Vermonter
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Nothing great here, but a funny story. So I was hunting an old cabin site where I've been many times. I looked down, and right on the chimney pile basically, I saw a late colonial flat coat button. I'd been over that same spot a half dozen times and not seen it? That's weird, but even weirder, is my machine broken? I should have detected a screaming button signal, right? I realized a second later that the target was nulling on just the tiny bit of discrimination I had set for rusty nails. I often hunt all metal, but here the nails are especially thick. I turned off the disc and wham, loud grunt. It was an iron flat button. Rusty iron in the rusty iron!
I know there are early iron buttons, but I'd never found one, not exactly looking for them. How common were they? Were they gilded? I guess I'm probably passing over them all the time. I cleaned this one up as best I could. The back looks like a typical flatty with shank. The front was pretty rusted, but it had a nice little diamond pattern fancy.
I know there are early iron buttons, but I'd never found one, not exactly looking for them. How common were they? Were they gilded? I guess I'm probably passing over them all the time. I cleaned this one up as best I could. The back looks like a typical flatty with shank. The front was pretty rusted, but it had a nice little diamond pattern fancy.
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