Silver and Civil War!

[NoThisIsPatrick]

Went out to an older town near Seattle with Eric (Washingtonian) yesterday. We talked with one of the property owners of several old houses and being a history buff herself, she gave us permission to hit a couple old houses.

At one old house, I got a deep 60s signal on the AT. Neither Eric nor myself were getting a ton of signals, so I decided just to dig it. Boy was that a good choice.



Finding anything pre-1900 in the Pacific Northwest is extremely hard, let alone a civil war artillery button that dates back to the 1850s/1860s. I didn’t realize just how incredible this find was at the time, but it hit me later and I couldn’t stop showing my buddies back home.

Also pulled up 2 rosies, 3 wheats and an Indian. All in all, a great day!!

 

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[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very productive hunt, congrats!

 

[smallfoot]

Is the top left in the last pic also a button...noticed the 13 stars...nice hunt, congrats!

 

[washingtonian]

What a memorable hunt and find man. That was a lot of fun. Keep up the good work!!

 

[NoThisIsPatrick]

Is the top left in the last pic also a button...noticed the 13 stars...nice hunt, congrats!

It is a button

 

[CRUSADER]

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It is a button

Yeap, but not the type he was hoping for!

 

[xcopperstax]

Super nice civil war button! It sounds like it was a nice surprise too!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice looking "A" button.

 

[MidMoTreasure]

Wow, that has a bunch of gilt still on it. Congrats.

 

[pganjon]

The button with the stars looks like a world war 2 era US fatigue button. My father in law still had his and I remember the buttons on it Paul

 

[A2coins]

Thats a great button and coins permissions seem to pay off well

 

[RVRoamer74]

Excellent save on that button. Congrats!