DiggityDiggity
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- Sep 25, 2013
- 249
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- Detector(s) used
- Garret AT Pro, Garrett 350
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Been a couple weeks since I've posted my hunts. I decided to go back to my early 1800s farm cellar hole stomping ground tonight. I've been pounding it all summer. Found a couple draped bust largies, a draped bust half and many colonial thru mid 1800s buttons at this site...not to mention countless cool relics. The past few hunts at this property have given me nothing but scrap. Tonight I was determined to dig every damn repeatable. I'm so glad I did. Within an hour I pulled up these three beauties! These are the first military buttons I've ever dug!
![20191015_211336.jpg 20191015_211336.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587180-a93a8b5e2c6bf40aeb3ded3eb139c13f.jpg)
Literally the first plug I popped open was the New York(?) militia button. It rang up a bouncy 62 to 68 with a side order of square nail. I believe it's from the Civil War but I'm not 100% sure. I thought it was a shotgun shell at first because it came out of the plug back-end up.
I just thru it in my pack and didn't realize until I got home what I had dug.
![20191015_211515.jpg 20191015_211515.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587105-e81a2561a6089f2dc59bd37f70ca5233.jpg)
![20191015_211410.jpg 20191015_211410.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587108-769440fc044613a6f00c969ad4e4e4e1.jpg)
![20191015_211457.jpg 20191015_211457.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587109-13eb0cec93107528ad0431f9cac7f658.jpg)
![20191015_211603.jpg 20191015_211603.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587111-da437da69f20988d9e62fd8ed217c702.jpg)
Within 5 minutes of the first button, I get a crunchyyy 48/52 signal. I popped the plug and instantly knew I had something special.
![20191015_212004.jpg 20191015_212004.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587127-7c4f10dc086238511b990f60c3a3825f.jpg)
![20191015_212026.jpg 20191015_212026.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587122-74953f2dc3c4114db5caed2f5ea4874e.jpg)
My heart is still pumping when I look at her. I still don't know what era she's from. Civil War? Earlier? She cleaned up niceeee!
![20191015_213926.jpg 20191015_213926.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587152-71b937694390352a46e065fc576e2c90.jpg)
![20191015_213859.jpg 20191015_213859.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587164-11734c8bee99e91ee760c67e9b3b856c.jpg)
![20191015_214035.jpg 20191015_214035.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587160-ee4dec1d473f9589c82aae54dfeaa830.jpg)
![20191015_214006.jpg 20191015_214006.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587156-5c7c6815ef42edd2b51b2b12cffba5eb.jpg)
The last is just a cool looking civilian button. I'll take it!
![20191015_211653.jpg 20191015_211653.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587172-a9b3823c95de8225e258c77e71a4fe35.jpg)
![20191015_211916.jpg 20191015_211916.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587167-d461a3011fac2103ea5360c0aa749062.jpg)
I continued to dig well past sun down. Head-lamping in the dark is becoming a necessity being so close to winter and all. I think the farmer harvesting corn across the road must have thought I was nuts. lol If anyone has any information on these buttons, I would be very grateful for your input!!
![20191015_211336.jpg 20191015_211336.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587180-a93a8b5e2c6bf40aeb3ded3eb139c13f.jpg)
Literally the first plug I popped open was the New York(?) militia button. It rang up a bouncy 62 to 68 with a side order of square nail. I believe it's from the Civil War but I'm not 100% sure. I thought it was a shotgun shell at first because it came out of the plug back-end up.
![Cheesy :D :D](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/cheesy.gif)
![20191015_211515.jpg 20191015_211515.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587105-e81a2561a6089f2dc59bd37f70ca5233.jpg)
![20191015_211410.jpg 20191015_211410.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587108-769440fc044613a6f00c969ad4e4e4e1.jpg)
![20191015_211457.jpg 20191015_211457.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587109-13eb0cec93107528ad0431f9cac7f658.jpg)
![20191015_211603.jpg 20191015_211603.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587111-da437da69f20988d9e62fd8ed217c702.jpg)
Within 5 minutes of the first button, I get a crunchyyy 48/52 signal. I popped the plug and instantly knew I had something special.
![20191015_212004.jpg 20191015_212004.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587127-7c4f10dc086238511b990f60c3a3825f.jpg)
![20191015_212026.jpg 20191015_212026.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587122-74953f2dc3c4114db5caed2f5ea4874e.jpg)
My heart is still pumping when I look at her. I still don't know what era she's from. Civil War? Earlier? She cleaned up niceeee!
![20191015_213926.jpg 20191015_213926.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587152-71b937694390352a46e065fc576e2c90.jpg)
![20191015_213859.jpg 20191015_213859.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587164-11734c8bee99e91ee760c67e9b3b856c.jpg)
![20191015_214035.jpg 20191015_214035.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587160-ee4dec1d473f9589c82aae54dfeaa830.jpg)
![20191015_214006.jpg 20191015_214006.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587156-5c7c6815ef42edd2b51b2b12cffba5eb.jpg)
The last is just a cool looking civilian button. I'll take it!
![20191015_211653.jpg 20191015_211653.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587172-a9b3823c95de8225e258c77e71a4fe35.jpg)
![20191015_211916.jpg 20191015_211916.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1587/1587167-d461a3011fac2103ea5360c0aa749062.jpg)
I continued to dig well past sun down. Head-lamping in the dark is becoming a necessity being so close to winter and all. I think the farmer harvesting corn across the road must have thought I was nuts. lol If anyone has any information on these buttons, I would be very grateful for your input!!
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