SUPER EXCITED!!!

[johnash15]

I live in a part of South Carolina where there was almost zero civil war activity, so I've always tried to find colonial era home sites for relic hunting. I recently found out about a home site that was supposedly built in the mid 1800s. At some point, the house burned and a tenant house was built in its place and was used until the 1980s. The area around the tenant house is almost impossible to hint because of the trash, so I moved out further. Yesterday and today I was able to pull these out. The SC button looked like it has a Kendrick backmark. Does this put it in the civil war era? Also how about the eagle button? It's my first SC button, so I'm totally jacked!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Rusted_Iron]

I can see why you're excited. That SC button is sweet. Looks like you found some nice other ones too.

 

[creskol]

Kendrick & Company pre-dates the Civil War I am pretty sure.

That's a nice bunch of quality relics!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats! Looks awesome!

 

[TNGUNS]

Wow...... looks like a bit earlier than CW to me, but maybe some of the real experts will let us know. Congrats.

 

[johnash15]

I don't know much about buttons but this site is producing a wide time period of items. Does the eagle button look CW period?

 

[Old Dude]

You've made some significant finds there! Congrats and thank you for showing us.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the great looking buttons.

 

[justdon]

Very nice.Congrats.HH.

 

[treblehunter]

Nice finds, congrats!

 

[parsonwalker]

Dang! Congrats on super finds!

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice button. The Anchor cuff link is circa 1800 give or take a few years!

 

[silversweeper]

oooooooohhhhh....I'm excited for you. That's an early site and a great bunch of finds to start. I bet we're going to "see" you find some early coins there if you hunt it carefully......

 

[ModernMiner]

Those are some sweet old 1800's button for sure. Great job!
-MM-

 

[Mackaydon]

A few years ago, one of TN's 'resident gurus', "PBK" responded in this way when another Kendrick button was presented; first, without a pic then later he responded after seeing the pic. Here was his response; I hope it helps you:

"Must be Kendrick & Co. of Waterbury, CT, c. 1830's— usually thought to be the same firm as Ives, Kendrick & Co.
There are a couple of Kendrick & Co. Superfine backmarks.
UPDATE: (PBK's)
Now that you've posted pics, it's clear that the mark is actually " * L & KENDRICK * SUPERFINE"— the mark of Leavenworth & Kendrick, c. 1829-42, the firm of Mark Leavenworth, his son Benjamin Franklin Leavenworth, and son-in-law Green Kendrick.

Don.......

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

I live in SC too. There's none where I am (spartanburg). But the other day I found a minié ball hahaha. Sure was a nice surprise. I usually travel over 3 hours just to dig CW stuff. Sweet SC button

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

The navy cufflink is also a very nice find. Cufflinks in general don't show up too often.

 

[johnash15]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll be hitting this site hard and hopefully have some other things to show.

 

[detroitdigger]

Awesome buttons, I always like finding those. HH.