coinman123 Silver Member Joined Feb 21, 2013 Messages 4,676 Reaction score 5,768 Golden Thread 2 Location New England, Somewhere Metal Detecting in the Wood 🥇 Banner finds 2 Detector(s) used Teknetics T2 SE (DST) Spare Teknetics T2 SE (backup) 15" T2 coil Pro-Pointer Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202 Fisher F2 Fisher F-Point Primary Interest: Other May 7, 2015 #1 I found this button today, it looks like it is made out of tombac. I have found many tombac buttons but not like this, most a quite big and thin, this is small and thick. The back is cone like too. Front is smooth and black.
I found this button today, it looks like it is made out of tombac. I have found many tombac buttons but not like this, most a quite big and thin, this is small and thick. The back is cone like too. Front is smooth and black.
Iron Patch Platinum Member Joined Sep 28, 2007 Messages 19,276 Reaction score 8,957 Golden Thread 3 Location Dirtyville 🥇 Banner finds 4 Detector(s) used Deus Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting May 7, 2015 #2 Yep, you got it, a tombac. Upvote 0
Patriot Relics Silver Member Joined Feb 6, 2014 Messages 3,712 Reaction score 5,634 Golden Thread 5 Location Lowcountry, South Carolina / Richmond, Virginia 🥇 Banner finds 5 Detector(s) used CTX-3030, Deus XP II Primary Interest: Relic Hunting May 7, 2015 #3 Nice dig, Found one just like it coinman- definitely a tombac. The diameter would help in determining age. Upvote 0
Nice dig, Found one just like it coinman- definitely a tombac. The diameter would help in determining age.
coinman123 Silver Member Joined Feb 21, 2013 Messages 4,676 Reaction score 5,768 Golden Thread 2 Location New England, Somewhere Metal Detecting in the Wood 🥇 Banner finds 2 Detector(s) used Teknetics T2 SE (DST) Spare Teknetics T2 SE (backup) 15" T2 coil Pro-Pointer Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202 Fisher F2 Fisher F-Point Primary Interest: Other May 8, 2015 Thread Owner #4 About the size of a penny, maybe slightly larger. Upvote 0