Hill Billy
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Hey Tnet fans, it's been a long time since I've posted here but today I must. First off it's been forever since I've been out detecting. I want to say I've been out maybe 5 times in the past year and that has got to change. A friend of mine called me yesterday and asked if I wanted to meet up and hit a property he had just gained permission for. I said sure but I had to work till noon or so. I ended up meeting him around 1PM to hunt for only a couple hours, I had to be home by 3:30. I drove out and met him in a field and got to swinging. He was hunting a site that was on the 1930's map but wasn't on the 1880's. I asked him what he had found so far and he said not much, 1 dandy button and some pulltabs. I asked where he found the the button and he pointed a couple hundred yards away from where we were standing. I said why aren't you hunting over there and he said it was quiet and the button was the only target there. I immediately said lets go and give it another shot. We drove over and I got out swinging. Boom!!! Large Tombac button in my pouch. Carried on a few more feet and I looked down and eyeballed my next find. I called him over to take a look at my find before I picked it up. We looked at it and thought oh it's just a cuff button. He starts to walk away and boom he's got a sweet harness boss. I told my friend, hey we're on an old site, hunt hard. I found another Tombac a few minutes later and he started finding Tombac's too. We carried on for about 2 hours and the finds came to a screeching halt. Either the place had been hunted before or the family didn't lose much. I think my bud ended up finding 5 tombacs and the harness boss.
A couple hours later I started cleaning up my finds and when I got to the cuff link my eyes about popped out of my head. I could swear I was looking at George Washington's mug on the face of the cuff button. I cleaned it up a bit more and started to see letters on the rim of the button. All I can make out is "ING" at the 12 o'clock position. So I'm totally pumped about this find and would like to know what people think it actually is. I can't find a GW cuff that looks anything like it. I've got a feeling this thing is rare as hens teeth
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A couple hours later I started cleaning up my finds and when I got to the cuff link my eyes about popped out of my head. I could swear I was looking at George Washington's mug on the face of the cuff button. I cleaned it up a bit more and started to see letters on the rim of the button. All I can make out is "ING" at the 12 o'clock position. So I'm totally pumped about this find and would like to know what people think it actually is. I can't find a GW cuff that looks anything like it. I've got a feeling this thing is rare as hens teeth
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fun , huh? 
