Old militia button found.

[relic lover]

While trout fishing last week I spotted an old looking cellar hole. it was on the far side of the creek with no way to get there other than wading across I knew it was going to be a virgin site. when I got home I did some research found out that it was very old and that it was abandoned in the late 18 hundreds. fast forward to today I show up with my detector and my waders and I find out that last night storm has made the creek rise the water was about an inch from coming into my waders I had to use a walking stick just to get across the Creek. I find the site again pull my detector out of the backpack can start frantically assembling it I figured this place is going to be a treasure trove. I start detecting and for the first hour I get no signals other than small iron. I dug up a lot of deer rifle cartridges so many that I got tired of digging them. I got yet another signal I knew was going to be a deer rifle shell so I just left it in the ground because I was so sure that it was going to be a deer rifle shell. I hunted hard and came up with almost nothing, some broken bits of harmonica reed etc. long story short I decided to go back and dig up my "deer rifle shell". here it is it turns out it's a really nice button. early 18 hundreds state or local militia. it just goes to show you never know what that signal is till you dig it up. and once again thanks to the people in the what is it forum that helped me confirm my suspicions that it was a militia Button and definitely pre Civil War.

 

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[JmCraz8]

Amazing find!!!

 

[John Boy]

Boy I like that.cool button

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find relic lover!

 

[RelicMedic]

That button is AWESOME dude! Love it. Great digs! I bet there are more great finds at that site....go get 'em!

 

[Thommy]

I've found one like that here in Florida, at a Second Seminole War site. I will see if I can find it again in Albert's book tonight, and get you a reference number.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice button. Your persistence paid off!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice militia button. Sounds like you will have to work hard to get anything else out of that place, but it might be worth it.

 

[relic lover]

Nice militia button. Sounds like you will have to work hard to get anything else out of that place, but it might be worth it.

thanks I went back again today and found the top to a powder flask

 

[relic lover]

a return trip yielded more goodies

 

[CoilyGirl]

I'm glad you didn't give up on the site.That button has a beautiful patina and the other relics are neat too.

 

[relic lover]

it will be years before I give up on a site like that. it is beautiful quiet and has no modern trash. I only ever found one other place like it and I have been hunting that place for five years. I don't get a lot of targets. but the ones I do are all interesting.

 

[caselhall]

Relic lover I just found a disc with a nipple on it very similar to the one in your picture, do you have any clue what it is?

 

[relic lover]

Relic lover I just found a disc with a nipple on it very similar to the one in your picture, do you have any clue what it is?

more information would be needed a picture would be best it does sound like a button though

 

[The Rebel]

You got a good site there. Hit it Hard! If it's real trashy, try running 0 threshold so you only hear the good sounds. I've just started to do this at a site & it's paid off.

 

[oldsalty19]