Easter Finds! New Jersey and Draped Bust Coppers & an Interesting Button

[Steve in PA]

I got out over the Easter weekend and gave my new XP Deus a good test on circa 1795-1830 tavern site that I have pounded pretty hard over the last few years with the F75 and AT Gold. I was using the Pitch program on the Deus and was able to pull out some deep buttons and coins from this cultivated field. The coppers are usually pretty toasted from this site, but the 1807 LC is about as nice as they get here and the New Jersey is at least identifiable. In addition to the large tombac and large dandy, I got another button that had some undistinguishable writing around the edge and what looked like a harp with a crown in the middle. I posted it on a Facebook group and eventually got a “probable” ID — a circa 1815-1825 Limerick Merchants button. The Limerick Merchants were basically the Limerick, Ireland Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1807 and chartered by King George III in 1815.

Here are the relics and coins I was able to pull out of the soybean stubble.


The two coppers


Can't see much on the back of the New Jersey, but Don in SJ believes it is a Maris 66


Here is the interesting button. Too bad ground action took it's toll.


Here it is alongside the possible suspected actual button


EDIT: I am now having second thoughts about the ID on this button. The letters I can make out just don't appear in LIMERICK MERCHANTS. Here is a better pic of some of the lower letters.



And finally, here are some dirt shots for those that like them.

New Jersey


Draped Bust


Tombac


Dandy

 

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[Raven drey]

completely unrelated to the fascinating coin finds , theres a small shard of green pottery on the side. I have found several of the same design in royal blue , do you know anything about it ?

 

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[geo4472]

very nice!

 

[Steve in PA]

completely unrelated to the fascinating coin finds , theres a small shard of green pottery on the side. I have found several of the same design in royal blue , do you know anything about it ?

Yes. They can date from the 1790s to the 1850s and are a good sign if you are seeing those shards on a site.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Good finds Steve. I think you are exactly right about machine differences in the same areas. A friend who allowed me to borrow my first detector told me that things move in the ground by the soil freezing, thawing, droughts, and rain. On one hunt, you might not detect a target at all but let or the ground thaw or get soaked so that your machine catches a side picture in the cone instead of an edge at depth and you wonder how you missed that target! WTG, Q.

 

[Steve in PA]

Now that's really impressive from one site man. I know what you mean about trying every angle... The site I've been hitting the last year has given 30+ coppers, 5 Spanish and a Capped Bust Half. I know there's more down there, but with grass growing I'll be sitting there for the summer.

Brad, as impressive as this site has been, I have hunted two others that were even more impressive in terms of quantity and quality. These two coin piles are from my top two colonial sites.

 

[Ahab8]

Brad, as impressive as this site has been, I have hunted two others that were even more impressive in terms of quantity and quality. These two coin piles are from my top two colonial sites.

Whoa dude!!!! Where are those sites? I need one

 

[Steve in PA]

Whoa dude!!!! Where are those sites? I need one

Abe, both of these sites were along early travel routes in western Pennsylvania. Both had forts and taverns and were popular stopping points along the road. I was fortunate to get into them when I did.

 

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[Mr. Digger]

Very nice coppers! Congrats.

 

[treblehunter]

Nice finds, amazing what a different machine can do.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice haul there Stevie boy

~Blaze

 

[Bass]

Awesome! Thanks for the in situ photos! Great post

 

[sscindercoop]

nice digs!!!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very well done. Nice finds!

 

[Iron Patch]

Good results for sure! And your hunch is right, it's not the same button as there's a big difference in space from the top of the crown to the circle.

 

[Steve in PA]

Good results for sure! And your hunch is right, it's not the same button as there's a big difference in space from the top of the crown to the circle.

I'll probably never know what this button is unless I dig another one in better shape. It's not out of the realm of possibility....

 

[johnnyblaze]

I will say this the bottom picture of that button almost looks like a shield with an Eagle head..Kind of like a Civil war button eagle..
But i may be delusional!

~Blaze

 

[Steve in PA]

I will say this the bottom picture of that button almost looks like a shield with an Eagle head..Kind of like a Civil war button eagle..
But i may be delusional!

~Blaze

I think your eyes are playing tricks on you JohnnyBoy

 

[johnnyblaze]

I think your eyes are playing tricks on you JohnnyBoy

You getting all pumped up for the DIPA hunt?

~Blaze

 

[Steve in PA]

You getting all pumped up for the DIPA hunt?

~Blaze

I'm ready. Hope the weather cooperates. Are you going?