Return to the 43rd Button Field...

[CRUSADER]

Seeing the state of the 1940s coins & the late Victorian Buttons, its any wonder how that pewter button came out so nice

Spent 3 hours & started systematically searching from the rivers edge. Tactically the right move as it was the most overgrown, but not a good area for finds & full of rubbish. Dug one of my deepest holes for a long while & the humid hot weather didn't help, specially when it was junk :P However, its boosted my confidence that this coil will find a Hoard of silver when I go over it

Not much to report just a Crotal Bell & a couple of OK buttons.

 

[shaun7]

Love the pics

That was a deep hole Did you have a crowd around you

 

[HISPAN]

I like the post ..... nice finds !!

At last the teacher teaches his shovel English .... I like these very practical shovel "are like the UK army right?

 

[CRUSADER]

Love the pics

That was a deep hole Did you have a crowd around you

Nearly, I felt like I might, you know how public it is & people were on their boats on the other side of the river.

I left the better area, for your next outing

 

[Silver Searcher]

Were's your old spade

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

Were's your old spade

SS

Your thinking of my back-up spade & the one I tend to use when on my bike. Still got it.

 

[CRUSADER]

I like the post ..... nice finds !!

At last the teacher teaches his shovel English .... I like these very practical shovel "are like the UK army right?

No, I do have a Army issue spade, but this is the one I use the most - from a Garden centre.

 

[Iron Patch]

That iron is definitely one I would chase very deep, especially if it was lying flat. (would mimic a cannonball) There's not too many worthy iron hits I get to go after on my average hunt and the last three have been large pieces of pot.... so I am due.

As for the 43rd, the reason it survived we'll of course never know. My theory is it was some how protected, then only recently moved by the plow up to the surface. Maybe a larger piece of metal or rock grabbing it from below the plow line. It not having an iron shank like most early pewter military buttons also would have played a role in it surviving so well.

 

[CRUSADER]

That iron is definitely one I would chase very deep, especially if it was lying flat. (would mimic a cannonball) There's not too many worthy iron hits I get to go after on my average hunt and the last three have been large pieces of pot.... so I am due.

As for the 43rd, the reason it survived we'll of course never know. My theory is it was some how protected, then only recently moved by the plow up to the surface. Maybe a larger piece of metal or rock grabbing it from below the plow line. It not having an iron shank like most early pewter military buttons also would have played a role in it surviving so well.

& I guess the reason it was lost/popped off.

 

[Iron Patch]

That iron is definitely one I would chase very deep, especially if it was lying flat. (would mimic a cannonball) There's not too many worthy iron hits I get to go after on my average hunt and the last three have been large pieces of pot.... so I am due.

As for the 43rd, the reason it survived we'll of course never know. My theory is it was some how protected, then only recently moved by the plow up to the surface. Maybe a larger piece of metal or rock grabbing it from below the plow line. It not having an iron shank like most early pewter military buttons also would have played a role in it surviving so well.

& I guess the reason it was lost/popped off.

You mean the shank? I couldn't tell, but thought it looked like the remians of a pewter shank?

 

[CRUSADER]

That iron is definitely one I would chase very deep, especially if it was lying flat. (would mimic a cannonball) There's not too many worthy iron hits I get to go after on my average hunt and the last three have been large pieces of pot.... so I am due.

As for the 43rd, the reason it survived we'll of course never know. My theory is it was some how protected, then only recently moved by the plow up to the surface. Maybe a larger piece of metal or rock grabbing it from below the plow line. It not having an iron shank like most early pewter military buttons also would have played a role in it surviving so well.

& I guess the reason it was lost/popped off.

You mean the shank? I couldn't tell, but thought it looked like the remians of a pewter shank?

It was iron & I guess broke off the coat

 

[Iron Patch]

That iron is definitely one I would chase very deep, especially if it was lying flat. (would mimic a cannonball) There's not too many worthy iron hits I get to go after on my average hunt and the last three have been large pieces of pot.... so I am due.

As for the 43rd, the reason it survived we'll of course never know. My theory is it was some how protected, then only recently moved by the plow up to the surface. Maybe a larger piece of metal or rock grabbing it from below the plow line. It not having an iron shank like most early pewter military buttons also would have played a role in it surviving so well.

& I guess the reason it was lost/popped off.

You mean the shank? I couldn't tell, but thought it looked like the remians of a pewter shank?

It was iron & I guess broke off the coat

ok, wasn't sure, but if it was iron being gone long ago was probably a very good thing. Often times when a pewter button comes out decent with a really good edge & intact shank it gets rotted right through the button and shows the signs of this on the face.

 

[CRUSADER]

That iron is definitely one I would chase very deep, especially if it was lying flat. (would mimic a cannonball) There's not too many worthy iron hits I get to go after on my average hunt and the last three have been large pieces of pot.... so I am due.

As for the 43rd, the reason it survived we'll of course never know. My theory is it was some how protected, then only recently moved by the plow up to the surface. Maybe a larger piece of metal or rock grabbing it from below the plow line. It not having an iron shank like most early pewter military buttons also would have played a role in it surviving so well.

& I guess the reason it was lost/popped off.

You mean the shank? I couldn't tell, but thought it looked like the remians of a pewter shank?

It was iron & I guess broke off the coat

ok, wasn't sure, but if it was iron being gone long ago was probably a very good thing. Often times when a pewter button comes out decent with a really good edge & intact shank it gets rotted right through the button and shows the signs of this on the face.

yeah had them explode out the face but made little odds with the condition of most of mine

 

[Iron Patch]

That iron is definitely one I would chase very deep, especially if it was lying flat. (would mimic a cannonball) There's not too many worthy iron hits I get to go after on my average hunt and the last three have been large pieces of pot.... so I am due.

As for the 43rd, the reason it survived we'll of course never know. My theory is it was some how protected, then only recently moved by the plow up to the surface. Maybe a larger piece of metal or rock grabbing it from below the plow line. It not having an iron shank like most early pewter military buttons also would have played a role in it surviving so well.

& I guess the reason it was lost/popped off.

You mean the shank? I couldn't tell, but thought it looked like the remians of a pewter shank?

It was iron & I guess broke off the coat

ok, wasn't sure, but if it was iron being gone long ago was probably a very good thing. Often times when a pewter button comes out decent with a really good edge & intact shank it gets rotted right through the button and shows the signs of this on the face.

yeah had them explode out the face but made little odds with the condition of most of mine

I have so few that still have the shank I can't even come up with a % how many with shanks have the face effected. I did dig one a few years back that was, but the edge was bad so it didn't matter anyway.

 

[tinpan]

Were's your old spade

SS

"Spade" looks like a mud spoon to me

tinpan

 

[Aquila]

Nice stuff!

 

[CRUSADER]

Were's your old spade

SS

"Spade" looks like a mud spoon to me

tinpan

it's a mud spoon thats lasted 8 years We have had life time guarantee's last us 6 months.

 

[HISPAN]

without doubt the best in your area is the land of brown in my area is highly mineralized and red color is a problem because the color red is the presence of iron and is bad for finding small coins.

 

[CRUSADER]

without doubt the best in your area is the land of brown in my area is highly mineralized and red color is a problem because the color red is the presence of iron and is bad for finding small coins.

We don't have the best Soil in the UK as its really heavy clay (this was flood plain, so silty mud), however sounds much better than yours.

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Grenade looking thing would have scared the hell out of me, being over there!