Watch Me Dig a Large Cent and Help Me ID an Unusual Button

West Jersey Detecting · Dec 5, 2010

I got out to detect with my friends Dale, Mark and Jim today. I was anxious to try out my new 10"x12" SEF "Butterfly" coil, so we attempted to hit a colonial site. We couldn't get to the site, so we headed back to check out another site. It was a bit of a hike back, and on the way back to the truck we were talking about the button to coin ratio. I said mine was roughly 10-15 old buttons for every old copper. We also spoke about what we would like to find, and I said I have not yet found a Braided Hair variety large cent. Well, wouldn't you know it, I found about a dozen buttons over the last few days, and wouldn't you know it, when we got to the next site, my first good signal was an 1846 Braided Hair Large Cent! When I got this sweet sound on my V3i, I knew it was something good, but I have been fooled by deep clad quarters before. Still, I thought it was a good opportunity to make my first YouTube video. I messed up the date of the coin on the captions, but I think it came out pretty good.

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The strange button posted was found yesterday at one of my favorite detecting spots, along with the watch winder. I Cannot make out what is on the button, but it looks like the date on the bottom is 1808. Any help with the ID on this one

All in all it has been a good couple of days detecting. It was bitter cold today, and it is supposed to get colder and windier over the next few days. This my be the last outing until 2011, but I am optimistic that it will warm up just a bit again soon.