fathers day finds

[jet747]

Found a big home site with multiple cellar holes last fall and I finally got out there for a couple hours .

If anyone has any info on the button it would be greatly appreciated .

Other finds included a knife , couple door hinges , ox shoe, and a pile of nails .

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congrats!

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks promising! Could be a good spot for a long time?

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

very nice finds

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[JerV3]

Large dandy button 1770s.

Maybe someone else can agree to that.

Does the back side have a solid shank.

Nice early find I'd go over that place well.

Jer

 

[erfranks]

Nice Finds!!

 

[jet747]

Thanks for the kind words.

Jer, thank you for the info. Here's a look at the back of the button .

I found the button at the end of the hunt, I decided to walk a flat "field area" that is overgrown with trees . This was the only target I had in that area (only spent 10 min there). Cemetery on the property , newest headstone dates 1840 (a young woman 30y/o) , most headstones are faint and illegible . I'm going to try and get back there tomorrow .

 

[Steve in PA]

Looks like your site has potential, but that doesn't look like a button to me, looks more like a lid or something. Part of the edge is peeling off (you wouldn't see that on an 18th century dandy button) and the back shows no evidence of a shank, in fact it looks like rusty iron.

 

[jet747]

Looks like your site has potential, but that doesn't look like a button to me, looks more like a lid or something. Part of the edge is peeling off (you wouldn't see that on an 18th century dandy button) and the back shows no evidence of a shank, in fact it looks like rusty iron.

Maybe a buckle or part of a horse bridle ?

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very nice !

 

[Elvis]

Cool score!!