First button; not as impressive as ancient ones I’ve seen here…

[Blackfoot58]

2 hours detecting today. I got a solid 30 ID, dug down and saw a small metal circle. Hoping for my first coin with the Simplex; instead my first button. It is ferrous metal, not brass.
Not as exciting as Roman, Revolutionary war or Civil war ones.
Also, a brass clock gear, Ball jar lid with cracked porcelain liner, old garden hoe head and possibly a chisel. Initially I thought it was a broken file. Upon closer inspection I couldn’t find any striations that are so obvious on a file. The wider end has been tapered to an edge. I’m cleaning it to get a better look. Maybe someone made a chisel from a file. ??

 

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[pepperj]

The LEE button is an early one, nice find.
At least you're starting to find round items, those gears sound up really nice though.

 

[Almy]

I've made wood turning tools by sharpening the ends of files. A flat one would look like a chisel and could be used like a chisel.

 

[plehbah2]

Some folks get very hung up on a couple of bucks worth of silver or a pile of dirty pennies, and while that stuff can be fun it does not really tell much of a story. Your finds there tell a story of a farming life with fewer material goods and no place to spend and no reason to spend any money most days. The improvised tool really brings it home. Your group of artifacts there looks just like the stuff I find on prairie homesteads in eastern Colorado. The canning jar lids and overall buttons are ubiquitous on such sites. I can hunt a half dozen of them without finding even a single old penny. Considering how fast and how much the world changes around us, a little pile of artifacts like that makes me feel incredibly nostalgic.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Some folks get very hung up on a couple of bucks worth of silver or a pile of dirty pennies, and while that stuff can be fun it does not really tell much of a story. Your finds there tell a story of a farming life with fewer material goods and no place to spend and no reason to spend any money most days. The improvised tool really brings it home. Your group of artifacts there looks just like the stuff I find on prairie homesteads in eastern Colorado. The canning jar lids and overall buttons are ubiquitous on such sites. I can hunt a half dozen of them without finding even a single old penny. Considering how fast and how much the world changes around us, a little pile of artifacts like that makes me feel incredibly nostalgic.

I very much agree. I was very happy to find the mangled hoe. It tells a story. Thanks

 

[Blackfoot58]

I figured this would have a dark brown patina once cleaned. Soaked in vinegar for an hour. It looked copper-ish while still wet. Once dry it looks kind of a dull orange.

 

[BennyV]

2 hours detecting today. I got a solid 30 ID, dug down and saw a small metal circle. Hoping for my first coin with the Simplex; instead my first button. It is ferrous metal, not brass.
Not as exciting as Roman, Revolutionary war or Civil war ones.
Also, a brass clock gear, Ball jar lid with cracked porcelain liner, old garden hoe head and possibly a chisel. Initially I thought it was a broken file. Upon closer inspection I couldn’t find any striations that are so obvious on a file. The wider end has been tapered to an edge. I’m cleaning it to get a better look. Maybe someone made a chisel from a file. ??

Better than no button.

 

[Digger RJ]

2 hours detecting today. I got a solid 30 ID, dug down and saw a small metal circle. Hoping for my first coin with the Simplex; instead my first button. It is ferrous metal, not brass.
Not as exciting as Roman, Revolutionary war or Civil war ones.
Also, a brass clock gear, Ball jar lid with cracked porcelain liner, old garden hoe head and possibly a chisel. Initially I thought it was a broken file. Upon closer inspection I couldn’t find any striations that are so obvious on a file. The wider end has been tapered to an edge. I’m cleaning it to get a better look. Maybe someone made a chisel from a file. ??

Nice!!! Congrats!!!