Things that go "BEEP" in the woods

ModernMiner · Sep 27, 2007

***Things that go "BEEP" in the woods***

I went to my usual farm spot at lunch today, but rather than detect the lawn areas that I have beat to death all summer, I took to the woods. Snakes or no snakes, I’m going in!!!

I started working an area between a gravel drive in back of the house, and a small creek. The good thing about the woods is the soil is super soft. The bad thing is there are a bunch of roots to dig around, and tons of branches and trees to detect around. I’ve become very good at flipping tree branches out of the way with my Tesoro.

Within about 15 minutes I had my first signal. At about 6” deep, I thought I had another shotgun shell head, but out popped an old button with shank still intact. I love finding old buttons, so this made my day. About 10 minutes later, and within approx. 20 feet of the first, I got a very loud signal. I thought it would be a plow tip, but instead at only about 4” deep, out came a round object with some gold tint on it. I about soiled myself as it was the size of a coin yet thicker than any coin I was used to finding. After a little spit on my towel, and a slight field cleaning, I noticed a flower on the front. I had another button. I was hoping for an old coin, but this is one cool button, so I’m happy.
Button #1 - 18cm, flat front. A back mark of: "Treble Gilt- Stand Colour"

Button #2 – 21cm, flower front with design around the edge. A back mark of: "Benedict Burnham - Extra".

Some of you may recall this farm property is just about 194 acres. Including the yards around the house, I think I’ve detected only about 3-4 acres all together. Hopefully I will run across some more old coins on the other 190 acres. There may not be as many signals out in the woods, but when I do get a signal, I have a pretty good shot at it being a keeper.

Thanks for looking,
MM

brnn53 · Sep 27, 2007

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Nice buttons!
Mike

ModernMiner · Sep 27, 2007

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brnn53 said:
Nice buttons!
Mike

Thanks Mike.
Where in NC are you?

civilman1 · Sep 27, 2007

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Button's are just as good as finding coin's MM...Excellent find's,Glad you got a chance to hit the old farm again..HH!!

Shooter204 · Sep 27, 2007

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Very neat old buttons, 190 acres left, I'll bet an old coin or two are sure to pop up.
Some of my better finds have kinda been in the middle of nowhere.
Do you know if any old counties roads may have passed through the farm??
We have a couple on our farm, roads no longer in use, and they are good places to search.

Good Luck
Shooter

B|lker · Sep 27, 2007

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Your as addicted as me going mding on your lunch break, i hope you got to eat some something :P

Nice buttons!!!!

I`m still willing to help you if you need any.

ModernMiner · Sep 27, 2007

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Shooter204 said:
Very neat old buttons, 190 acres left, I'll bet an old coin or two are sure to pop up.
Some of my better finds have kinda been in the middle of nowhere.
Do you know if any old counties roads may have passed through the farm??
We have a couple on our farm, roads no longer in use, and they are good places to search.

Good Luck
Shooter

Shooter,
There was an old road used during the CW about 1/2 mile down the road. There is a large stream between that road and this property that I am guessing would have been used by the men and horses back then. I'm planning on working along that stream this fall.
-MM-

ModernMiner · Sep 27, 2007

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B|lker said:
Your as addicted as me going mding on your lunch break, i hope you got to eat some something :P

Nice buttons!!!!

I`m still willing to help you if you need any.

Sounds good. We'll have to hit it on a w/end this fall. I mainly just search this farm at lunch and sometimes after work. I just gave Bob S. a good hunting spot if you want to try it. It is an old plantation house I've been waiting to hunt after the weeds and bugs die down. Here it is:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,91586.msg657846.html#msg657846
There are many old outbuildings on the property too.
I gave Bob the owners name & #.
Good luck.
-MM-

Gribnitz · Sep 27, 2007

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I like finding the old buttons almost as much as finding old silver (I guess it depends on what kind of button it is

). That one looks like it still has some gold gilt on it. You can shine those babies up with a dab of aluminum jelly, but it can be hard to find the stuff.

John (Ma) · Sep 28, 2007

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Very nice finds.

Gypsy Heart · Sep 28, 2007

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Benedict & Burnham operated 1834 to 1843, this is predecessor of Waterbury Button Co. Buttons of this period are noted for very high quality and they produced a lot of Civilian buttons.

Very cool

laralucine · Sep 28, 2007

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I love those! Nice buttons

tymcmurray · Sep 28, 2007

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Lovin' the buttons!!!
I have a feeling the lawn is gonna get mighty lonely
now that you found another SWEET spot.

piggman1 · Sep 28, 2007

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A good signal every once and awhile, beats a trash signal every step any day. Those are some cool buttons!

{Sentinel} · Sep 28, 2007

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Danngg Bud she nice buttons! Cleaned up VERY nicely! I like those "Treble Gilt" "Extra Gilt" buttons. Beautiful! You can see every letter on the back of the button!