Today was a Button Affair!!!

[VaMark]

Went out today to a new spot with my buddy after the rain finally stopped.
It turned out to be worth the wait. I never thought I would see the day I dug more buttons than bullets I ended up with 28 buttons today although 2 fell apart, 1 was a nice Eagle "I" coat, 1 Eagle "I" cuff sized, the rest were general service Eagles cuff sized. Also found a few nice bullets, 3 Burnsides, 2 Gardners, a ringtail Sharps, a couple unsures, and 3 ringers.
I don't know what the rectangular brass thing is, it has a spring in the back of it, I found 2 and my buddy found a couple.
The 1 picture is from yesterday and has what looks to be a mess kit fork, bullets, button, and lead sabot chunk.

Thanks for looking!
HH

 

[HutSiteDigger]

were these hut sites or trash pit finds? or just free roaming? if all those buttons are from free roaming you got a hot spot there and more then likely a plate or buckle is waiting for you! Kewl finds that is normally what I get out of a big camp trash pit and I Cant even recall digging that many CW buttons in a day from free roaming!

 

[VaMark]

They were concentrated in a small area and were pretty shallow except for the coat button which was about 9". They are from a battle area.

 

[diggervet]

THAT is a great day!

 

[VaMark]

THAT is a great day!

Thanks!

 

[romeo-1]

Outstanding!!

 

[VaMark]

Did a little more cleaning with tooth pick and Naval Jelly.

 

[VOL1266-X]

That was an exceptional hunt Mark. That "I" button is dripping with gold gilt. Clean it carefully and not with water. The rectangular brass relic is a clip strip from WW2. Five 30-06 cal. rounds would fit into it. We find them from WW2 maneuvers sites here. Super finds. WTG, Quindy.

 

[joeyfresh]

Amazing to find so many buttons in one little area. That infantry button turned out really nice. Congrats!!

 

[VaMark]

That was an exceptional hunt Mark. That "I" button is dripping with gold gilt. Clean it carefully and not with water. The rectangular brass relic is a clip strip from WW2. Five 30-06 cal. rounds would fit into it. We find them from WW2 maneuvers sites here. Super finds. WTG, Quindy.

Thanks Quindy, I did find an old center fire cartridge pretty deep in the same general area.

 

[matt092079]

Amazing finds Mark! Beautiful Eagle "I" coat button!

 

[Ifoundit69]

I would say you had a great day , that button turned out nice .....

 

[texjim]

holy buttons.. i don't think i have seen that many from one hunt.

 

[jamesbibb]

Super Day Mark!

 

[flyinryan2]

Wow that was an awesome hunt!!! Congrats on all those buttons. Hope you can get back and dig a few more!

 

[Goldirocks]

Now that is alot of great looking buttons! Love the Infantry one Congrats!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Killer button finds, and great cleaning on the Eagle I. I hope you'll consider adding a before/after photo to my thread here:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/89045-how-clean-buttons.html

Best Wishes,

Buckles

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[VaMark]

Killer button finds, and great cleaning on the Eagle I. I hope you'll consider adding a before/after photo to my thread here:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/89045-how-clean-buttons.html

Best Wishes,

Buckles

I wish I had read your cleaning post before I cleaned mine! That is a great post.

 

[jewelerguy]

nice relics