paleomaxx
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I've been hunting around a new spot in between the rain storms and it's been quite interesting. There was obviously some landscaping work as I tend to find older relics in small patches and then nothing in between, but the yard has produced some nice keepers including a first:
It's super thin with and edge that tapers to a point so I originally thought I had dug a hammered copper, but careful cleaning revealed George III and the spade-shaped coat of arms. The date appears to be 1793 and the lettering around the edge is exactly the same as you would find on a gold guinea. No maker's name nor "In Memory of the Good Old Days" on the reverse so correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is an earlier Jetton as opposed to the Victorian ones.
The home was supposedly built around 1811 so I wasn't expecting to find many 18th century relics, but this Georgian shoe buckle also turned up.
It's plain, but complete, and any hunt where one of these turns up is a success!
Of course I also dug a good number of buttons. A few of which were more recent like the Sweet-Orr overall button:
The eagle/anchor button was cool, but doesn't look civil war era to me. The backmark is "Waterbury Button Co. Conn" which has a wide date range. The four-hole shank makes me think early 20th century, but I could be wrong there.
Most of the rest were standard 1800's to 1900's relics. Several intact spoons, including one that was so heavily silver plated that I thought it was solid sterling. Oh well; maybe next time.
Not too much in the way of coins, but one large cent that was heavily circulated. The ground was actually pretty kind to it, but the design is nearly smooth so no date. The 1875 IHP is in great shape though.
Besides a few wheat pennies that was it for coins. It was a good couple of short hunts though and they have a large field in the back that will be cut soon, so I'll poke through so maybe some silver will pop up there!
It's super thin with and edge that tapers to a point so I originally thought I had dug a hammered copper, but careful cleaning revealed George III and the spade-shaped coat of arms. The date appears to be 1793 and the lettering around the edge is exactly the same as you would find on a gold guinea. No maker's name nor "In Memory of the Good Old Days" on the reverse so correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is an earlier Jetton as opposed to the Victorian ones.
The home was supposedly built around 1811 so I wasn't expecting to find many 18th century relics, but this Georgian shoe buckle also turned up.
It's plain, but complete, and any hunt where one of these turns up is a success!
Of course I also dug a good number of buttons. A few of which were more recent like the Sweet-Orr overall button:
The eagle/anchor button was cool, but doesn't look civil war era to me. The backmark is "Waterbury Button Co. Conn" which has a wide date range. The four-hole shank makes me think early 20th century, but I could be wrong there.
Most of the rest were standard 1800's to 1900's relics. Several intact spoons, including one that was so heavily silver plated that I thought it was solid sterling. Oh well; maybe next time.
Not too much in the way of coins, but one large cent that was heavily circulated. The ground was actually pretty kind to it, but the design is nearly smooth so no date. The 1875 IHP is in great shape though.
Besides a few wheat pennies that was it for coins. It was a good couple of short hunts though and they have a large field in the back that will be cut soon, so I'll poke through so maybe some silver will pop up there!
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A 1700's coin is so frigging awesome! And that's a nice green Indian! 
