Bucketlister FE Cent and Civil War Riflemans "R" Button

Murray8144

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I parlayed my job into another permission...this time at a house built in 1855. I ended up spending a couple hours there. There were only a few clean signals on the entire property, all of which turned out to be memorials or clad. I was running the etrac in 2-tone ferrous. The 1st good find was one of the worst signals i've ever bothered to dig: iron grunts with the slightest high-tone chirp. I pulled two long rusty old nails from the hole, then pulled what I thought was going to be an indian. I saw the thickness and thought hey that's cool...it's a fatty. The reverse came through first, and saw the familiar "one cent", but it occurred to me that it looked a little different for some reason. The obverse took several minutes of work, and it wasn't long before i coaxed out the design.

Here it is right out of the ground. I wasn't positive it was an FE but i was pretty sure:

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After a little cleaning. I guess it's not too much cleaner than before, but the design is unmistakable:

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The next notable was a similar signal to the FE...crappy. After pulling some junk from the hole i pulled a gilted button.

Freshly dug:

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Cleaned a little. The gilt will really come through after a little more effort:

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Wow!!! That button is fantastic! Nice job on both finds. Makes you wonder what we sometimes walk away from.

HH RN
 

Awesome digs Murray, the FE is super sweet. :occasion14: That one sadly remains on my bucket list.
 

Awesome FE Cent!!!! Really nice CW button!! Congrats and HH
 

Nice finds Murray. Soon enough the brush will die down. Cheers
 

Congrats on two great finds Murray, and on taking one off your bucket list.
 

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