Old button mill site LOTS of buttons and stuff

Kevlardini · Apr 10, 2016

So I heard about this place from a friend, and ever since was dying to go. Today finally worked out and back in the woods hidden along an ancient foot path along the river, there appeared this unnatural clearing. Being me, I had to go check it out. However, As soon as I stepped foot on the clearing, I looked down and there were a few metal pieces strewn on the ground. Then I noticed some glass shards. Then suspender clips. Then little buckles! Then-Oh my gooosh! This is the site he was talking about. Literally, it seems like after the mill burned down, everything as dumped here. You could not dig ONE INCH without running into some sort of relic. Of course there was a lot of junk, but I managed a few cool finds. I needed no metal detector at all, because it would just have been continuously beeping with all the things around. I cannot wait to go back. I could spend days there and probably find something new every time.

The sixth picture of the circular disk in my hand appears to have a fancy design underneath. Im gonna put it through electrolysis later to see if its actually something nice underneath.
Also in the fourth picture is that weird cast iron thing, kind of shaped like a tomahawk, but it isn't actually. Anyone got any ideas?

trapperart · Apr 10, 2016

Wow that's a lot of stuff

Kevlardini · Apr 11, 2016

Yeah it sure is. Honestly, most of it is probably legit junk, but I had fun digging, And that's what counts!

Gridwalker306 · Apr 11, 2016

Now that's a productive spot! Nice finds and good luck when you get back there

winslow · Apr 11, 2016

Great spot. Should keep you busy for a while! :tongue3:

CMDiamonddawg · Apr 12, 2016

Interesting finds !
Kudos man , It takes much effort to search old mills .
I find them to be very exciting at times . My brother's home is Lexington , Mass

shootist · Apr 12, 2016

Use this to clear some of the ferrous Husky 18 in. Magnetic Sweeper Pickup Tool-96397 - The Home Depot

Garrett424 · Apr 12, 2016

That's one huge pile of buttons.

Kevlardini · Apr 15, 2016

shootist said:
Use this to clear some of the ferrous Husky 18 in. Magnetic Sweeper Pickup Tool-96397 - The Home Depot

Yeah! That's actually a good idea! I don't know when the next time I'll be going to Home Depot is though. I'll keep it in mind. The thing is, the dirt in the area is probably 50% metal, so It would pick up A LOT of stuff. Maybe I could find one at Harbor Freight. They have cheap cheap prices there.