2 COPPER DAY WITH THE SNIFFSTER! WAR OF 1812 BUTTON? HELP

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Jessie and me started at 5:30 am drove up to a few new sites we had located,they were pretty much a bust.got a small crotal bell and a once nice silver leafed pocket knife.I knew there used to be a site in the middle of this farm field with no signs of it remaining.we drove up the rd,located the farmer,secured permission and hunted the last 4 hrs of the day till dark,turned out to be a pretty nice field holding some colonial goodies
a nice little batwing type buckle.you can see the tooling marks on the brass in the back(has to be colonial era) 2 pretty shot Connecticut state coppers,a 1916- S merc , a no date standing lib qtr and this button has my curiosity has same oval type design as you see on early militia buttons,whatever was in the center is corroded off.its a one piece button and very thin and smaller in diameter compared to the 1820's militia buttons. can any one give me an id on this?

after looking at the blades that pulled out of the knife when trying to open it i thought they looked kinda strange was able to swivel the blades individually and i see a hallmark sterling silver blades on the knife
also curious about the partial shield with star in center of holes.its not lead.maybe heavy pewter alloy

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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more pics

 

[Sniffy]

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My house smells like cow.... Had alot of fun today...COngrats on the coppers! Now I wonder what that button is...

 

[Hill Billy]

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You guys had a great hunt, I like the Batwing buckle.
That site your digging looks sweet, we don't see stuff like that around here much.

HB

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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You guys had a great hunt, I like the Batwing buckle.
That site your digging looks sweet, we don't see stuff like that around here much.

HB

thanks! actually the stinky cow manure field gave up most of the finds.don't feel bad we,don't have hill billy gun totin girls that look like that up here much either.so,i think we are even!

 

[texan connection]

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Silver fruit knife,,, very cool love em, buy them when i can. top of my next find list.

 

[ewcoinhunter]

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Cool finds! Congrats on the digs!

 

[texan connection]

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Thats the first dug one Iv seen, the other finds are great also but im def partial to the knife. probably got 1.5 oz silver there.

Not familar with the marking on the far right, but could probably age it. maybe b-4 mid 1800's..

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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Thats the first dug one Iv seen, the other finds are great also but im def partial to the knife. probably got 1.5 oz silver there.

Not familar with the marking on the far right, but could probably age it. maybe b-4 mid 1800's..

cool thanks for the info.wonder if its worth getting it restored? the silver leaf on handle is peeling back.too bad it wasn't solid silver,then it be easier to repair

 

[Tnmountains]

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Great pictures and relics. Like the knife and surprised it is in such good shape. Nice coins and buckle as well. You guys had a good day I would say.
HH
TnMtns

 

[umrgolf]

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more amazing finds! couple coppers and that fruit knife is great I agree with Tex, early to mid 1800's .. sorry, cant help with the button

 

[spitfire55]

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[dfx willy]

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you guys did good dave! theres a hall mark site somewere ill see if i can find it. willy

 

[Dig-it-all]

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Hello, i've been a fan of this site for a while but this is my first post. The silver knife is made by the Gorham Co, 1863-1890. I found a silver spoon last year at a park that used to be a farmers field and it had the same makersmark. Congratulations on all your finds!

 

[mainer]

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You got a wide variety of finds there.

 

[teleman 2525]

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some very nice old finds

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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Hello, i've been a fan of this site for a while but this is my first post. The silver knife is made by the Gorham Co, 1863-1890. I found a silver spoon last year at a park that used to be a farmers field and it had the same makersmark. Congratulations on all your finds!

i thought it may have been Gorham,cuz i dug a silver spoon just before winter with same hallmark.
thanks for the info!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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more amazing finds! couple coppers and that fruit knife is great I agree with Tex, early to mid 1800's .. sorry, cant help with the button

thanks dude!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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My house smells like cow.... Had alot of fun today...COngrats on the coppers! Now I wonder what that button is...

my boots still outside in hallway.i hear people in hallway saying PU

 

[Iron Patch]

I see now that the 8 reales are out of the way you can dig the good stuff.