Nice afternoon at the city park. A couple of surprises.

[Johncoho]

I spent the afternoon at our local city park. Found 16 Memorial cents, 3 clad dimes and 3 clad quarters. The surprise was an IHP 1888 and a V nickel 1902. You normally only find newer coins so that was a welcome surprise. The IHP was 1/2 inch deep and the V nickel was a few inches away about 1 1/2 inches deep. The ground was hard and powder dry, but I still had some targets at 5 to 7 inches. The button I need help with. It has writing around the edge, but it seems to be Greek lettering. Any help would be appreciated. The two cartridges seemed to be in a strange place in the park as well. The smaller one is marked W.R.A.Co and what looks like 30 G and the rest is damaged. The other one, if it is a cartridge, is 5/8 inches in diameter, and does not have a primer so if it is a shell it would have to be rimfire. There isn't much writing left on the bottom and you can't tell what it says. Any thoughts on it? HAPPY HUNTING.

 

[deepsecrets]

The button is a blazer button - depicts St. Andrews Golf Club insignia - but it's probably not that old.

 

[46Wheat]

Your button looks kind of familiar . I believe I was told mine was a civilian blazer button from the middle to late 1900s . Cant be positive but I believe that's what the button guys said

 

[Johncoho]

Thank you. I wasn't sure if it was old or not.

The button is a blazer button - depicts St. Andrews Golf Club insignia - but it's probably not that old.

 

[Johncoho]

It does look very familiar. Thanks.

View attachment 1205334 Your button looks kind of familiar . I believe I was told mine was a civilian blazer button from the middle to late 1900s . Cant be positive but I believe that's what the button guys said

 

[Terry Soloman]

Great hunt!

 

[CRUSADER]

The button is a blazer button - depicts St. Andrews Golf Club insignia - but it's probably not that old.

Yeap, quite a few have been posted.

 

[against the wind]

Nice saves,, the IHP and V nickel at such shallow depths must have been pleasant surprises.
Congrats on a nice hunt.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice couple of older coins. Its always nice when surprises come out of the ground.

 

[BigWaveDave]

great digs! So where would one get a blazer with St. Andrews buttons anyways? My guess would be exclusively at the birthplace of Golf, but maybe not?