First Night Dig. (Rain go away!)

[black651]

I woke up with the hopes of going out to do some hunting today - but the weather did not cooperate. It rained pretty much all day long and didn't start clearing up until near dusk. I read about some on here doing some detecting at night and figured I'd give it a try. I really liked it! Less people around to bother with and I could concentrate on the hunt.

I dug up a lot of newer pennies - (don't know what to do with those nasty things!) but I did luck out and find one 1942 Wheatie right at the start. This kept me charged up for a few hours. Found some buttons marked "Stanley Blacker" on the back of them - probably from an old suit or something. The other oddball find was the metal button/pin with the couple playing either tennis or badminton on it. The back is marked with "Stieff Pewter" and has a hallmark. Couldn't find much on this particular object but the Stieff company has a website. Will have to keep looking. Finding a British 50 pence piece buried next to a tree was a real weird find as well. The spot I'm trying to hunt lately has been turning out some items from the 30's - 50's so far. Found a spoon marked "Vernon Silver Plate" and located the pattern online - "Casino" manufactured in 1931. All in all I was happy to have been able to get out and not go stir-crazy on my day off. You can bet I am going to try and get back to it again! Thanks for looking!!

 

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[DMN]

That Steiff button has to have some value. Wonder if it was from the stuffed animals or just production.
Those pennies look like they'd disappear in another few years!

 

[DMN]

Looking around a little more I guess it's not that famous stuffed animal maker at all but some pewter company in the US -- Kirk Stieff? Seems they make a lot of pewter buttons and some commemorative button sets as well. Hope you don't mind me searching some on it, it just seemed too interesting to pass up.

 

[black651]

DMN - Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks for the information on the name (Kirk Stieff) - I was just searching under "Stieff" and this may help with the search results. I tried "button" (also brooch, pin, lapel..etc - no luck so far). I do love a challenge!