CS button and 3 cent nickel from new site

[Bill D. (VA)]

I was able to get into a c1790-1810 homesite this week, but it was very difficult to access. I had to ford 100 ft of water up to 18" deep where the road crossed the swamp. And my truck does not have 4WD. But with what appeared to be at least some gravel lining the bottom I decided to make a go for it. After successfully negotiating that obstacle I was able to locate the old homesite in a high field along with the accompanying cemetery. The site was apparently occupied until the 1980s when it was torn down, and the area was littered with iron and trash, a lot of it modern. After a couple of trips there the finds quickly diminished, but I was able to recover a few buttons and other period artifacts. The best find was a bent front half of a vest-sized lined CS button. I also made a coin first by digging a 3 cent nickel. I think the date is 1865, which was the first year of minting, but it's so small and hard to read I'm not sure. I also found a silver spoon with a script "C" on the handle, a weird broach depicting a woman's face, and also eyeballed a very small Native American point. It was a fun little site to hunt, but now it's time to move on to something a little older and more productive. HH to all .... Bill

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Those are great finds, and well worth digging through the modern trash for. The block I is a great item for the display case, and those 3c nickels are hard to find. I'm convinced that many detectorists tune them out, which is why so few are dug. Then again, I dig everything including big iron, and I've never found one yet in 20 years, so perhaps they just didn't circulate much. The complete silver spoon is a great find. I've dug pieces, but never one intact.

Congratulations,


Buckles

 

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

That's a nice group of old finds you have there. Do you take a lawn mower to places like this? DD.

 

[BosnMate]

You got my attention, love those kind of finds. Your crossing the swamp reminds me of a time in Nevada. Several years ago my nephew and I were on the county road in Soldier Meadows, no bridges and several creek crossings, way out in the pucker brush, perhaps 200 miles from the closest known tow truck. I was driving a four wheel drive Toyota pickup, the crossing looked simple enough and the previous ones were axle deep, and I got into that one, the water came over the hood and the truck started floating for a couple of bounces before we started out the other side. So it wasn't scary for very long, but it was terrifying two or three seconds, and the come down off the adrenalin rush is sure a good feeling.

 

[Steve in PA]

That was a nice little site, but I know it's not quite what you have in mind this time of year

I predicting a big score from you Bill, and the very near future

 

[nsdq]

very nice hunt

 

[CSA2K]

Very nice!

 

[Wldbil]

Nice Finds... Congrats

 

[The Sanddigger]

Nice coin and a good day all around!

 

[matt092079]

That's a nice group of finds. Love the patina on that stuff. The 3 center turned out nice and congrats on the CS button!

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

Love those buttons and coins! The Block I aint half bad either.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Bill D those are some sweet finds man

I have never seen a nickle 3 center dug out this way..

Or a Confederate button..


Blaze

 

[jewelerguy]

love the button. the 3 center looks to be in great shape

 

[Hutch911]

Nice finds!!!

 

[Gunrunner61]

Bill,
Killer finds my friend, A 3 center is on my wish list. Like the confederate button and the Womans bust, it looks interesting.........................HH

 

[VOL1266-X]

Some very nice finds Bill!! HH, Quindy.

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice Coin and Block Button
actually a lot of nice buttons !!
The dates on those early nickels are really small...
Early coin silver flatware is one of my favorites. Congrats on the Goods

 

[okerraine]

Congratulations on the Confederate button. I really like the coin silver spoon. Great finds

 

[WVARelics]

Great site picture and awesome finds. I have an old forgotten grave yard on my wish to detect around list, used to walk by it when I was a kid.

 

[jamesbibb]

Bill is the I a Lined or Stippled? A nice outing for sure the confederate button makes the hunt for sure