Sundays hunt yields one decent button

[Steve in PA]

Sunday's hunt yields one decent button

Sunday was a beautiful day here in SW Pennsylvania and I had to get out somewhere. I decided to go back to a cow pasture that once held a couple of homes that were occupied from about 1820 to 1910. I have pounded this site hard for years now, but there is so much iron in the ground that you can always find something if you go slow and listen hard. The site is in a beautiful spot surrounded by hills and trees, and nobody can see you there. That's one reason I like this place. The other reason I like this place is that it gives up military buttons and relics!! There have been over 100 buttons dug here and among them have been:
(4) War of 1812 era Artillery buttons (eagle on a cannon)
(1) 1820-1830 Artillery button (convex eagle A)
(1) Civil War era Artillery button (two piece eagle A)
(1) War of 1812 era Rifleman's button (hunting horn & stars)
(1) 1820 - 1830 Naval button (eagle on an anchor)
Other military relics I have dug here include an 1820s/30s Shako Hat plume holder and a GAR badge. Now I can add a Civil War era overcoat size Eagle Infantry button to the list!

Here are my finds. Other than the Infantry button, I didn't find anything else of note. I added a picture of me hunting at this site about a month ago.

 

[granthansen]

LOVE buttons! Looks like a great spot.

 

[ticm]

Now that's one nice button!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Steve, that is a a rare site for sure. I like those buttons. Glad you were able to get another first marked off your list. HH, Quindy.

 

[Steve in PA]

Steve, that is a a rare site for sure. I like those buttons. Glad you were able to get another first marked off your list. HH, Quindy.

Thanks Quindy. I can't call it a first since I have dug overcoat Eagle I buttons with gold gilt in Virginia. But it is new military button from this site.

 

[Ironman!]

WooHoo, congrats Steve on digging that button out of your site and for it being your 1st CW eagle "I" out of there! The green and gold looks great too!!

IM

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I have a few hard hunted spots of my own that I enjoy going to because of the solitude. Those spots are a little more relaxing for me. Keep pickin' through the iron for more finds


VPR

 

[dfx willy]

that is a awesome looking spot! theres gotta be some coins there. i see a nice classic head large cent coming out of there. willy

 

[screwynewy]

Well someone saw you there. There is a picture of you detecting to prove it, J/K. Nice find and a beautiful site you have there.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice eagle I Steve. I love those sites where you can keep going back year after year and always seem to be able to pull out another good one. And that's especially true at an iron-riddled site. Missed you at DIV. Hope you can make the March hunt.