My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse ---->update button cleaned War of 1812

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"Well went thru my flat buttons and found the one on the bottom of this post... it was so cruddy, just seen a hint of silver gilt on it... never cleaned up quite as nice as I thought, but it is what it is...which is a officer's cuff button from the Royal Fusiliers (War of 1812). It should look like the last picture (thanks IP for the pic)"



Managed 2 days of detecting with the boys..First day for me was slow but I picked up my pace on the second day with a total of... 33 musketballs, 1 Crusty War of 1812 button, sword (dagger) piece, arrowhead, 8 copper coins mostly crusty, 2 bale seals, folded lead buzzer, 2 thimbles and 2 early spanish coins (pistareen and a quarter pistareen)... sorry the pics don't do justice to the spanish coins..
 

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Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

Verry Nice Finds, hope you make the banner :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft:
 

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Wow, two STELLAR coins!! We find cut pieces of those coins here on rare occasion, but never whole ones! WOW! And they technically aren't reales - they are Pistareens. Minted in Spain for use only in Spain, but a few escaped. To find them whole is very high on my wish list. Way to go!
Anthony
 

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BOOOOOYYYAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Banner for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That 1737 is KILLER!!!!!!!!!!
 

Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

looks like 2 good days nice finds HH
 

Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

Nice finds there. To me looks like a BANNER find!!! :icon_thumright:

Bubba65
 

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Way to go on the fantastic finds, the 1737 is stunning, I really can't describe it any other way. You definitely found some great places to hunt, lots of banner finds to come i'm sure. And yes, I think your 1737 belongs on the banner, its the best i've ever seen.

James.
HomesteadHunter.
 

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great finds nice pictures, and I vote banner......hh
 

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Those do not do it justice! I think my pics with the dirt on still show it better. ok, enough about the pics, it's not like only pretty finds make it to the banner. :wink: :D That is one of the nicest silver coins I've seen dug in 10 years, and as I said very few early Spanish like that have turned up on our sites. I had said none, but I do have a couple 1R from the 1730s.

Maybe you can get back for a spring dig and we'll try to do it all over. It was a great hunt.
 

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Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

Oh My ! :o Super Silver but what a Nice Stack of Musketballs too :headbang:
 

Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

Bedfordbob said:
Oh My ! :o Super Silver but what a Nice Stack of Musketballs too :headbang:


It didn't bother IH and myself one little bit when he left the Spanish silver field to go dig that lead. :D
 

Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

The details are superb. Banner Cob :icon_king:

Banner all the way for The Patriot :hello2:
 

Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

oh yeah! those were killer finds, and you know it!

we just don't see those, ever.......and condition, you're right the pics don't even come close to the real thing....you got my vote!

once again, congrats on a superb find!
 

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Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

It deserves a Banner vote. :icon_thumleft:
 

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hogge said:
It deserves a Banner vote. :icon_thumleft:

Agreed, that's a nice sight to have with my Bubble & Squeak before heading out. I hope my first Spanish Silver is more 'Cobbie', ie a little earlier but if it had to be 18th C I would dance for that one. Big Congrats, sometimes you wonder how the plough misses it for so long :icon_thumright:

My vote is in :icon_thumright:
 

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Yamma Hamma!!! That is the nicest Spanish silver I have ever seen come out of the ground. Next best thing to digging your big 8...when it happens. That is the first time I have seen that smaller Pistareen...that's a banner vote right there!

You guys are really killing me with these hunts. I'm going out tomorrow for a full day so I am hoping for my own post of amazing finds!
 

Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

Congrats on a very beautiful 1737 2 Reale!!! Also, the 1727 not too shabby either. :icon_thumright: The rest of the finds are also noteworthy, two Spanish silver in one hunt, and what you and the rest got, one super hunt!

Don
 

Re: My finds with Iron Patch and Ironhorse

I love the pistareens. It would be super rare if we found one down here in Central PA.
 

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