VOL1266-X
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Tenn. Trio: Josh Digs ANOTHER CW Eagle Button-Dman & VOL Go Colonial
Josh had an opportunity to dig a few CS relics yesterday while Dman and I were working. You can see from the first pic that he had a good 2 hour hunt. The coat size GS Eagle button is Josh's 4th Eagle button in a little over 3 weeks (all but one from CS Camps). From the letters on the back that he could read, I believe it's a Waterbury back mark and it had a solid shank. If you read our posts, you know that whoever found the last Eagle button buys lunch until one other member of the Trio digs one. Dman says that he never expects to find another one-LOL. Dman thinks that we have created a Relic Digging Monster. WTG Josh.
Today while Josh was working, Dman and I returned to the site that has a Yankee CW Camp on one end of the field and a Colonial site that we discovered last Spring on the other end. Our article entitled "Civil War/Colonial Overlay Site Relics" published in the last October issue of W & E Treasures Magazine describes our experiences digging there. We mainly hunted the Colonial site today as the grass was just a little too high in the U.S. Infantry Camp. Dman dug a fired round pistol ball and I dug a .31 cal. ball cut half in two in the Yankee Camp. We didn't hunt long there as we were afraid that one of use would find an Eagle button-LOL.
Our Colonial finds from the late 1700s site are shown in the last two pics. Dman dug the 3 knife pieces and the end of a 2 prong fork. He said he had enough eating utensils to open a "Colonial Waffle House"-LOL. He dug two of the flat buttons. I dug the other large one in the last pic that has 4 holes and is backmarked "London". Maybe the Pennsylvania Colonial Consortium of Kirk, Kyle, or Chris can give us some info. on it. I also dug the brass "V" that looks like it came from a hat . It had an attachment type device on the back. Dman said it may have been a "W". Any info. on it would be appreciated. The trio reunites at the end of the week so stay tuned. Thanks for looking and happy hunting from Dman, Josh, and myself, Quindy.
Josh had an opportunity to dig a few CS relics yesterday while Dman and I were working. You can see from the first pic that he had a good 2 hour hunt. The coat size GS Eagle button is Josh's 4th Eagle button in a little over 3 weeks (all but one from CS Camps). From the letters on the back that he could read, I believe it's a Waterbury back mark and it had a solid shank. If you read our posts, you know that whoever found the last Eagle button buys lunch until one other member of the Trio digs one. Dman says that he never expects to find another one-LOL. Dman thinks that we have created a Relic Digging Monster. WTG Josh.
Today while Josh was working, Dman and I returned to the site that has a Yankee CW Camp on one end of the field and a Colonial site that we discovered last Spring on the other end. Our article entitled "Civil War/Colonial Overlay Site Relics" published in the last October issue of W & E Treasures Magazine describes our experiences digging there. We mainly hunted the Colonial site today as the grass was just a little too high in the U.S. Infantry Camp. Dman dug a fired round pistol ball and I dug a .31 cal. ball cut half in two in the Yankee Camp. We didn't hunt long there as we were afraid that one of use would find an Eagle button-LOL.
Our Colonial finds from the late 1700s site are shown in the last two pics. Dman dug the 3 knife pieces and the end of a 2 prong fork. He said he had enough eating utensils to open a "Colonial Waffle House"-LOL. He dug two of the flat buttons. I dug the other large one in the last pic that has 4 holes and is backmarked "London". Maybe the Pennsylvania Colonial Consortium of Kirk, Kyle, or Chris can give us some info. on it. I also dug the brass "V" that looks like it came from a hat . It had an attachment type device on the back. Dman said it may have been a "W". Any info. on it would be appreciated. The trio reunites at the end of the week so stay tuned. Thanks for looking and happy hunting from Dman, Josh, and myself, Quindy.
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You guys had a nice hunt, Quindy. 
I believe the 4-hole button is an early underwear button. 
I have found them at early sites in the past. It is nice to see TN coughing up 18th century finds.
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That was my first thought, HB. Poor Josh is going to have to work overtime just to keep buying lunch for you clowns. 
