I GOT ANOTHER EAGLE!!!!!! Update 10/31! Make it Three~!

Nana40 · Oct 30, 2006

OH my gosh ya'll! I am so glad to have someone to share detecting stories with~!

Remember the Eagle button that I found a couple of weeks ago?

Well here's the story today.

Got all my usual Monday morning things done and the weather was so nice and sunny. Seventy two degrees. Perfect. I had been studying my maps and knew that there was another old homesite very near to the place where I found the eagle button. The place where I thought it might be was in the pasture, but on top of the mountain. :P I had already made up my mind that today would just be a recon day. Really didn't expect to find much, but looked forward to the day out. After a long trek up the mountain and a couple of minutes of rest, I began to find iron! Yea! First good sign! I wanted to know what the iron was so I started diggin. First the nails and then some what's it's then a buckle! Neat! Ok...I am on to something here. Get a really big horseshoe and then a little grey button. I have run out of water and decided to call it a day but I can't leave here without a good pic of the scenery! So I go all the way back to the car, rest a few minutes, drink some water and slowly go back up that mountain. After the rest and the pics were made, I just had to spend a few more minutes detecting before leaving again. Glad I did! Dug up a heel plate and there was a piece of pottery in there with it! Now! That's what I am looking for! Where there's pottery...there was a house! By this time the crickets are starting their chirping and it's getting bout time to leave so I decide that I will dig ONE MORE good signal.

And yep....there it was..A nice Eagle button with a back!!!!! It says Waterbury Scovill MFG CO

Now I gotta run a cook some dinner. I'm pooped!

Hope ya had a great day too!

Nana

texan connection · Oct 30, 2006

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Very cool find and great scenery thank you NANA, wish I was there

JerV3 · Oct 30, 2006

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Very nice Nana.

Weather was great throughout the country today. High 60's here today in pa also.

Very nice civil war era general service eagle button with the shank still intact. Very good indicator more is out there.

HH Jer

goldencoin · Oct 30, 2006

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COOL

HH
-GC

Nana40 · Oct 30, 2006

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Thanks ya'll!

Sherm...I walked all the way down that mountain and all the way back up just so's you could have a picture to look at!

Here's you another.

Behind that house is where I found the first eagle button.

Haupin...thank you! I looked and couldn't see a date on it. This is my first to find, so I was happy to have found it.

WSD....War Eagle!!!

You gonna find that button Civil...I know you will!

Wish you were all here with me too!

Nana

Hardy · Oct 30, 2006

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CONGRATS NANA!! YOU,L GET LOTS MORE

Dave N Japan · Oct 31, 2006

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Very Nice Nana,
That is better than a lot of coins! makes you wonder the history behind it!

musclecar · Oct 31, 2006

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Nice day Nana! Definitely a CW button,, can see "scoville" on the back. I was lucky enough to find two of those, so it brings back good memories of my day in the sun

MC

musclecar · Oct 31, 2006

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I also see a rifle shell, and some shotgun bases. Those would be worth checking into also

MC

tinpan · Oct 31, 2006

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Hi nana, you find some mighty fine buttons and hope your luck continues. congrats

tinpan

dave-enc · Oct 31, 2006

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nana great button wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

dasabighole · Oct 31, 2006

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CW? PLEASE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESION!!! I KNEW YOU WERE GITTIN CLOSE THE TOE PLATE, EAGLE LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST A PICKET POST, BEING ON THE HILL. SEE ALL THE GROUND ACTION ON THAT BUTTON? WELL THE CONFEDERATES USUALLY WONT HAVE THAT. THATS WHAT I HOPE YOU FIND NEXT. I GOT A NICE 1836 1/2 DIME SUN. WHERE I FOUND THE CONFED GARDNER SAT. BY THE BRIDGE. I'LL TRY A PIC SOON.

surfrat96 · Oct 31, 2006

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Nice stuff again Nana. Thanks for sharing the story! Pics are cool too!!

HH 8) surfrat

Mirage · Oct 31, 2006

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Thanks for the pictures Nana. I'm glad you went back to get the camera.

That button is a great find. Very cool. Exciting to think of what else you might find there. Good luck.

Mirage

laralucine · Oct 31, 2006

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Really nice button, congrats Nana!

Assuming it's a Waterbury button co. button, here's a page w/ their eagle buttons: http://www.waterburybutton.com/user-cgi/patterns.cgi?catg=Military&subcatg=Eagles&page=1

River Rat · Oct 31, 2006

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OMG Nana

One for you, one for me, two for you, one for me. ::)

Congratulations, "Button Queen"

RR

Burdie · Oct 31, 2006

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Here is what I found the other day. :'(

Zilch!!! Here is what I think of your finds. :P :P :P Just kidding I wish I was there to enjoy your finds.

Just a little jealous

Burdie

renegade_7 · Oct 31, 2006

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Nice relics from a promising location. Best of luck with this one...

Hawkeye Jim · Oct 31, 2006

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Great eagle button you got there Nana - and it looks like you have hours of more fun ahead of you!!! HH - Hawkeye Jim.

Nana40 · Oct 31, 2006

Pardon Das.

I'm gonna look for that pic of the 1/2 dime!! WoW!

Thank ya for the link Lara!

Burdie...stop right here...don't read the rest!

Ok..back out to the same site. Tried to put up some tree branches in fairly squared areas so I could keep in somewhat of a straight line today. :P This area is so big that it's really hard to cover the entire area, plus the grass is tall, and that makes it difficult too. But I did manage to find a few more goodies! Found the other button and this one has an "I" in the shield but no makers mark that I can see. I also found this little piece that I am not sure what it is...it has some fancy little scroll on it..very small though. And then the two little round things and two more of those TOE plates.

Another piece or two of pottery and the musketballs. I think I have found enough pieces of iron to have the whole cooking pot too! :P Lots of stuff today, some of it I had to leave for next time..my pockets were full! Thanks ya'll...and if you have any ideas as to what any of this stuff is...PLEASE...do tell!

Nana