‘Hail Columbia’ Button, 1816 Brock Token, 1916 CDN LC

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I found this site by researching an 1872 atlas of my area and after receiving permission from the property manager, I hit the site for 4hrs on Sunday morning. I found a few of the items in the forest on the edge of the field, but it was too dense to effectively swing a coil, the rest I found in the middle of the field close a stone lined well. The US ‘Hail Columbia’ Button was my first find, after that it was coin, coin, coin… well you get the idea!

All I can find about the ‘Hail Columbia’ button is from the following book that was written in 1862: ‘An Arrangement of Medals and Tokens Struck in Honor of the Presidents of the United States, and of the Presidential Candidates, from the administration of John Adams to that of Abraham Lincoln’. By Alfred H. Satterlee. This description pretty well matches the button I found... “An eagle with shield hanging from its beak, “Hail Columbia” above, struck over a U.S. shield; fine and rare. Although the description above is slightly inaccurate, this button does remind me of the US ‘Flying Eagle Cent’.

The 1816 Brock Memorial Token was a first for me. I love finding ‘holed’ coins, some of you might not agree, but I think it makes it that much more personal. One-piece buttons were plentiful here; the ‘cross-weave’ button is an early two-piece design, too bad the shank was missing.

Thanks very much for looking,
Dave

 

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Sweet finds, congratulations!

Thank you very much Sir!
Dave

 

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Sweet finds! Looks like you found a great place

 

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Sweet finds! Looks like you found a great place

Thanks very much for your post digger!

Best of luck to you,
Dave