Dug a handful of buttons yesterday, but couldn't find a coin!

[Steve in PA]

I was able to get out for a couple hours yesterday. It was perfect digging weather and I wanted to investigate an area on one of my old permissions where I had started to find a few older items. I had previously found an 1801 Draped Bust LC and three large tombac buttons, plus a couple other buttons and a thimble in this area and I wanted to give the area a more thorough investigation. I was able to find 7 more buttons circa 1790 — 1835, a nice bronze drawer pull, some spoon pieces and a shoe buckle frag along with a few other odds and ends. I couldn’t get over a coin, but it’s always fun to dig buttons.

 

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[GB1]

nice relics

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice collection of buttons. There must have been a lot of activity there a couple hundred years ago. Congrats on the recoveries!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Very nice saves, congrats!

 

[Rookster]

Very nice hunt.Congrats

 

[Whyme]

Very nice buttons! Congrats!

 

[A2coins]

Those are some nice relics gotta be some coins hiding in there. Slap on that smaller coil and sniff em out!!!!!! Great post

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice early site Steve!There has got to be a coin somewhere..Good to see you getting out..

~Blaze~

 

[RVRoamer74]

Nice finds! Congrats!

 

[Brian W]

Nice drop handle...it dates from the late 1600's I am pretty sure

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very nice finds Steve!
I too love that little drop pull and all those beautiful early buttons.

Dave

 

[Trezurehunter]

Maybe no coins, but you sure picked up a nice batch of buttons.

 

[Hawks88]

I too like the drop handles. Nice bunch of saves. Congrats

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice drop handle...it dates from the late 1600's I am pretty sure

Thanks. It's the first one I have found and they are apparently pretty old. I would only estimate the site to date to the 1790s at the earliest, so this must have came off a much older piece of furniture.
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[Steve in PA]

Very nice finds Steve!
I too love that little drop pull and all those beautiful early buttons.

Dave

Thanks Dave. I may have located an early out building or maybe the original cabin site on this farm. There is still an old house standing, but mostly mid to late 19th century stuff around it.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Thanks Dave. I may have located an early out building or maybe the original cabin site on this farm. There is still an old house standing, but mostly mid to late 19th century stuff around it.

Wish I was there with you Steve... but I gotta work
Dave

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Couldn't find a coin , because ya found them all

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Sweet relics!