field of old buttons wow

[diggingitrtb]

out with hogge today,and we started detecting this field by my house,and almost every hole was a button,something was going on there,maybe troops camped therei i dont know ,but we have a new spot that well be going to, that i like to call button world,and we didnt even do half the field,all these buttons plus the ones hogge found,which im sure hell post were found really close to each other you gotta love that

 

[dfxmatt]

makes you wonder what the heck happened out there. Intresting...very intresting...keep us posted.

 

[diggingitrtb]

no problem i will keep u posted im going back tommorow,there has to be a coin some where in that field

 

[hogge]

Iseem to think the links are part of a sword hanger. Anyone second that? Hogge

 

[Iron Patch]

Not uncommon around an old home site or anywhere something took place. If it was troops you'd probably be findind marked buttons, at least a some percentage. When I find a new site digging 20+ is probably expected.

PS... But it's all a % game, if you keep digging them you will pop a good one.

 

[seger98]

Some really neat buttons you have there, must have been something going on there!

 

[John (Ma)]

WOW, Excellent finds.

 

[Brian in MA]

Very nice buttons. You obviously have a good (and old) spot to hunt.

I can't wait to see what else you find there !!!

Good luck

Brian in MA

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice cache of buttons

 

[DugHoles]

Interested on where those buttons came from

Happy Hunting!

Dugholes

 

[dfx willy]

diiggins nice button haul !! there right up there with coins in my book. congrats. plehbah get your butt out of that dark dingy smoke filled gin mill and contribute to the forum you were on a roll there for a while. willy.

 

[xlt nh]

Nice Colonials!

I used to have a field like that before it was dozed and aparatment houses went up on it... I found over 50 buttons in about a 100' square area...probably a dump at one time...it was really weird to find so many in one spot.

Hope to see some Colonial coins in the next go-round!

HH, Hank 8)

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

They are some cool buttons. I'll bet the coins are lurking, waiting to be found.
Chris

 

[Curious The George]

Could be the site of a tailors shop.

Could be the site of a paper making operation, they made paper from old cloth items. They, of course, would take the buttons off the cloth before shredding it.

Could be the site of a rag picker.

 

[Don in SJ]

Nice grouping of the late 1700's buttons, now time to find more of the coins from that period, should be colonials and early Large Cents/Spanish silver to go along with those buttons, if you have not already dug them...

Don

 

[BuckleBoy]

The "toothpick method" in my post below will likely keep the designs on your buttons more attractive for a display.

Great finds! Now go get that spanish silver.


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