Sat. & Sun. hunts Ornate shoe buckle, Early Copper, civil war Button...etc

Had to work a 1/2 day Saturday so I headed out to a nearby spot. I hunted this spot before and found an Andrew Jackson button after a short hunt. Went back for a second trip and got some old colonial buttons that included a nice big tombac and another cloak size one with a neat waffle/basket weave pattern. My last target of a 2 hour hunt scored me an early copper with Lady Britannia on the reverse, the obverse can only make out the back hair ribbon with bust facing right.

On Sunday, I hunted with Dave at a few cellar holes that we plotted out. Luckily, Dave's keen eye spotted a small depression off the side of the old road. This is where we scored a good amount of old buttons but it seems that most of the one's I dug were fire damaged.
My best find here was a sweet Ornate shoe buckle that still had a silver wash on some of the front side of the buckle. Some of the Iron tongue and chape was still intact and a Maker's Mark initials still remain on the back side :smitten:.

That last hole of the day gave up some buttons including a Civil War Infantry eagle button. It still has a small amount of gilt on it and Dave pointed out that it seems larger than most civil war eagle buttons he has seen. I did a side by side comparison in one pic. I also nabbed a semi-key Date Indian Head in nice shape dated 1876 :cool: and a larger two piece back mark is Wadha US&G CO. extremely fine

The first two pics are from my solo hunt Saturday and the rest are from Sunday..

some fine coins and relics Todd , still can see the Union Jack on the shield of the copper |:cheering: great looking shoe buckle don't see many with the silver wash still on so heavy an even rarer still to have maker's initials on them :loveit: hope you can track down the name . great looking indian :clapping: :clapping:

Dan

Some really nice buttons there. :shocked04: Makes the whole trip listening to Dave worth it just for them lol You two have had a great year detecting :clapping:

some great relics you found that day! great shoe buckle! never seen initials on a non silver buckle.Dan or G why is the Infantry button larger than the GS buttons seems all my letter buttons are same size as the GS buttons :thinkingabout: could it be post CW infantry?

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Originally Posted by HEAVYMETALNUT link=topic=14186.msg149175#msg149175 date=1378858692

Dan or G why is the Infantry button larger than the GS buttons seems all my letter buttons are same size as the GS buttons :thinkingabout: could it be post CW infantry?

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Dave you worrying about size again lol lol :teasing:

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Originally Posted by del link=topic=14186.msg149172#msg149172 date=1378858158

some fine coins and relics Todd , still can see the Union Jack on the shield of the copper |:cheering: great looking shoe buckle don't see many with the silver wash still on so heavy an even rarer still to have maker's initials on them :loveit: hope you can track down the name . great looking indian :clapping: :clapping:

Dan

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Dan, how would I go about finding the Maker's initials? :thinkingabout: :interesting:

Nice hunting Todd. Funny that you forgot to mention the war nickel.... us coinshooters would have listed that 1st lol :congrats: on all those finds.

Nice going Todd, I'm happy if I can make out the shield she's sitting on, never mind what's ON the shield! :perfect10: |:cheering:

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Originally Posted by del link=topic=14186.msg149177#msg149177 date=1378859157

Dave you worrying about size again lol lol :teasing:

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leave the wise guy jokes aside bucko & answer the darn question! >:tongue:

A lot of nice digs in that pile ! :congrats:

Thanks everyone!

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Originally Posted by aloldstuff link=topic=14186.msg149195#msg149195 date=1378897519

Nice hunting Todd. Funny that you forgot to mention the war nickel.... us coinshooters would have listed that 1st lol :congrats: on all those finds.

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To each their own Al, I know most coin shooters love their silver coins but for me, if it isn't old, then I have little interest unless of course it's a gold ring :cheesysmile:

By the way Al, a little tip on cleaning war nickels... I have dug many of them and I found the easiest and best way for me to clean them is to place it in a mixture of water and ammonia 10 mins each side then wipe clean. It looks better than the fake polished look you get from baking soda results in my opinion. If you haven't tried it give it a shot :groovy:

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Originally Posted by coinnut link=topic=14186.msg149173#msg149173 date=1378858190

Some really nice buttons there. :shocked04: Makes the whole trip listening to Dave worth it just for them lol You two have had a great year detecting :clapping:

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Thanks George, I have only been detecting almost 3 years now and this is by far my best year. If you hunt is as many cellar holes as Dave and I do then we are bound to find something good lol It is just a numbers game .. the more I dig, the more I find

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Originally Posted by Thiltzy link=topic=14186.msg149226#msg149226 date=1378938477

Thanks Roger, I have only been detecting almost 3 years now and this is by far my best year. If you hunt is as many cellar holes as Dave and I do then we are bound to find something good lol It is just a numbers game .. the more I dig, the more I find

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who's Roger :confused: :confused: lol lol

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Originally Posted by Thiltzy link=topic=14186.msg149180#msg149180 date=1378864421

Dan, how would I go about finding the Maker's initials? :thinkingabout: :interesting:

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A very good question Todd , it seems some silversmith's made these and i also get the impression that some might have been made by actual shoemaker's . I haven't found any books on the subject though . if you come across any info i would be interested to see it and i'll pass on anything i might find .

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Originally Posted by HEAVYMETALNUT link=topic=14186.msg149222#msg149222 date=1378935048

leave the wise guy jokes aside bucko & answer the darn question! >:tongue:

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lol lol Dave the button's size could be any number of things , the great coat buttons sizes could have changed late in the war or just after . I'm really not an expert in Civil War accroutment supplies .

Awesome finds!!

I meant to say George lol :hysterical:

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Originally Posted by Thiltzy link=topic=14186.msg149246#msg149246 date=1378948562

I meant to say George lol :hysterical:

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Roger that! over n out!

:shocked04:.great finds and that buckle and Indian cleaned up really nicely! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

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Originally Posted by Thiltzy link=topic=14186.msg149246#msg149246 date=1378948562

I meant to say George lol :hysterical:

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Crap, I just changed my name to Roger :hairpulling:

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Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew link=topic=14186.msg149216#msg149216 date=1378931708

Nice going Todd, I'm happy if I can make out the shield she's sitting on, never mind what's ON the shield! :perfect10: |:cheering:

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since when does she sit on a shield? you really need glasses huh? :hysterical:

Nice finds Todd! Great looking buckle :congrats: