Another Circa 1815 New York State Militia Button

bookfisher

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Got back to the woods today for about an hour and a half. Good signals were far and few between; though I did dig a flat button, and just before it got dark, I found another C1815 NY State Militia Button. This one was found about 60 yards away from the other one and it has a broken shank. As with the other button posted yesterday, I cleaned it when I got home.
 

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Gypsy Heart

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You are killing me ;)....What a great month this has been for you! I think you better just buy that woods and camp outthere. WayTo Go!
 

JerV3

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Another nice button.

I had a similar experience last yr at a site. I dug 2 circa 1816 riflemans buttons last yr at the same site. It was on different trips though.

When there's one there is always more.

HH Jer
 

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Great job.........once again!!!! I'm just curious........How deep are the items your digging! From that time period I like to keep my own information on how deep some of these item are found! Thanks Seeker
 

PBK

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Whew! For a second there, I was afraid you'd cleaned the other one and broken off the shank! :o

Congrats on another great find!
 

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bookfisher

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The Seeker said:
Great job.........once again!!!! I'm just curious........How deep are the items your digging! From that time period I like to keep my own information on how deep some of these item are found! Thanks Seeker

Hi Seeker,

The button today pinpointed at 5 inches; though it actually may have been about 8 inches deep. I use A White's MXT and am not sure how totally accurate the machine is when it comes to depth. It's kind of wierd, all of my finds for the past several months read between 3 to 6 inches. It seems anytime I dig a deeper signal, say 8" or more it turns out to be junk iron.
 

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Holy crap man,

That button just wreaks of oldness.........looks ancient.

Keep poppin em out of there!

Mac
 

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Wow Bookfisher! Another great find! It won't be long before you dig up the whole camp! Congrats and thanks for sharing...that's a VERY beautiful button.​
 

mobrigade

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Man bookfisher you have an awesome site, all of those items should stay together, they are obviously from the same unit....nice finds, relics rock!
 

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