Tony Two-Cent
12-01-2014, 09:54 PM
A rare post in the "Relics" section of the forum for me. :thumbsup01:
This past weekend we had very nice weather both days and I was able to get out for some detecting. On Saturday I hunted 4 different private residences with my brother, and on Sunday I hunted 2 different farm fields, one with my brother and one with my dad. They don't have detectors, they just follow along and watch and help ID the finds as we go along.
Here are the finds from the private yards on Saturday:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Coins_zpsd9e0c498.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Cars_zps5fe0a60e.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Guns_zps311a6344.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Relics-F_zpsd8e69718.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Makeup-F_zpse55bb2a3.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Makeup-B_zps6b97a535.jpg
My brother had heard stories about a small village formerly being located in a farm field in my dad's hometown. We got permission to hunt the field from both the owner and from the farmer who leases it. There are no longer any structures on the property, just tilled farmland. We did find lots of broken glass, pottery, bricks, etc. in the field and took that as a good sign. We also found a round depressed spot that may have been a well or privy.
Here are the finds from the farm fields. The two eagle buttons were found in close proximity to the spot we thought might be a former well. I know they aren't in very good shape, but can anyone tell me their approximate age? Are they Civil War era?
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Field-Relics-1_zps7a1aae7b.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Buttons-F_zps62fd3950.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-S_zps96fff1da.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-Small-B_zpsaa716331.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-L_zps5f19e80d.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-Large-B_zpsc6d30612.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Watch-Relics-F_zps26776eda.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Watch-Relics-B_zps909e0810.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Ordinance_zps3812a736.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Rivets_zpsbb52be32.jpg
Any information you can give me about the buttons or any of the other objects would be greatly appreciated.
All in all it was a fun weekend of detecting. One of these days I'm going to find a bucket list coin in one of these farm fields! :crossfingers:
This past weekend we had very nice weather both days and I was able to get out for some detecting. On Saturday I hunted 4 different private residences with my brother, and on Sunday I hunted 2 different farm fields, one with my brother and one with my dad. They don't have detectors, they just follow along and watch and help ID the finds as we go along.
Here are the finds from the private yards on Saturday:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Coins_zpsd9e0c498.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Cars_zps5fe0a60e.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Guns_zps311a6344.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Relics-F_zpsd8e69718.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Makeup-F_zpse55bb2a3.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Makeup-B_zps6b97a535.jpg
My brother had heard stories about a small village formerly being located in a farm field in my dad's hometown. We got permission to hunt the field from both the owner and from the farmer who leases it. There are no longer any structures on the property, just tilled farmland. We did find lots of broken glass, pottery, bricks, etc. in the field and took that as a good sign. We also found a round depressed spot that may have been a well or privy.
Here are the finds from the farm fields. The two eagle buttons were found in close proximity to the spot we thought might be a former well. I know they aren't in very good shape, but can anyone tell me their approximate age? Are they Civil War era?
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Field-Relics-1_zps7a1aae7b.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Buttons-F_zps62fd3950.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-S_zps96fff1da.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-Small-B_zpsaa716331.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-L_zps5f19e80d.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/CW-Button-Large-B_zpsc6d30612.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Watch-Relics-F_zps26776eda.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Watch-Relics-B_zps909e0810.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Ordinance_zps3812a736.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/Rivets_zpsbb52be32.jpg
Any information you can give me about the buttons or any of the other objects would be greatly appreciated.
All in all it was a fun weekend of detecting. One of these days I'm going to find a bucket list coin in one of these farm fields! :crossfingers: