Todays Finds

[kevo]

I have been hunting the same area for several weeks now. Today I decided to hunt the field that I decided a long time ago was undetectable because there was sooooooo much trash and iron. It was crazy! I ended up finding a fake mexican 8 reale, some bullets/musketballs, I believe two oil lamps??, suspender piece, several buttons, and some whats it items. Can anybody ID the button? I believe it is a button, but it is kind of thick. It says Washington Dee-Cee. Also, the lead looking object has some letters but I can't make them all out.

 

[tymcmurray]

What a haul!!!!
Way to swing it!!!
Congratulations.

 

[duggap]

The button you want identified is off a pair of coveralls or bluejeans. They can be tricky to date. I have one that has the duckhead emblem on it that goes back to the 1850s. Yours has some age on it, just don't know how much.

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Nice digs dude everything is very interesting and the buttons are fantastic too!

 

[jgas]

Nice job. Oil lamp stuff is cool too. jgas

 

[dugdigger]

now THATS what i'm talking about. way to go

 

[CRUSADER]

The button is a popper

 

[Marc(NB)]

with that amount of old stuff there,Iam sure theres older coins hidden amongst the trash signal!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Those are some really old buttons mixed in with the newer (1890's) stuff. I'd stay there a while detecting. You'll get the old silver soon enough. Good hunting,
CurbdiggerCarl

 

[Ron B]

One good thing about trash; you know no one else has been there and/or worked the area the proper way. If it were me, I 'd begin working a grid pattern removing as much junk as I could; working one small area at a time. You won't find the good stuff without removing the clutter. It's obvious to me the area has potential. Great job on your finds!

GRB