Back to the 1715 foundation, more buttons!

[muttandjeeps]

Another short hunt at a 1715 foundation in the woods, a short ATV trip from the house. About a hour in, I get the nice variable "button" signal. Out pops a biggun, very clean at about 3", OK cool, carry on, about a foot away, same signal,out comes its twin. At this point I hope I'm not over a VERY shallow grave, I'm not, nothing else in the immediate area. I decide to switch to the 6" DD 18Khz coil for a little better separation, and get a little closer to what was the back of the house. I get a chirpy 20/22 on the Xterra and start to dig, and dig,and dig. At 14" there sits the little guy, kinda cruddy, but mine to take home. This is the deepest I have had a "coin like" object, I guess it bled out over the years to produce a stronger signal
The big ones are shiny, can they be silver? They are in great shape. Any ideas? The little one looks to have a cast line on the back, I'm assuming its older than the other two, but will listen to you button guys on that one. Thanks for reading my brief ramble.
Kevin

 

[tymcmurray]

I love the tombacs. The are my button du jour.
Those are some nice ones.

 

[muttandjeeps]

Could they be silver? Anyone, anyone?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Could they be silver? Anyone, anyone?

They're Tombacs--not silver.


The one on the bottom is pewter.


Excellent finds!


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[wildrider]

Could they be silver? Anyone, anyone?

...and nice Tombacs they are.
They're Tombacs--not silver.


The one on the bottom is pewter.


Excellent finds!


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[BuckleBoy]

Yes, they are Beautiful Tombacs--not too often we can recover one in that great shape--and the pewter one is in good shape too, believe it or not--they get really flaky and crusty underground. They're both very old. I'd say there are some other great relics and maybe even coins in your future there.


-Buck

 

[muttandjeeps]

Thanks for the replys. One of these days I'd like to dig a button with some writing on it !