My best day digging in years!! 26 buttons, 7 coppers, 2 Spanish silvers, and more!!

[Steve in PA]

Saturday I returned to my site where I dug the 1803 Draped Bust dime two weeks ago. I had my buddy Tom along with me again. From previous visits I knew that the scattered finds had to be coming from a house site in the vicinity. We decided to start out in an ajacent field relatively close to where I found the dime, but a fair distance from where a lot of the other finds were located. We weren't in this new field for a minute before Tom dug a knee buckle and I dug a copper almost simultaneously. From then on it was GAME ON!!! We were pulling coppers, buttons and other relics almost non stop for the next two hours. After that it slowed down a bit for the next few hours but the finds were still coming. I ended up with 26 buttons, 7 coppers including a 1808 half cent, 2 half reals (1773 and 1781), 2 watch winders, a silver dagger sheath tip, and a cool diamond shaped brass piece with a silver skin that has a guy's name inscribed in it. Tom ended up with 10 buttons, 6 coppers including a half cent, a half real (1790), a knee buckle, and the button of the day - a beautiful gold plated War of 1812 era artillery button.

I also achieved a personal mile stone on this hunt with my 50th Spanish silver.

The first picture is a group shot of all our finds with mine on the bottom half of the pic. All the other pics are of my finds except the artillery button.

 

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[IAsoldier]

Wow that's a banner for sure. Congrats guys on those finds

 

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[Rich in Central PA]

WOW Steve, thats what dreams are made of. What a great day, congrats.........Rich

 

[got2dig]

Dam man will you let me good with you?

VERY NICE HUNT!

 

[Ground Inspector]

That's an amazing day. Nice old coppers.

 

[mrmackin]

Speechless....

 

[Michiganne]

Sensational hunt! That must have been a load of fun. Congrats on all the coppers, silver, and buttons. What a hunt!

HH

 

[Sooper Dave]

What An Amazing Day! That's A Great Site You Got! Keep It Up!

 

[Steve in PA]

Thanks for taking a look. However, the AY52C has a different back-mark than the one I found. Mine is: EXTRA RICH ORANGE. The one he listed said: SUPERIOR QUALITY

The AY52A (sold) however does have the same back-mark, but the example that I found has the writing around the outside of the rim and the AY52A is around the center. Maybe the same time frame though.

Tom, Albert's book doesn't list all the various backmarks those buttons have. Your backmark is one of the many generic combinations of GILT, ORANGE, EXTRA RICH, SUPER FINE, etc, etc that are not connected to any manufacturer. What is interesting about your button is that yours is a cuff size and all the ones that Albert lists are 22 or 23 mm. I have found three of the larger size at the same house site. Mine were not plated. Yours may be an officer's button.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Good Lord! Now that's a nice handfull of finds! That silver piece is really interesting. Looks like "Jno" which was a common abbreviation for John (but could possibly have even been an abbreviation for Johnathan). Can't tell the last name in the photo... but looks like "M _ _ h e" or "M _ phe"

Regards,


Buckles

 

[screwynewy]

That's got to be my dream day. Congrats on an unbelievable hunt.

 

[codyleemilam]

Wow cool any tips u can give me on using a metal detector plus no old sites like that in tx so that sucks

 

[strateloss]

Relic Fest!! Nicely done!! Congrats!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Jesus! And all I did was work at the library all day, come home, and watch the Broncos lose.
I like your day a lot better.
Carl

 

[Westfront]

That was a killer hunt! I like posts like these. Even more motivation! Big congrats!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

What a way to kick off the pre Fall season up here in the NE .. Outstanding hunt and finds Stevie ... ya gotta love those old never searched before places !

 

[leprechaun]

Absolutly awesome finds.

 

[70monte68]

Steve, that is an awesome day!!! Coingrats on the 50th Spanish silver!

 

[okerraine]

Man that is one killer site! Well done!

 

[flyinryan2]

WOW!!!! Just awesome, thats a dream hunt for sure!!!! Congrats.

 

[Iron Patch]

Quite a way to celebrate your 50th Spanish.

I'm guessing you're going to research that engraved piece? I'd be very curious to know who owned it if I was you. John Mo __?HE ?