Large Cents, Big Silver, Indians, Revolutionary badge and more - lots of photos

[doninbrewster]

Sorry to post several hunts. I don't get on the forum as much as I would like. These finds were mostly from knocking on doors and getting permissions. The 2 Barber dimes with the SLQ and Indians came from one morning at an old favorite park. Funny, these are bucket list items for most, but I don't go to this park that often as it's a bit over an hours drive and believe it or not, I'm looking for older coins. I did find a number of them at the permissions with the earliest being a 1729 KG II copper. The photo with the Walker came from a door knock with a friend and he found a Walker too. Again, believe it or not, in some ways we were a bit disappointed as the house was built in 1690 and we were hoping for older stuff. Really can't complain though when I pull 4 silvers including a Walker in a little over an hour. I love this hobby and love door knocking on old homes. I love the chauffer's badge, it's my 4th and newest. The diamond shaped copper plate is thick and came from either a master carpenter or shipbuilders chest prior to 1770. I figured I'd throw in a few pics of some of the homes we hunted.

Sorry to put so much in one post. Just trying to catch up a little. I'm sure I left stuff out.

Photo below at left is from and old park and at right is from two different houses that was owned by the same person.



1690 permission at left and random door knock at right. Nice little knee buckler.



Couple of LC's at left below and a Revolutionary War bridle badge.



Not many, but a few nice finds from a permission. This is a second, different knee buckle from that above.



1795 Liberty Cap LC at left and chauffer badge at right.



Master Carpenter or Shipbuilders tool chest plate. C.1770. 4" x 2" by 1/4" thick



Below are some of the homes detected with permission.



House at right below had a small outbuilding in the back and the guy had his own pub. Invited us back for beers.

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Nice variety of finds. Those coins span a lot of yrs. Congrats.

 

[Relicific]

Awesome finds
Wtg

 

[toasted]

Nice work. Im pretty sure those little buckles date much later than knee buckles though. Probably garter buckles from late 19th century. The wearing of breeches with knee buckles went out of fashion around 1800 about the same time as shoe buckles. Definitely not knee buckles but not as sure on age

 

[terpfan]

Must have been a blast recovering those great old coins and relics. Liberty caps are always welcome, and that 1810 classic head LC looks like it has unusually good of detail left on it. I only wish I enjoyed knocking on doors as much as you do.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer hunt(s), congratulations!

I love the old coppers, especially the 1795 Liberty Cap!

 

[Vermonter]

Liberty Cap! Love that. Congratulations on all. Tell us more about the badge! I think I see the 3 plumes. What does the back look like? I've always called those "saddle shields" or strap tip protectors, right? That's an incredible find.

 

[Evolution]

Wow. Awesome stuff Don. Very inspirational post.

 

[port ewen ace]

greatvirgin dirt penetrations

 

[hogge]

Don, would love to see the Liberty Cap after final cleaning. Looks like lots of detail$$$

 

[Iron Patch]

Great large cent! The information you found online on the badge is dead wrong, unfortunately. If your ID was correct I could sell that for 5k in about 5 minutes.

 

[Iron Patch]

The chauffeur's badge is very nice... and there's a good site online that lists them by state.

 

[Steve in PA]

Man you killed it! Fantastic group of finds. I believe there is some debate on the shield like device with the thistles on it. I have seen a lot of them posted and many from civilian sites. Maybe some others who have researched them can chime in. I'm curious about the diamond shaped tool chest plate. What does the back look like? And how did you get that ID? I found something similar. Mine is about 2 1/4 inches long.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Good lord man! That's a ton of good finds, I don't even know where to begin.

 

[texjim]

You killed it... Awesome job

 

[Johncoho]

Very nice recoveries, Don. A big congrats.

 

[btjbtj]

Such a great haul!! Congrats on all counts! -Lisa & John.

PS--we found a similar badge and were told it was a horse saddle shield.

 

[doninbrewster]

I cleaned the liberty cap large cent about as well as I think I can without damaging it. Here's what I got.

 

[dirtlooter]

very jealous, looks like awesomeness in all accounts, congrats

 

[K1DDO1979]

Bunch of sweet finds there. Killer coins. Im super busy with work and I'm going to have to do a multiple hunt post soon as well! [emoji106]