BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
Got out with HB today for a hunt at a new site. When we first got on the land (1000 acres) it was overwhelming. I started looking at the geography after we struck out in the first spot, and crossed a drainage ditch in the soybean field. When HB and I made it up to the next flat, we got iron hits.
HB immediately dug a large buckle that looks like very high quality pewter perhaps. The only other buckle like it that I have seen was one I dug at a 1700s site two years ago. The buckle is cast, and it is uneven and crude. If anyone has some information on this find please let us know.
Well, I then dug a nice hallmarked pewter spoon handle (W M(?) C o)--the "o" looks like a superscript. So things were looking up. We knew we were on an old site.![headbang :headbang: :headbang:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/headbang.gif)
Then a flat button came up, some musketballs, a thimble, and some other pieces of brass. HB then gave a big "Oh Boy!" and I knew he had a good one. When I came over I saw the Beautiful sight of Big Copper beside his dig hole.
![1.jpg 1.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301449-1189c2d3dc74a38d0dde13c664c03eb0.jpg)
![2.jpg 2.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301457-e15931ecebb66f05b9805a4b373fe658.jpg)
Then HB dug a Civil War era Eagle Button (unfortunately bent into an Eagle Taco by the plow).
Then a few more bits. I was worried that I was getting skunked. The sun started going down, casting long shadows on the cut field. The targets were very thin, and there was hardly any big iron to dig--but what targets there were, were good ones. I was just wanting one more keeper or two... Then I got a choppy "blip blip" signal. I raised up my coil to swat away a piece of soybean stalk that was still clinging to the dirt overtop of the signal and the detector went off "BAM!" I realized that whatever I had was very shallow and was giving a double signal at close range. So I stuck my shovel in the dirt--and no sooner did I start to lift up the ground, then a Copper levitated itself up towards my finds pouch!
![3.jpg 3.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301467-b675c242cb7299e73b4c45bc5b498035.jpg)
![4.jpg 4.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301475-3d4f0c3e4c1ec13aceab8e292c2d80da.jpg)
![5.jpg 5.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301478-4a97a792f75cf502c8102c605a460a5d.jpg)
![6.jpg 6.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301494-37f300994097b650629048ade626255c.jpg)
We dug a bit more, and HB got a nice little ball button complete with shank. Then we were met by the property owner in the field, had a chat with him, said goodbye and thanked him, and headed back to the truck.
Now this is my kind of Tailgate Party:![Grin ;D ;D](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/grin.gif)
![7.jpg 7.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301498-019e85804fa3fc04aac7107b272030f0.jpg)
![8.jpg 8.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301508-aae7aefda1aec1694aae2c7ad2d87c82.jpg)
![9.jpg 9.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301513-ec7531ccc736cb8d80e844251eee8e7f.jpg)
MORE photos below:![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
Got out with HB today for a hunt at a new site. When we first got on the land (1000 acres) it was overwhelming. I started looking at the geography after we struck out in the first spot, and crossed a drainage ditch in the soybean field. When HB and I made it up to the next flat, we got iron hits.
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
Well, I then dug a nice hallmarked pewter spoon handle (W M(?) C o)--the "o" looks like a superscript. So things were looking up. We knew we were on an old site.
![headbang :headbang: :headbang:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/headbang.gif)
Then a flat button came up, some musketballs, a thimble, and some other pieces of brass. HB then gave a big "Oh Boy!" and I knew he had a good one. When I came over I saw the Beautiful sight of Big Copper beside his dig hole.
![1.jpg 1.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301449-1189c2d3dc74a38d0dde13c664c03eb0.jpg)
![2.jpg 2.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301457-e15931ecebb66f05b9805a4b373fe658.jpg)
Then HB dug a Civil War era Eagle Button (unfortunately bent into an Eagle Taco by the plow).
![Undecided :-\ :-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif)
![Shocked :o :o](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/shocked.gif)
![3.jpg 3.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301467-b675c242cb7299e73b4c45bc5b498035.jpg)
![4.jpg 4.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301475-3d4f0c3e4c1ec13aceab8e292c2d80da.jpg)
![5.jpg 5.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301478-4a97a792f75cf502c8102c605a460a5d.jpg)
![6.jpg 6.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301494-37f300994097b650629048ade626255c.jpg)
We dug a bit more, and HB got a nice little ball button complete with shank. Then we were met by the property owner in the field, had a chat with him, said goodbye and thanked him, and headed back to the truck.
Now this is my kind of Tailgate Party:
![Grin ;D ;D](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/grin.gif)
![7.jpg 7.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301498-019e85804fa3fc04aac7107b272030f0.jpg)
![8.jpg 8.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301508-aae7aefda1aec1694aae2c7ad2d87c82.jpg)
![9.jpg 9.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/301/301513-ec7531ccc736cb8d80e844251eee8e7f.jpg)
MORE photos below:
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
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