Patriot Relics
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Hey guys,
While you guys up north have been contending with snowstorms, it's been quite pleasant...if not a bit on the hot and buggy side, in SC
. Perfect conditions to get out and swing the detector on another fresh permission in the low country. This site produced a few flats on a short scout so hopes were high that there may have been a 18th century homesite there. As with any new site, 90% of the targets were trash...shotgun shell and aluminum cans. Clearly someone had a blast in the 70s or 80s given the age of the bud cans. While frustration began to mount, I got a nice tight target on the XP deus. Expecting small trash, I kicked over the sandy top soil and to my surprise I was looking at the back of a small flat button. Unimpressed but happy to avoid the skunk, I flipped it over and was stunned to see this...
A little toothpicking and a bit of oil revealed one of the nicest flat buttons I've ever recovered. Albert lists this one as UU132 (unknown/unlisted), however after a bit of research this one falls into the generic category of patriotic/diplomatic. William Leigh was able to point to a one similar examples on cockades in some of the New England Historical Societies. This one dates from around 1812-1820 and just looks at that patina.
Not far from the main iron patch the buttons started flowing
This monster octagonal dandy is certainly an interesting one
Also score an interesting etched tombac and London flat with crown
The only military buttons recovered were a matching set of coat and cuff general service eagles. The cuff backmark is H. B & A. / (star) EXTRA (star), this is Horstmann Brothers & Allien, abbreviated mark only used on small button, ca 1860.
Any site with this many early flats was bound to have a coin somewhere. I don't recover many coppers in the LC so this one was a huge surprise - cut KGII 1727-1760.
Pair of horse tac buckles
Copper wedding ring
Colonial earring...copper with gold gilt?
Furniture hardware
Looking for help with these 2 - any ideas?
All in all, another quality hunt with the patriotic cockade being one of my favorites for the 2018 season. So glad the soil conditions were just right to save this one from the salt. Thanks for looking
While you guys up north have been contending with snowstorms, it's been quite pleasant...if not a bit on the hot and buggy side, in SC
. Perfect conditions to get out and swing the detector on another fresh permission in the low country. This site produced a few flats on a short scout so hopes were high that there may have been a 18th century homesite there. As with any new site, 90% of the targets were trash...shotgun shell and aluminum cans. Clearly someone had a blast in the 70s or 80s given the age of the bud cans. While frustration began to mount, I got a nice tight target on the XP deus. Expecting small trash, I kicked over the sandy top soil and to my surprise I was looking at the back of a small flat button. Unimpressed but happy to avoid the skunk, I flipped it over and was stunned to see this...A little toothpicking and a bit of oil revealed one of the nicest flat buttons I've ever recovered. Albert lists this one as UU132 (unknown/unlisted), however after a bit of research this one falls into the generic category of patriotic/diplomatic. William Leigh was able to point to a one similar examples on cockades in some of the New England Historical Societies. This one dates from around 1812-1820 and just looks at that patina.
Not far from the main iron patch the buttons started flowing
This monster octagonal dandy is certainly an interesting one
Also score an interesting etched tombac and London flat with crown
The only military buttons recovered were a matching set of coat and cuff general service eagles. The cuff backmark is H. B & A. / (star) EXTRA (star), this is Horstmann Brothers & Allien, abbreviated mark only used on small button, ca 1860.
Any site with this many early flats was bound to have a coin somewhere. I don't recover many coppers in the LC so this one was a huge surprise - cut KGII 1727-1760.
Pair of horse tac buckles
Copper wedding ring
Colonial earring...copper with gold gilt?
Furniture hardware
Looking for help with these 2 - any ideas?
All in all, another quality hunt with the patriotic cockade being one of my favorites for the 2018 season. So glad the soil conditions were just right to save this one from the salt. Thanks for looking
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A great hunt altogether with all those relics
I also like that dandy, you never see them in that shape
