corroded on the coin basically before I even cleaned it.

Soil in that area isn't very kind to the items. So I opted to go ahead and just clean and zip the coin up is what I like to call it so it will display well even if features are missing on the item.

I don't however clean any rare silver coins. They get rinced with soap and water and that is it. I have found coins worth over 500.00 that I opted not to clean. I'm letting them one's go for someone else to decide on at one point when I sell them.

I have the skill to clean them well and experience but I have left them alone because value is to high on them to take the chances.

Hope this helps some. So much more to cover on that subject.

HH Jer

 

[christ-first]

DREAM FINDS AND DREAM LOCATION !

 

[Merf]

Great finds , Pics, and Post
Congrats on tht BIG coppa

 

[49r Relics]

Great finds, and great pics of the cabin . . . . I like the way the sun is shining through on the photos. Like someone else said, a dream location. Congratulations on the Large Cent!

HH, Mark

 

[JerV3]

Thanks alot guys,

Yes, when I was taking the pic the way the sun was coming through was really cool. It was a nice blue ray coming right through the top of the roof and trees. It was truly a nice large cabin. I bet alot of people passed by this place.

It needs hunted again in the fall. Still may be a few oldies left in there to find. I'm sure who ever hunted it prior to me found some great stuff there.

HH Jer

 

[Nana40]

BEAUTIFUL pictures, Jer! 8) And those buttons are awesome! Stunning variety of finds!

GREAT post as always! Nana

 

[romeo-1]

Nice finds...that looks like a great area to detect!

 

[JerV3]

Thanks you guys,

Yes the site was a very beautiful place. And to make it even more intersting there was a grave in the front yard. Something may have happened here. Alot of indian attacks and scalping and alot of brutal things were going on in the colonial days.

Lots of forts were set up in the area for them to go to when the indians came through. I love searching for history.

HH Jer

 

[Bartman]

Nice bunch of coins. I'm all for the peroxide method when you can't read them, but the LC looks like it was tumbled also. What did you shine it up with?