Past two weeks finds, Bullets, Buttons, and my first Large Cent!!!

[flyinryan2]

Past two weeks finds, Bullets, Buttons, and my first Large Cent!!! Returned dog tags!

Here are my finds from the past two weeks of evening hunts after work. I found 10 bullets, 11 buttons, two eagle buttons and one was flattened maybe into a poker or checker piece. All of the bullets, cw eagle buttons and the old knife was found in Winchester and everything else was found at the property in Boyce. Anybody know what the Elk thing maybe, its iron on the back but brass on the front. Also what kind of bullet are these, it looks like a Sharp but could it be a Gardener? Two of them had small holes that a toothpick would fit into inside the cavity? They were found in Winchester with Spencers, Burnsides, and Colts nearby. Last Saturday after work i found my first Large Cent, 1817!!! It has the edges hammered flat so its octagon shaped? It was found near a CW site, could a solider had done that out of bordem? Thanks for any help on my questions and Happy hunting.

Ryan.

Go to page two for the returned dog tags.

 

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[matt092079]

You had to go and copy me and find a large cent too! lol Congrats on the good finds. The gardner I found at the other property has the same hole in the cavity of it.

 

[flyinryan2]

Thanks man. I was very surprised to find all those bullets yesterday, i thought we had hunted those woods clean. I guess you cant hunt a place out.

 

[FoundInNC]

Excellent dig on the 1817 lc! I love the flat buttons! On the 3 piece eagle, I think they were used as poker chips because when they were new they had a high gold gilt. Here is a poker chip I dug. I have dug 5 or 6 flat 3 piece buttons.

 

[JmCraz8]

Awesome 2 weeks!!!

 

[plymouthian12]

like the buttons great job

 

[flyinryan2]

Excellent dig on the 1817 lc! I love the flat buttons! On the 3 piece eagle, I think they were used as poker chips because when they were new they had a high gold gilt. Here is a poker chip I dug. I have dug 5 or 6 flat 3 piece buttons.View attachment 624085

Thanks, your button looks like it was hammered flat, but mine looks like it was bitten flat.

 

[matt092079]

Here's a sharps and a gardner. Gardner on the right.

 

[flyinryan2]

Forgot to post the dog tags i found, the were the property owners dog. It was a big fat yellow lab they said. She died a few years after they moved to the property. I returned them back to the owners this past week, they where happy to have them back.

 

[jamesbibb]

Alright am I the ONLY one who see CENTS on the back of the LC? This isnt right. It must be a counterfeit!

 

[flyinryan2]

Alright am I the ONLY one who see CENTS on the back of the LC? This isnt right. It must be a counterfeit!

I never noticed it before but it does look like it has a "S" on CENT. i used a toothpick to clean it i must have scratched the dirt around the T and that made it look like a S.
here is another pic of the back.

 

[toddsumm1]

Very nice finds indeed! It's amazing how this stuff keeps comming out of the ground. I only hope future generations find more than rotten zinc pennies!