Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!) UPDATE

[romeo-1]

I was on the road before sun up this morning and decided to try Cannonball Beach. I haven't been there is about a month so I figured I was past due. I got the usual musket balls and also a 30 lb chunk of mortar. I usually leave the mortar pieces on the beach but this one was found within 20 feet of the 28 lb piece I found last February so I thought there would be a good chance that they would mate up...and they did! Next time out I'm going to concentrate on that one area and see if I can find the rest...I'm a quarter of the way there.

On the way back to town I saw that one of my fields had just been harvested (beans) so I decided to give it a shot. This is the field that Patriot and I hunted this past spring. When we were there the field had just been plowed but the furrows were very high. With the beans just off it was flat ground. Finds started popping out right away. Several musket balls, a couple loom or net weights, some spoon frags, two coins (a worn French liard and what I think is a worn George II) and an as yet to be identified military button. Update:Identified as a King's American Dragoon bridle rosette or hat button! It was a good hunt!

 

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[dwayne sueno]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

i'd love to see that mortar reassembled.
that would be SWEET!
nice handful of field finds there, too.

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

i'd love to see that mortar reassembled.
that would be SWEET!
nice handful of field finds there, too.

It's going to be massive...probably well over 250lbs.

 

[The Patriot]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

looks like a light Dragoons button there and looks British ..funny that site is French but I guess the English were all over that area... seen one familiar to it...sure IronPatch knows what it is....

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

looks like a light Dragoons button there and looks British...funny that site is French but I guess the English were all over that area... seen one familiar to it...sure IronPatch knows what it is....

It almost looks like the "LD" was stamped in after...it seems sharper than the rest of the details and the letters don't look like they are spaced even. I wonder if it could be a repurposed button...

For anyone wondering...here's a picture of the two mortar fragments with a quarter for scale. I could not imagine the effort it took just to load this cannon...let alone being on the receiving end...

 

[The Patriot]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

Can you make out any writing on the edges? Did you clean it any better? could've be restamped but guessing it was somewhat crudely made..

 

[HuntNdig]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

nice hunt!! Congrats on the sweet digs!

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

Can you make out any writing on the edges? Did you clean it any better? could've be restamped but guessing it was somewhat crudely made..

Just ID'd...

King's American Dragoons...Loyalist!

(Borrowed Picture)

 

[The Patriot]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

Loyalist!!!! Sweet... getting me anxious for a road trip!

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both!

Loyalist!!!! Sweet... getting me anxious for a road trip!

It was found right on the side of the hill where you found the Liard...I'm pretty stoked right now!!

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

Good Button, the Light Dragoon bit was easy but it was hard to read the rest

 

[The Patriot]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

Good Button, the Light Dragoon bit was easy but it was hard to read the rest

The Kings American Dragoons

 

[Hunthicks]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

Sweet, it's funny how you can talk about how you've never found something and then there it is. I did that with french silver earlier this year.

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

Sweet, it's funny how you can talk about how you've never found something and then there it is. I did that with french silver earlier this year.

Let's test it again...I sure would like to find some trade silver...

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

You are certainly on a roll, and your 2nd banner find in as many weeks. (whether it goes up there or not) That's a rare one for sure!

 

[umrgolf]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

You've gotta be kidding me I saw this earlier and was waiting for an ID.. Had a feeling it was something really good, but this is much better than I expected Congrats Romeo, that is an amazing button Banner vote in

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

By the way I think I know who dug the one you posted the picture of and he lost his shirt on it by being in a rush.

Also... just looked in the book and this unit is a result of the Queens Rangers and British Legion being absorbed. (The Legion button would sure be a good/ very rare one to dig) Also, it's different in that the King's American Dragoons enlisted soldiers wore these buttons, when all the other units had pewter. Don't see too many KADs dug, and the last I know of was at least 6 or 7 years ago.

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

Wow!!! I had no idea! Just did a little research on the regiment...less than 3 years and pretty notorious...

Now...to clean or not to clean...

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

Good Button, the Light Dragoon bit was easy but it was hard to read the rest

The Kings American Dragoons

Yeah, I know, I saw it in the better picture, just not in his button when I was trying to figure it out. Didn't stand much chance as I was thinking British 1812, so this is much better

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Beach and Field...Success at Both (Rev. War Loyalist Button!!!)

Wow!!! I had no idea! Just did a little research on the regiment...less than 3 years and pretty notorious...

Now...to clean or not to clean...

From the picture it looks like cleaning would probably lose you detail. Don't think I'd touch that one, at least from what I can see.