5 Coppers and Some Sweet Buttons on a Spring Day in January!

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Nearly my entire Sunday morning was spent under and around an old apple tree. The house on the property was built around 1810. Yesterday's hunted yielded some amazing large tombac buttons, a 1769 Irish Halfpenny (which didn't clean up very well), Two KG II Halfpennies, unidentified large and small coppers, and some other assorted buttons. The gilted button took about 30 minutes to recover from a network of roots. At first I thought all the time was wasted on a shotgun shell, but once I took a good look I knew it was a good candidate for an acid treatment - very happy with the results! For info on the technique, click on the link: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/89045-how-clean-buttons.html

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Excellent finds! That button came out really nice. Nothing like a 5 copper day!
 

Looks like some excellent finds.
 

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!
 

Awesome old coppers and very nice button! :icon_thumleft:
 

Some of those coppers are a little rough, but still better than the coppers I usually find. Regardless of condition, they were fun to find, I am sure. That button is terrific, and you did a great job cleaning it. Thanks for sharing the link to the button cleaning post; I put that in my saved pages. Congrats on a very productive dig.
 

What a haul! I'd be super, super happy with that button. Its lovely. Congrats.
 

Amazing finds! :occasion14:
 

Very nice haul Neil.
 

Looks like a fun hunt :thumbsup:
 

Holy moly I've been looking for 1 copper for years 5 that's amazing great.post hope this year is full of treasure for you. Tommy
 

What a haul of coppers! That's more than I'll find in my lifetime living in Seattle lol. Keep up the good work!
 

Nice job on that button:icon_thumright: Sounds like Johnny Appleseed left you lots of trinkets...
 

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