Todays finds including a Jefferson Davis hat pin. Tsgman

tsgman · Nov 18, 2007

Met up with my hunting buddy and took him to a site i found recently. It was his first time to hunt it so I pointed him in the right direction and next thing i notice is he has wandered off the the trashy section. I fetched him back over to the good spots explaining once again that the best stuff was found there.
He dug several nice drops and I dug a 1928 Buffalo Nickel, a nice knap sack hook and a few drops. I also eyeballed my second arrowhead in two trips to this site. Another interesting find was a stick pin type badge with the Shell oil logo behind a orange and blue star, it looks like it was gold plated as well. On the bottom it say's mobile repair.
After we took a lunch we went back and i got permission to hunt some adjoining land. After a couple of minutes John dug a nice drop and I dug a Jefferson Davis Hat Pin. It came out in a couple of piece's but I got all of it. I hope everyone enjoyed digging today as much as I did. Tim

panzermeyer · Nov 18, 2007

Outstanding finds !! That hat pin is a beauty.God Bless and HH..Panz

geo4472 · Nov 19, 2007

nice bunch of relics

Bavaria Mike · Nov 19, 2007

Awesome finds TSG! That hat pin is very nice. HH, Mike

Gypsy Heart · Nov 19, 2007

Wow! The Jeff Davis is a great find! Congrats! The Shell pin is great also!

goldencoin · Nov 19, 2007

Very cool pin and some great drops

HH
-GC

momule55 · Nov 19, 2007

Great finds Tim. I was out Saturday and found a Eagle Button, as soon as I got it out of the hole it fell apart. Our ground is not kind of thin brass around here. Nice 1858 Pattern general service hat pin, also known as the "Hardee Hat" pin. Great early war item

tsgman · Nov 19, 2007

Thanks guy's for the replies. Momule, glad you had a great hunt as well. It's funny that this pin has so many names. In Lords Civil War collectors encyclopedia on page 139 he has a photo of one and say's it is called a Pompom Eagle, Model 1851 but later became known as the Jefferson Davis Hat Plate. It is also referred to as a Hardee's Hat Badge as well. I read someplace that the Union boy's would sometimes take it off and throw it away because it had Jeff Davis in it's name!

civilman1 · Nov 19, 2007

How often do you find one of those Tsgman.....Look's like you two had a very good day.Congrat's on the pin and HH!!

momule55 · Nov 19, 2007

Out here in Missouri, the only units that had the Hardee Hats were the Federal Regulars, mainly Seigels
German troops, the 20th Wisconson and a few Iowa troops. The pins were very delicate and would break, thus they would just wear the hat as a slouch hat. On another note, very few troops wore the Kepi
ot "bummer" hat commonly associated with the Civil War.................

Dman · Nov 19, 2007

Nice civil war finds. You were lucky to get all the Jeff Davis hat pin.
Dman

tsgman · Nov 19, 2007

momule55 said:
Out here in Missouri, the only units that had the Hardee Hats were the Federal Regulars, mainly Seigels
German troops, the 20th Wisconson and a few Iowa troops. The pins were very delicate and would break, thus they would just wear the hat as a slouch hat. On another note, very few troops wore the Kepi
ot "bummer" hat commonly associated with the Civil War.................

Dadgum Mark you know your relics! It was from a Seigel camp site. Ok let me ask you this, would you have it repaired or leave as is in about 4 or 5 pieces? I can get it fixed for 40 bucks plus shipping. Roland said he would also clean it and replace one of the stars missing at the top. Also are you going to the meeting tomorrow night?