I finally got out today

[smokeythecat]

Twas' between rain showers. I wasn't detecting. I had taken shovel in hand to extend a drainage ditch in case we got torrential rains today, well, it just rained a little. While digging the trench about 8" wide and 8' long at the back door of my house I dug one of those temperature indicators for a turkey! And a bottle cap in plastic! Wonder who lost them? A few extremely rusty nails! And a Civil War period porcelain button. None of our clothes ever had porcelain buttons so it wasn't from us. A couple minies and an earlier round ball were found nearby, so...now all I have to do is figure out where I put it...it was nap day today.

Found it!

 

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[Tuberale]

Sounds interesting considering no detector.

 

[smokeythecat]

Well, the "manor house" is 150' away at the top of the hill behind my house, they threw a lot of stuff over the hill and its now in my back yard, on the side of the hill and some at the bottom. "Manor house" built ca 1840.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Start sifting the soil, many keepers are hiding!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Gene Mean]

Very nice button! Sounds like you have a great property for detecting some history.