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

 

[{Sentinel}]

The day was a nice one and the Fruit Knife is an "ace in the hole" HMN! Another "vulgar display of power"!

 

[Charlene]

Thats friendship there, only a true friend will get up and go out detecting at 5:30am Great pics and story guys...your finds are really neat.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Thats friendship there, only a true friend will get up and go out detecting at 5:30am Great pics and story guys...your finds are really neat.

2 knuckleheads is more like it

 

[timekiller]

Good stuff man,that knife is cool. Blow hole Ball buttons never mind I see it's a crotal bell (looking at to many post here lately),colonial buckles,colonial coins,etc.yea that's a good hunt.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Good stuff man,that knife is cool. Blow hole Ball buttons never mind I see it's a crotal bell (looking at to many post here lately),colonial buckles,colonial coins,etc.yea that's a good hunt.
Take Care,
Pete,

lol pete it's ok

 

[traverdog]

Very nice finds!!!

 

[timekiller]

Good stuff man,that knife is cool. Blow hole Ball buttons never mind I see it's a crotal bell (looking at to many post here lately),colonial buckles,colonial coins,etc.yea that's a good hunt.
Take Care,
Pete,

lol pete it's ok

Thanks Buddy,
Sometimes I feel like I live in one big colonial BLUR.
Take Care,
& best to Ya!
Pete,

 

[steelheadwill]

Holy SheepSheets Batwing
Silvercopperbuttonbuckleknife, thats gotta be the widest variety of outstanding finds I've seen out of one hunt.
silver bladed knife ! WoW.
Can't help on the button, got the Tice, it's really short on pre CW buttons
Great Post !

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Holy SheepSheets Batwing
Silvercopperbuttonbuckleknife, thats gotta be the widest variety of outstanding finds I've seen out of one hunt.
silver bladed knife ! WoW.
Can't help on the button, got the Tice, it's really short on pre CW buttons
Great Post !

thanks dude! dying to find out something on this button

 

[wyattrr]

It's days like that...Way to go and keep hunting!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

thanks again everyone! I cleaned this buckle a little bit more.look at the nice green patina on it

 

[Sniffy]

thanks again everyone! I cleaned this buckle a little bit more.look at the nice green patina on it

I know of a BUCKLE that has even better patina on it.

 

[kuger]

Great digs....you even got a Parker Pewter spoon in there!Thats something I dont see posted very often,one of our main indicators!

 

[CrazySlasher]

I've dug spent a good chunk of last year digging through horse crap, but it's always worth it when you hit a site like that. Grats on your finds Dave. We need to meet up sometime man!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Great hunt and finds, CTeam , like that CT silver letter opener knife and did you get an id on the lone star relic that is interesting ! 8) CMD