18th, 19th, and 20th century coins and relics

[lenmac65]

I wish I could say these finds are from one hunt, but they are from four or five searches of the same wooded area over the last couple weeks, with the most recent hunt being last night. The area once had houses per an 1870s map, but they are gone now. The hunting was tough with heavy overgrowth, modern trash, and bugs, and the findings were few, but they added up. Here are the highlights, in my opinion:

Colonial shoe buckle – I thought I had a bottle cap, and was pleasantly surprised by my first colonial shoe buckle, or at least I hope it’s colonial. It is plain and in good shape, though I think I separated the workings from the frame when I pulled it out of the hole. I doubt this is a reenactors buckle based on where I found it, but it is in suspiciously good shape.

Large Cent - I tried cleaning this coin with Andre Pencils to get a date, but I felt I was doing more harm than good, so I stopped. While not much to brag about, this is about the best large copper I have gotten in a long time (this is a generous photo).

Dozen buttons - My favorites are my first Dandy button with a pattern, a small flower-petal button, and a small flat button with gilt remaining.

Furniture draw pull plate - I have no idea of its age, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless, especially in the middle of the woods.

Coins - The obligatory wheat pennies and a nice Mercury, probably hunter drops.

I also dug about 50 shotgun shell headstamps. I have seen some posters refer to those as the pull tabs of the woods – so true!

Thanks for looking. Happy Hunting and good luck out there.

 

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[E-Trac-Ohio]

Well done !

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Outstanding relic hunt!

Beautiful buckle recovery, congrats!

 

[xr7ator]

Excellent digs, grats and thanks for sharing.

 

[jws845]

Nice finds, congrats.

 

[Steve in PA]

Excellent hunt. Your shoe buckle is the real deal. Love the dandy and the furniture escutcheon, which are rarely found in one piece

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Nice variety of finds. Congrats.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Looks like a good spot, gotta be some old silver in there!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Now that's a nice batch of finds.

 

[Blak bart]

Very nice variety of artifacts lenmac65...congrats on some great hunts !!

 

[Relicific]

That’s a great hunt

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[thrifty76now]

I would say that the time you spent there was well rewarding.

 

[Calabash Digger]

Very nice!

 

[CASPER-2]

A lot of those larger dandy's with designs were supposedly made by the Dutch in NY and alot are found in western Ma.

 

[JeffInMass]

We are fortunate here in Mass to seemingly have an endless array of finds- Congrats!

 

[terpfan]

That shoe buckle is an outstanding find and would make my day!

 

[lenmac65]

Excellent hunt. Your shoe buckle is the real deal. Love the dandy and the furniture escutcheon, which are rarely found in one piece

Thanks. I was hoping someone would say that the buckle looked real. I was not familiar with the term escutcheon; I must educate myself more. In the meantime, maybe I will recheck the area for more of them!

 

[lenmac65]

Looks like a good spot, gotta be some old silver in there!!!!!!!!!!!

I really hope so, but am striking out so far. I thought the early buttons were a good sign, but maybe I just got lucky with those. I would love to find Spanish silver or capped bust ...the hunt continues!

 

[lenmac65]

A lot of those larger dandy's with designs were supposedly made by the Dutch in NY and alot are found in western Ma.

Very interesting. Given the age, I assumed it would be British, but I find it interesting that it might have been made in the colonies. Thanks for the info.