Buttons, crotal bell, and random relics

[Gene Mean]

I went to a couple of county parks to detect the open areas. They were farms back in the 18th and 19th centuries. At the second one I asked the rangers if I could detect close to the house(no detecting within 100ft in rulebook) and they said yes. I told them I found a couple buttons the day before and the one guy laughed and said they were probably from the 1970's. I didn't say anything cause I knew they were 17 or 1800s. I started digging and found a good signal. As the ranger went by on the cart he said to his partner that it's probably a water pipe that I found and they got a good laugh. It felt good to pull out another button as they drove away.
So I found a lot of random typical finds but i love them. The pointed piece is a part of a lightening rod clamp for a tree. Thanks to ticndig for the crazy ID on that. The point goes into the tree. Saving buildings and trees from lightening was a big deal in the old days.
There's a Corbin bullet in there, has a pellet inside for weight and material reduction. Also a musical instrument finger pick, maybe for a banjo. Thanks for taking a look

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[weregolf]

Nice bunch of History!

 

[Squirrel322]

Great finds!the horse shoe fob is pretty cool and the silver Washington is very nice.

I believe you actually found a Sleigh bell, not a Crotal bell. Im not an expert though.

 

[vpnavy]

 

[A2coins]

Congrats that's alot of buttons and relics sounds like a great day keep rippin my friend. Tommy