Hammered silver? cool old buckle need IDs ,knee buckle and a couple coppers

HEAVYMETALNUT · May 28, 2016

Hammered silver? cool old buckle need ID's ,knee buckle and a couple coppers

Mark Steponaitis & Robert Steponaitis invited me and Todd Hiltz to hunt a few cellar holes.the 1st site we all did well at.I got 2 KG II coppers. a real cool old buckle of which I have never seen before If anyone can tell me what kind of buckle this is.everything was old at this site.and a paper thin, possibly hammered silver coin? It's paper thin. I need a ID on this if anyone knows.Thanks for having us up Mark & Robert! had a blast even though we hiked our butts off and soaked with sweat not to mention the bugs :/

OutdoorAdv · May 29, 2016

Excellent hunt Dave! That site sure looks old. Ahab8 recently found a similar\same billion hammered and there is some good info in his post http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...ench-billon-coin-pewter-britannia-button.html Apparently They are 1600's, but created from 1500's coins. Pretty cool. As Bill said IP or Ahab could give you even more info.

Brad

trapperart · May 29, 2016

Congrats on some great finds

against the wind · May 29, 2016

Sweet finds.
Congrats

HEAVYMETALNUT · May 29, 2016

OutdoorAdv said:
Excellent hunt Dave! That site sure looks old. Ahab8 recently found a similar\same billion hammered and there is some good info in his post http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...ench-billon-coin-pewter-britannia-button.html Apparently They are 1600's, but created from 1500's coins. Pretty cool. As Bill said IP or Ahab could give you even more info.

Brad

thanks for the link.I hope they chime in

testing123 · May 29, 2016

this is the perfect time to ask. In the US, I see it as "billon" but there have been two British people who have said/spelled "billion." Is it pronounced/spelled differently there, or is it like "real" versus "reale" spelling?

HomeGuardDan · May 29, 2016

WTG man...killer finds!

sscindercoop · May 29, 2016

That's one old coin and cool buckle congrats Dave!!!!!

Ahab8 · May 29, 2016

That's a really early site buddy. It's funny because I found a 1600s shoe buckle and the billon coin from the same site. Now you find a very similar buckle and billon coin. Majority of these coins started as 1590s douzains. Very cool history with these buddy. IP knows a lot about these. Here's the buckle I found from that early site. I would pound that site man. That's got Mass silver type age

HEAVYMETALNUT · May 29, 2016

Ahab8 said:
That's a really early site buddy. It's funny because I found a 1600s shoe buckle and the billon coin from the same site. Now you find a very similar buckle and billon coin. Majority of these coins started as 1590s douzains. Very cool history with these buddy. IP knows a lot about these. Here's the buckle I found from that early site. I would pound that site man. That's got Mass silver type age
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awesome buckle Ahab! thanks for chiming in with your knowledge. looking forward to IP's comment

sutphin · May 29, 2016

UNBELEIVEABLE FINDS . CONGRATS ON THE OLE BUCKLES AND SIDE PLATE .

ANTIQUARIAN · May 30, 2016

Great finds as always Dave! :occasion14:

I can honestly say that I've never heard of a 'billion hammered coin', I learn something new every time I log onto Tnet! :laughing7:

Hope you're having another great year and stay away from those Yellow Jackets buddy, they really seem to like you! :laughing9:

Dave

Rick (Nova Scotia) · May 30, 2016

Congrats on the real old French, a tough find.
I believe there was one other posted in between Abe's, and this one.
And nice GEO II with readable date.

Jyverb64 · May 30, 2016

Beautiful buckle and a sweet early silver, congrats

romeo-1 · May 30, 2016

That's a great find in the US! I've got a couple smaller French billons and even that very coin...but they are much more common here north of the border.

HEAVYMETALNUT · Jun 2, 2016

thanks everyone!

testing123 · Jun 2, 2016

Billon versus billion

Isaac · Jun 2, 2016

Great job!!! Can't wait for this summer.

Steve in PA · Jun 2, 2016

Great group of finds Dave, and early too. Nice of those guys to invite you and Todd to a site they had obviously not pounded yet. That side plate you posted looks like it's from a Brown Bess.