Folded "flat button" turns out to be 1580s jetton

[Bill D. (VA)]

Went back to the site where I dug a 1594 Dutch coin weight about 3 weeks ago to give it another shot. If not for 3 flat buttons I would've been skunked. One of them was bent in half, but when I washed the dirt off I could see some markings. Didn't take long before I realized I was holding a c1580s German jetton. I let it soak in hot water and was able to straighten it out without breaking the fragile artifact, but it was still in rather poor condition. So a lousy day in the field turned out halfway decent after all.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Very interesting. I haven't seen too many jettons dug stateside. You weren't kidding when you said it was an early site. Nice find! I'm hoping to break into the 1500's this year. If targets are sparse enough at that site, maybe try a PI machine to reach down a little deeper?

Both 16th century finds were dug in the iron. Signals seem to be very funky in that area and I seem to be getting lot of false positives that end up being iron. But eventually something great is gonna pop. Outside the iron the targets are virtually non-existent leading me to believe its been hunted heavily in the past. But they didn't get it all, and I love scooping up leftovers.

 

[metalev4]

Jetton is a great find Bill. That site has been sparse, but definitely a few keepers in there. Good luck this weekend.

 

[Kaleb71386]

Really nice I would go back too

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Here's a pic of the jetton folded as found.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

That's quite the "button" find. Great ID.