Back out to the button field

[Bill D. (VA)]

I posted a couple weeks ago about a new site my partner Reid and I hit and found around 70 buttons between us. The site appears to date to the early 1800s with a smattering of colonial and CW artifacts thrown in as well. The quantity of finds has begun to dwindle as expected, but after talking to the farmer yesterday I received some new info that may result in the potential for more finds. More about that in a later post, hopefully. Anyway, in 2 trips back to this site I dug about 15-20 more buttons and a few other odds and ends. The best button was a pre-war 1-piece eagle with some of the silver gilting left. It also had thread attached to the shank. A surprise find was a small piece of a bearded man, or bartmann, jug. Its actually shows part of the face including one eye. This is encouraging as the oldest find from previous hunts was a VA halfpenny. The farmer also told me that over the years the members of his immediate family had found more than 500 arrowheads in this field. Reid and I have come up with 3-4 so far. The field is mostly bare dirt at the moment, but the cover crop is coming in and it won't be long before it will be difficult to do any eyeballing. So looks like this site will keep me busy for a while, and my other permissions will have to wait.

 

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[allen]

i love fields that produce buttons like that !!!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Oh yah, those new sites are fun aren't they. My diggin buddy and I are also onto one like that. Great looking finds Bill

 

[Steve in PA]

Looks like a fun dig Bill. I never get tired of digging buttons, even flat ones. You know there is always a few good coins or marked buttons in there somewhere!

 

[ModernMiner]

Great pile there Bill. Some very nice buttons.
Congrats,
MM

 

[HISPAN]

very good pics ...

 

[dwayne sueno]

ah, that looks like good fun.
hope that new info pans out for you.

 

[VB Sanddigger]

Nice collection!

Keep on diggin'!!!!!

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice group !! I love the old 1 piece Buttons

 

[cntrydncr1]

wow you did great! love the thimble

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice variety there Bill

And yep i see the colonial pottery in there..Hit that place hard

No War of 1812 buttons?


Blaze

 

[flatbuttonman]

I posted a couple weeks ago about a new site my partner Reid and I hit and found around 70 buttons between us. The site appears to date to the early 1800s with a smattering of colonial and CW artifacts thrown in as well. The quantity of finds has begun to dwindle as expected, but after talking to the farmer yesterday I received some new info that may result in the potential for more finds. More about that in a later post, hopefully. Anyway, in 2 trips back to this site I dug about 15-20 more buttons and a few other odds and ends. The best button was a pre-war 1-piece eagle with some of the silver gilting left. It also had thread attached to the shank. A surprise find was a small piece of a bearded man, or bartmann, jug. Its actually shows part of the face including one eye. This is encouraging as the oldest find from previous hunts was a VA halfpenny. The farmer also told me that over the years the members of his immediate family had found more than 500 arrowheads in this field. Reid and I have come up with 3-4 so far. The field is mostly bare dirt at the moment, but the cover crop is coming in and it won't be long before it will be difficult to do any eyeballing. So looks like this site will keep me busy for a while, and my other permissions will have to wait.

Wow!! that is a lot of buttons, great finds