Another great button day in the south.....

Jpro · Sep 23, 2013

Another great CW relic day with 4 buttons and 4 bullets. Here is a photo of the best of each.
Enjoy. The AT Pro was on this weekend!!!

CASPER-2 · Sep 23, 2013

tennessee digger · Sep 23, 2013

Love that button, that is nice. I also hunt Nashville and it looks like you beat me to a good spot. Congrats.

Jpro · Sep 23, 2013

tennessee digger said:
Love that button, that is nice. I also hunt Nashville and it looks like you beat me to a good spot. Congrats.

Thanks..this fall lets get together and hunt. We'll go knock on some doors... Also I'm working on a couple potential places if you want to go with...

dig kzoo · Sep 23, 2013

Great finds, love the button! Don't so much get cool relics up here in mich.

tennessee digger · Sep 23, 2013

jpro....I'll try and get in touch with you when the weather cools down....I don't hunt much when it's hot. Talk to ya soon.

mirage83 · Sep 23, 2013

Gorgeous button, love the contrast between the patina and remaining gilt. Sweet drop as well, great condition.

Jpro · Sep 23, 2013

mirage83 said:
Gorgeous button, love the contrast between the patina and remaining gilt. Sweet drop as well, great condition.

Beautiful right? They don't come out go the ground looking like this that often. The other eagle I dug just looked knarly, beat up a little. And you're right, the dropped looked pretty good too. Just think if we dug relics back in the 70's what they would look like as opposed to today..50yrs makes a difference.

tennessee digger · Sep 23, 2013

I did dig relics back in the 70's in and around Nashville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, and many other places. Buttons came out a whole lot better then, trust me. Acid rain, fertilizers, and everything else has really hurt the quality, so when you dig one with the shank or a lot of gilt or that is still pretty solid, then you are lucky.

HutSiteDigger · Sep 23, 2013

Eagle I - sure does beat a regular eagle button anyday of the week.

parsonwalker · Sep 23, 2013

I too was a 60s and 70s hunter, first with modified GI mine detector, then a metrotech (which I still have!). You found more buttons with cloth still attached back then, too. To say nothing of cartridge box inserts and canteens which would almost still hold water. The tin stuff is pretty much gone today (deterioration)