Beautiful 1819 Large Cent, 3 1 Piece Eagles, Inverted Navy & More!

[mangum]

I had a great start to the new year & saved some awesome history! I got out Saturday with my buddies Chris & Chuck to a spot near Columbia. From what we found we suspect we are on an 1820s-30s militia camp or muster ground. There was no real concentration of iron, only small patches. There was also no big iron or house related relics, no pottery or glass either. I found a beautiful 1819 large cent! I also found 3 1820s-30s one piece eagle buttons (Chuck found one as well). There were 3 different backs so they’re not off of the same coat. Unfortunately 2 are toast but the backmarks match up. I also found an inverted Navy button (its thought a contract fell through & these were repurposed to sell to civilians). I found 15 buttons altogether including a tiny silvered button. Other finds were fired round balls, piece of a bell & piece of a colonial buckle. We also dig over 120 shotgun shells... It was great to get out with good friends & save some history!

 

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[Peyton Manning]

very nice, glad somebody has unfrozen ground

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well done my man. That LC is in really nice shape. A lot of them only have one nice side, but yours has both sides.

Congrats on the eagle buttons too.

 

[Truth]

You my friend had the hunt that I only dream of. Congratulations!!!

 

[sandchip]

Great finds, and I be lovin' that LC!

 

[mangum]

very nice, glad somebody has unfrozen ground

It was like butter, sandy soil.

 

[Calabash Digger]

great finds!

 

[Steve in PA]

Great group of finds. I have found about 5 of those one piece convex eagle artillery buttons and the detail is weak on all of them. I think they had a weak strike to start with and polishing and wear made it worse.

 

[tennessee digger]

Very nice finds, congrats.

 

[thrifty76now]

All told that was an awesome hunt.I really like that early in series Matron head large cent 1819.Nice buttons also.

 

[mangum]

Great group of finds. I have found about 5 of those one piece convex eagle artillery buttons and the detail is weak on all of them. I think they had a weak strike to start with and polishing and wear made it worse.

Dave W mentioned that as well, the strike is very weak...

 

[DocBeav]

Those are some AWESOME finds! Congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice Start!!!

 

[TWray]

Great finds. Congrats

 

[Kurios1]

Awesome sight. Excellent recoveries. Clear out them beeps!

 

[treblehunter]

I love those Eagle buttons and it's always sweet finding a LC in that shape, congrats!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Great saves

 

[pepperj]

Nice going on the early copper and buttons. Liking the inverted/reversed shank on the navy button is there anything on the backside. The tiny silver button I'm thinking might not be a button at all, but rather off an adornment, like a bead/small jingle bell like where there would be many hanging off a fringe.

 

[washingtonian]

You weren't joking, that's one of the best looking dug large cents I've ever seen.

 

[mangum]

Nice going on the early copper and buttons. Liking the inverted/reversed shank on the navy button is there anything on the backside. The tiny silver button I'm thinking might not be a button at all, but rather off an adornment, like a bead/small jingle bell like where there would be many hanging off a fringe.

The other side is blank. I'm not totally sure on the small silver item, just guessing by the shank.