5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

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5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Hello fellow relic hunters!

I have been eying up a small group of fields for a while now. Me and a few DVR&R members have hunted them before; grass was tall, and finds were slim and hid themselves well.

These fields all connect to each other and really aren't that large. They were recently mowed. Armed with my E-Trac and a 12x15 SEF coil, I went swinging. I made some remarkable finds and many firsts for me.

The group shot contains a couple Indians (1880, others toasted), a '29 Wheatie, a '44 Jefferson, a tiny silver thimble, 4 unknown copper largies, and almost 30 buttons. One button is a blowhole button. I forgot to add the silver ring to the group shot but oh well.

THE GUN IS SWEET!! It is discussed more in detail HERE.

The buttons were a surprise, and I mean that! I was cleaning them up and saw the eagle holding the shield.... then the very next button I pick up to investigate, I see another eagle sitting on a cannon! Aren't they cool?

These pictures include all relics from all the fields from 3 hunts for a total of about 15 hours of detecting.

I love what I do!!!!

field-1.webp

boot-pistol-01.webp

boot-pistol-02.webp

1769-Irish-Halfpenny.webp

marton-head.webp

silver-ring.webp

field-2.webp

Group-Shot-March-2011.webp

 

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Re: 4 Coppers, 1767KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Holy smokes!!! You raked it in out there. Great job on finding that boot pistol. Fantastic post. :thumbsup:
Congrats to you,
MM
 

Re: 4 Coppers, 1767KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Congratulations!
Beautiful gun!
I hope someday to have the same luck! :hello2: :hello2:
 

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ModernMiner said:
Holy smokes!!! You raked it in out there. Great job on finding that boot pistol. Fantastic post. :thumbsup:
Congrats to you,
MM

Thanks! I can't wait to return to the fields!!
 

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Elad said:
ModernMiner said:
Holy smokes!!! You raked it in out there. Great job on finding that boot pistol. Fantastic post. :thumbsup:
Congrats to you,
MM

Thanks! I can't wait to return to the fields!!

Looks like you've just scratches the surface. ;D
It always amazes me at how many buttons were lost back then. :icon_scratch:
Congrats,
MM
 

Re: 4 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Fantastic Hunt! Those early buttons rock :o
Boot Pistol is Banner Stuff & GIII WoW :thumbsup:
 

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Dale like I told Jim, we are on fire brotha!! The Irish is a stellar find and I think the other 3 are british I would think. That pistol is simply incredible!! A little hand cannon! Not to mention 2 early military buttons, an awesome day for sure!!
 

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fir469 said:
Dale like I told Jim, we are on fire brotha!! The Irish is a stellar find and I think the other 3 are british I would think. That pistol is simply incredible!! A little hand cannon! Not to mention 2 early military buttons, an awesome day for sure!!

Put us out, quick!! Water!!..... Water? Nah.... Let's keep burning!
 

Re: 5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

That pistol has a cool factor of 10.
 

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Iron Patch said:
That pistol has a cool factor of 10.

I took it to work and said to my boss "I did it. I finally did it! I took a gun to work with me today."
 

Re: 5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

NICE very very nice great finds bet that won't be the last time you hit that honey hole of a field!! good job.
 

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rusty nail said:
NICE very very nice great finds bet that won't be the last time you hit that honey hole of a field!! good job.

Oh yes. I will go back soon.

rtde3 said:
Outstanding! Big Congats! :thumbsup:

Thanks!
 

Re: 5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Fantastic finds everything that pistol rocks :icon_thumleft: hit that field hard many times :thumbsup: Jim
 

Re: 5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Really cool stuff! Congrats!
 

Re: 5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Damn Dale look at that little honey hole you got there! SWEET! That field just oozes old stuff. Anything left there ??? :wink: ;D Keep it up man great stuff! :headbang:
 

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SouthJerseyJim said:
Damn Dale look at that little honey hole you got there! SWEET! That field just oozes old stuff. Anything left there ??? :wink: ;D Keep it up man great stuff! :headbang:

I have a feeling there's more left. Mmmm I can picture all those delicious buttons in their little clumps.

I keep hoping for some old silver, but nothing yet....
 

Re: 5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Nice job, and nice presentation.

I went out with Dale last weekend. I got a rock. (Actually I got 5 buttons and something I will post later. I can't complain)
 

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Neil in West Jersey said:
Nice job, and nice presentation.

I went out with Dale last weekend. I got a rock. (Actually I got 5 buttons and something I will post later. I can't complain)

Neil, you beat metal detecting with that banner find of yours - so you can't complain! :D
 

Re: 5 Coppers, 1769KGIII, 160 Year Old Boot Pistol, Early Navy & 1st Regiment Button

Wow love that boot pistol. You have some great stuff there. I think we (dvrr) all need to get back out as of a group soon again. This last month has been killer for alot of us. Alot of 1 in lifetime finds for lots of us, in dvrr. I say lets make this month just as good. HH Mark
 

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chark21798 said:
Wow love that boot pistol. You have some great stuff there. I think we (dvrr) all need to get back out as of a group soon again. This last month has been killer for alot of us. Alot of 1 in lifetime finds for lots of us, in dvrr. I say lets make this month just as good. HH Mark

I agree - this weekend is suppose to be nice....
8)​
 

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