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[Patriot Relics]

Hey guys,

Been living vicariously through everyone else's forum posts while figuring this new Dad stuff out That being said, I was able to sneak away for a few digs while Mama and baby were catching naps. Hit the cut Real site with Stef45 hoping to unearth a few more relics. While no silver this round, it was raining flat buttons!



While the site was a confederate field hospital, didn't pull any definitive military types. These 2 were my favorites- a gilted flower button and barely visible 6 point star.



Also manage a pair 18th century leather bosses.



In the same general area along the coast a recovered 3 horse tack related buckles, a partial keeper buckle, and a shoe fragment.



Also managed a killer brass lock plate and pewter spoon



My favorite dig was an unknown when I recovered it from the mud...just a small rounded piece of brass. After getting it home, and stumbling across a picture while researching, I was able to save the hunt with a military item- Civil War shoulder scale key!



I recovered the mounting bracket at the same site, only a few yards away from the key.

Looking for a bit of help with these whatzit...2 pieces dug in different plugs. Anyone recognize these?



All in all a great week to be a new Dad and a few relics to scratch the itch As always thank for looking and good luck out there!

 

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[DownNDirty]

Great to see you were able to get a break from changing diapers and do some digging. How in the world did you figure out the id for the scale key?

 

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[Gaspipe]

Great day in the morning ;nice hunt.

 

[Tommy G]

I've never seen so many buttons from a single site! That is amazing! Congrats on an assortment of great finds!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Incredible recoveries ! Great buttons and nice artifacts. BTW nice pipe stems. Congrats and HH

Thanks dude, always keep an eye out for pipe stems along the coast... usually points to an old pit nearby

 

[Patriot Relics]

Great to see you were able to get a break from changing diapers and do some digging. How in the world did you figure out the id for the scale key?

I was researching a what is it for George (was a partial top scale piece) and saw a scale key image in the Google search. Stumbled across the ID, originally thought it was a watch fob

 

[Evolution]

Wow. Looks like you got some digging done. Some beautiful stuff there. Good job!

 

[Patriot Relics]

I've never seen so many buttons from a single site! That is amazing! Congrats on an assortment of great finds!

Suspect an inland trash pit had eroded into the water, leaving the heavier buttons and buckles scattered across a small section of coastline

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer Relic hunt! That pewter spoon is a great find!!!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Killer Relic hunt! That pewter spoon is a great find!!!

Thanks was litterally sitting on the surface, maybe after the hurricane rolls through a few more goodies will come to the surface