3 Georges and a Bee Button

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So, yesterday I decided that I needed to dig up so new sites. I left my comfort zone and did a recon. Don't ask me how but I wandered into a virgin site. There was no trash at all. I couldn't get a single flip top, shot gun shell or bottle cap. The only negative was the ground was a little hard and damp. (I love my sugar sand!) The coins were about 2"-3" deep. One George has the classic X carved into his head. The 3 legged skillet will get restored. The most modern button was the flower button with a W.H. Jones & Co. back mark. The site must have ended by the 1830's.
 

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So, yesterday I decided that I needed to dig up so new sites. I left my comfort zone and did a recon. Don't ask me how but I wandered into a virgin site. There was no trash at all. I couldn't get a single flip top, shot gun shell or bottle cap. The only negative was the ground was a little hard and damp. (I love my sugar sand!) The coins were about 2"-3" deep. One George has the classic X carved into his head. The 3 legged skillet will get restored. The most modern button was the flower button with a W.H. Jones & Co. back mark. The site must have ended by the 1830's.
Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!
 

Very nice. I was stuck a bit on the center coin, but see now that it is a 1799 version.
  • 1799. Weight 12.0–13.1 grams, diameter 30–31 millimetres. Obverse shows a right-facing bust of the king, with the inscription GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA REX, reverse shows a redesigned left-facing seated Britannia holding a spray and spear, with the inscription BRITANNIA 1799.
 

Liking the Bee button 👌
Congrats on all the recoveries
 

So, yesterday I decided that I needed to dig up so new sites. I left my comfort zone and did a recon. Don't ask me how but I wandered into a virgin site. There was no trash at all. I couldn't get a single flip top, shot gun shell or bottle cap. The only negative was the ground was a little hard and damp. (I love my sugar sand!) The coins were about 2"-3" deep. One George has the classic X carved into his head. The 3 legged skillet will get restored. The most modern button was the flower button with a W.H. Jones & Co. back mark. The site must have ended by the 1830's.


What's the process for restoring a skillet that's missing pieces?
 

What's the process for restoring a skillet that's missing pieces?
For restoring the iron skillet I'll get each piece down to base metal. I'll use reverse electrolysis and a drill with a wire brush. Then clean with acetone. After that I use a five minute epoxy to hold the clean pieces together. Then a coat of rust inhibiter. Finish with a clear rust-oleum. This is a dug bean pot that I put back together.
 

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Congratulations on some very nice finds! Nice photos, too! Thanks for sharing.
 

Cool! I've dug enough bean pot pieces over the years to make a dozen bean pots but no luck in finding big pieces like that. Please post a pic of the restored pot when you get done with it. That bee button is a great find.
 

For restoring the iron skillet I'll get each piece down to base metal. I'll use reverse electrolysis and a drill with a wire brush. Then clean with acetone. After that I use a five minute epoxy to hold the clean pieces together. Then a coat of rust inhibiter. Finish with a clear rust-oleum. This is a dug bean pot that I put back together.


I see. It'll be restored but with a couple of missing pieces?
 

Cool! I've dug enough bean pot pieces over the years to make a dozen bean pots but no luck in finding big pieces like that. Please post a pic of the restored pot when you get done with it. That bee button is a great find.
This is the 9" Spider Pan 90 % restored. I'm trying to ID it.
 

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That is too cool. Great job so far. I'll see if I can help with the ID.
 

Any ideas on the bee button? I recently found one….just curious
The small bee button is a Jacksonian waist coat button. They were worn when Andrew Jackson was president. There was also small patriotic eagle button.
 

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