Got some colonial hunting in this week with a first for me

[gold panner]

I hit an old cellar hole next to my house this week which I have hit a lot but managed to get a first. I have pulled plenty of harmonica reeds but never a case.

I also managed to get the biggest part to a croato? Bell that I have ever seen

Then I meet up with a buddy and we hit a new farm field that hat just been plowed. He has not been metal detecting much so I let him use my fisher gold bug and I am showing him how to turn it on and ground balance and take a few swings with it to let him hear what the iron sounds like and get a perfect mid seventies hit and sure enough out pops a copper. So he takes off on his own and within a minute found an Indian. Here is a pic of the copper I think it is either a Connecticut or possibly a left facing king George. I would be interested in opinions


My buddy found a few buttons and one dandy button. I also found one dandy button and this one with an eagle on it. Any ideas on what it type of button it may be?



Thanks for looking and happy hunting

 

[Javadroid]

Very nice finds! Love the colonial relics and coins and wish I was where I could find them!

 

[Scrappy]

Great button. There are a lot of buttons similar to yours, but it looks like its borderless, so here's a somewhat narrowed list

Either way it's one piece and early 19th century. Congrats

 

[gold panner]

Thanks scrappy it is 100% one of those buttons! how do I get a button book like that? I have googled it but honestly do not know what I need but something like a red book for buttons. I am finding a lot of buttons and it would be fun to know more about them.
thanks

 

[gold panner]

How did a navy button get into the middle of a farm field in northern Vermont in the early 1800's. fun just imagining where the early settlers came from.

 

[Scrappy]

Thanks scrappy it is 100% one of those buttons! how do I get a button book like that? I have googled it but honestly do not know what I need but something like a red book for buttons. I am finding a lot of buttons and it would be fun to know more about them.
thanks

No prob. It's Albert's Book of buttons. Google it

As far as the location of artifacts - sometimes you just need to give up figuring it out and accept it. I always try and put myself in their shoes. Perhaps a navy guy moved to the mountains after being discharged. I know many wore their uniforms as a sense of pride for social occasions.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats to you both on some nice finds

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the productive relic hunt!

 

[Underwonder]

Very cool!