Another one from the old site.

Brian C. · Oct 9, 2011

The crops are starting to come off, and it should be a busy fall. I went back to the site that was a tavern site, the same site that gave me the 1858 1/2 dime the other day. Over the last 6 or so years this site has always given up some nice coins and a few relics. I am not sure why I find the 1859 Canadian cent, I have found at least 12 so far, maybe the owner liked the 1859 for some reason. I know if I find a brass 1859 it starts at in several thousand dollars. Today I found another 1859, the button is quite tiny, a cuff maybe. The other disk is a new one on me, it has the eley London name and the 12 gauge for the shot gun, but this disk does not have the primmer hole, I like it for it is another first. HH

cwhunter_1 · Oct 9, 2011

Nice button. is it civilian or Military? And why do so many people put holes in perfectly good coins? don't they know it ruins it for us when we find them a hundred years later? The shotgun shell is unusual, maybe a rim fire :dontknow:

Brian C. · Oct 9, 2011

cwhunter_1 said:
Nice button. is it civilian or Military? And why do so many people put holes in perfectly good coins? don't they know it ruins it for us when we find them a hundred years later? The shotgun shell is unusual, maybe a rim fire

I am not sure if there was a rim fire shot gun, aleast I have never seen one. :coffee2:

Ia.FurTrade · Oct 9, 2011

Probably a "pinfire".

Brian C. · Oct 10, 2011

Ia.FurTrade said:
Probably a "pinfire".

Thanks for the info, I looked on the site of Henery Krank&company LTD, he has lots of interesting antigue fire arms. NT

cwhunter_1 · Oct 10, 2011

you might be right furtrade. Eley did make pinfire cartridges, but also made rimfire. not sure about which cartridges? :icon_scratch:

Rifle or shotgun. :dontknow:

look at this site: http://www.eleyammunition.com/about-eley.aspx maybe it will help.

Brian C. · Oct 10, 2011

cwhunter_1 said:
you might be right furtrade. Eley did make pinfire cartridges, but also made rimfire. not sure about which cartridges? Rifle or shotgun.
look at this site: http://www.eleyammunition.com/about-eley.aspx maybe it will help.

Thanks for the info on the company, here is a pin fire cartridge I found several years back.