An indian and a few nice buttons-added better button pictures

Mach1Pilot · Oct 30, 2009

Went back for a short hunt this morning at the old hotel site... this is the site that was recently mowed to eliminate the pesky brush, and has been producing the last month or so. Unfortunately BedfordBob and DeArmittPA were unable to join in on the fun.

Hopefully next time! :headbang:

Found the 1862 Indian at 9"deep. This is the deepest coin found so far by me with this Etrac. Was pleasantly surprised at how clear it would ring at that depth.

And the other two buttons - was nice to see some gold still on them... :hello2:

Thanks for looking!

CRUSADER · Oct 30, 2009

Re: An indian and a few nice buttons

:thumbsup:

VERMONTPACKRAT · Oct 30, 2009

Re: An indian and a few nice buttons

Cool finds. There is more there ! Every hunt ending in buttons is a good one.

VPR

seger98 · Oct 30, 2009

Re: An indian and a few nice buttons

Nice find on the Indian Head!

Mach1Pilot · Oct 30, 2009

Re: An indian and a few nice buttons

CRUSADER said:

Thanks for the cleaning tip, Crusader!! :icon_thumright:

(10 minutes in lemon juice does an an incredible job on those buttons!)

Mach1Pilot · Oct 30, 2009

Re: An indian and a few nice buttons

VERMONTPACKRAT said:
Cool finds. There is more there ! Every hunt ending in buttons is a good one.

VPR

Yep!

BTW, the Etrac loves them! :hello2:

seger98 said:
Nice find on the Indian Head!

Thanks - its my oldest to date. :icon_thumright:

romeo-1 · Oct 30, 2009

Nice finds...lots of gilt!

vayank54 · Oct 31, 2009

Dude You need to rest. Leave something for the rest of us.

Good job and yes the lemon juice does work well. just don't leave anything in it to long.

Ricky1601 aka pull tab king · Oct 31, 2009

nice hunt, love the Ih, still looking for my first....thanks for sharing and hh

FortBedfordbob · Oct 31, 2009

Super Finds ! :hello2:

That Place is just Great. When we get done there we need to find the Toll House at the other end

HH Bob

CRUSADER · Oct 31, 2009

Re: An indian and a few nice buttons

Mach 1 Pilot said:
CRUSADER said:

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Thanks for the cleaning tip, Crusader!! (10 minutes in lemon juice does an an incredible job on those buttons!)

look good, best using on these types only. Don't use on pewter for example :icon_thumright:

vayank54 · Oct 31, 2009

Yeah Crusaders right. It's best not to use it one pewter. I use it on copperad brass buttons 1, 2,& 3 piece types. Also if they have green crud that is hard to get off instead of leaving them in the lemon juice to long I soak them in olive oil. It does take a while but won't hurt the relic. Some people use aluminum jelly but I've never tried that. Hope you get some more good stuff from that site.

Mach1Pilot · Oct 31, 2009

romeo-1 said:
Nice finds...lots of gilt!

Made them easier to find in the dirt...

Thanks!

vayank54 said:
Dude You need to rest. Leave something for the rest of us. Good job and yes the lemon juice does work well. just don't leave anything in it to long.

Well I'm not going to be able to hunt today or all of next week so its your turn to post the finds...

Ricky1601 said:
nice hunt, love the Ih, still looking for my first....thanks for sharing and hh

When I first saw the brown rusted look I thought it was a clad dime... was happy to see the indian head appear. :wink:

Thanks!

vayank54 said:
Yeah Crusaders right. It's best not to use it one pewter. I use it on copperad brass buttons 1, 2,& 3 piece types. Also if they have green crud that is hard to get off instead of leaving them in the lemon juice to long I soak them in olive oil. It does take a while but won't hurt the relic. Some people use aluminum jelly but I've never tried that. Hope you get some more good stuff from that site.

Cool - may try that on a few other buttons we've gathered up from this site. Thank you for the tips!