Old Colonial Tavern Gives Up Its Treasures.....

[artyfacts]

I had a day that I only thought I would read about. I found an area away from the Tavern and well, it was about 60 feet by 50 feet wide and it was loaded with signal after signal non stop for two days worth of hunting. Mixed in with the good signals was iron and lots of it. Large spikes, nails, pieces of large iron cauldrons, iron cannon balls, 172 buttons, buckles, lead, pottery, window glass and nine new coins so far. I found one button in particular that I sent pictures of to the masonic library and museum in London, hopefully they get back to me soon its definitely one of a kind. I felt like I walked through a door in history, holy smokes, I still cant believe it. This all started with the 4 reales pillar and waves 1695 coin that is pictured to the left five weeks ago. The button count is 261. The coins are a, almost completely void copper, the only thing left is the pony tail the bust faces right, 1700 King William the third, 1722 Rosa Americana, 1723 Hibernia, 1788 New Jersey Copper,1803 large cent, 1804 1/2 cent, 1813 large cent, 1817 large cent.

 

[jeffmrgan]

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pictures of the buttons?

 

[Argentium]

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Man those finds are so ridiculously old and fine I can hardly stand it ! Congrats ! Argentium.

 

[dwayne sueno]

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holy cow. i don't even know where to begin! amazing.
maybe i should wait for more pics to begin the accolades...
SWEET!

 

[vayank54]

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All I can say is WOW!!!!!!! did you know the snake is part of a buckle. I think you might have another piece of it in the with buttons. It's been a good long time since I've seen a spot like that. Hope you dig a lot mor good stuff.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

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Oh my goodness! That is one incredible pile of buttons!!!!!!!

And some nice coins, too!

Any idea what the activity was back in the day? That is a LOT of buttons to lose in one spot!

 

[Mr Tuff]

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awesome coins and buttons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MR TUFF

 

[Bobbypins]

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Wow... now THAT'S a lot of buttons! Congrats

 

[waterfalljay]

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Holy carp!

 

[fyrffytr1]

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WOW!!!

 

[dwayne sueno]

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this is the part where i faint and hit my head on something hard.
i've had good sites, but i've never seen button quantities like that, no matter the date of the site.
congratulations, friend. these sites are few and far between,
and smell like new girlfriends and golden afternoons.

 

[Pull_tab_mike]

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looks like you found a button dump...............wowow that's one cool day you had


HH PTM

 

[Cal_Cobra]

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Congrats, that's a heck of a site you got there

HH,
Brian

 

[Baldingboy]

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[Deepdiger60]

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Holy buttons !! someone had to lose a lot of buttons at that site, that snake buckle is very old it might pre-date colonial gotta love that it looks like another piece is under those buttons ? great old coins also you had a good hunt Dd60
Two part English "Snake" buckle

 

[Bikerboyzx6r]

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Holy Sweet things!!!! That is a detecting dream! I have never dug that many holes, let alone found that much!
Well done, Im sure my time will come

HH Dan

 

[mainer]

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Wow! That is a dream site. You got my blood pumping this morning.

 

[dfx willy]

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that place with out a doubt is virgin! i would be in absolute heaven! very nice and congrats. willy

 

[shaun7]

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Wow

Your'e spoilt now

 

[DMN]

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What a tremendous pile of finds! I can only imagine the pile of trash you had to go through to get those. What size coil were you using...a 5 incher?

BTW, I think the Masonic button is actually one end of a cuff link. Maybe the other part is still out there.

Keep posting them!