A few more buttons

[Bill D. (VA)]

I went on a short hunt yesterday and revisited the button hotspot at the site where I found the early coin spill last fall. Nothing great turned up, but I was still digging a lot of buttons in an area I thought had been hunted pretty thoroughly. I bet I've personally pulled at least 200 buttons from this relatively small area not to mention the ones my friends have dug. The last time there I found a piece of cut silver so you never know what might come out.

Going up to Culpeper with my friend Reid tomorrow to try out my new GPX-5000 for the first time in the red dirt. Hopefully I can figure out what settings will work best, learn what good and bad targets sound like, etc, so I won't have to waste time the first day of the DIV hunt late next month. Will be an interesting experience for sure.

 

[Steve in PA]

That's a lot of buttons Bill. Your sites down there seem to produce so many more buttons than ours up here. Maybe because of all the slaves back then? I like that watch winder and your 2 cent piece.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That's a lot of buttons Bill. Your sites down there seem to produce so many more buttons than ours up here. Maybe because of all the slaves back then? I like that watch winder and your 2 cent piece.

Everyone seems to think that's a 2 cent piece, but its actually a shield nickel.

 

[bluehunter1973]

great finds

 

[Joe88]

WOW....that's awesome!!


Joe

 

[civilman1]

You Gotta Love finding the button's,regardless

 

[Steve in PA]

That's a lot of buttons Bill. Your sites down there seem to produce so many more buttons than ours up here. Maybe because of all the slaves back then? I like that watch winder and your 2 cent piece.

Everyone seems to think that's a 2 cent piece, but its actually a shield nickel.

Haha, my bad I should know what a 2 cent piece looks like, I dug 4 of them last year!

 

[Nooberz]

Sweet haul of buttons!! Looks like you got a nice shield as well. Good hunt!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

The watch winder is a great find. Nice mess of buttons and a decent keeper coin.