Pretty half dime and CW Eagle Button

Ed-NH · Apr 20, 2009

Hi all it has been a while since I posted here. I got out on Saturday with my friend for a hunt at a cellar hole we got permission for last winter. This area is where I found an Eagle cuff button last December and my friend found a Civil War Officers Sword Plate.

Last month I went out and inbetween the snow on the ground I found a nice 1820 large cent and a Georgian shoe buckle minus the chape and fork. This time out we found loads of buttons. I found a nice Eagle coat button and am really wondering if the soldiers stopped by here for a bit on their way through.

I found a beautiful 1853 half dime. I thought it was play money when I found it as it was partially covered with dirt and so very tiny. I'm not much for grading a coin but this one looks as if it was dropped not long after it was minted. I am very happy with this find.

Also a few odd piece that I can't quite figure out. The large one with the hole in it sort of looks like a butt plate from a gun but I really have no idea. The other piece is of a copper/brass material. It has a threaded sleeve on the back. Someone took time to scribe designs around the border and also a cross-hatch design in the center. Again, I have no idea what it may be. Thanks for looking.

Ed-

Ed-NH · Apr 20, 2009

A few more pics

allen · Apr 20, 2009

congrats on all of those wonderful finds !!! :thumbsup:

That half dime is in awesome shape... :thumbsup:

mikewaz · Apr 20, 2009

Nice finds Ed!
That half dime's a beauty. Still looking for my first.
Mike

fortbball9 · Apr 20, 2009

sweet looking relics,the dime is in real good shape.I like the buttons.
Congrats

fortbball9

Trond · Apr 20, 2009

Nice finds.

.:WoRmKiLleR:. · Apr 20, 2009

that half dime is in great shap nice job

John Deere Digger · Apr 20, 2009

Super digs, that half dime is in excellent shape. I need to find one of those.
JDD

STH69 · Apr 20, 2009

very nice

beetle662 · Apr 20, 2009

Wow!!!

That is an absolutely beautiful half dime! Outstanding!

Congrats on the rest of those finds! Great stuff!!!

:thumbsup:

Ed-NH · Apr 20, 2009

plehbah said:
The decorative brass piece you found with the engraved decoration and the integral threaded post on the back is a piece of rifle furniture. It is called an escutcheon. They were used on old flintlock and percussion cap weapons as decoration, and sometimes they will cover the patch box in the stock of the gun.

Thank you to everyone for your comments. Thank you plehbah for the info on the escutcheon. There seems to be a few gun parts in this area of the woods. My partner found what appears to be part of a trigger mechanism.