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Thats a great find Dave , those very faintest high tones without numbers are my favorite to go after with the shovel . well done sir !

Dan

That boy is a machine !

congrats again !

A button's simple construction , composition , shank area can be enough sometimes to give you a good indicator to its time era as well.

Dan

Drew it was a solid 95 on the deus , a very fine almost horizonal line on the xy screen so it was either a copper or an oxknob

Drew , at the time the Prince of Wales (the usual title for the next heir to the throne ) was far more liked than the king who imposed much of the taxation and oppressive laws on the colonists ,...

I haven't been out in weeks , work has been busy and I (literally) have been doing lots of mechanical work on my jeep . So it was extremely good to just get out and swing the coil again , just a half...

it snowed twice (for only a few minutes each time) , lot of hiking with little rewards but i so needed the exercise and did enjoy being in the woods again . i did sneak out a decent Connecticut...

Good stuff Drew , i finally just got out today for a few hours . The bridle shield with the prince of Wales is always a cool find .

Dan

its a livery button ... these usually depict animal or military themes of renown British , Welsh ,Scottish family crests on them . here are a couple of links to some examples Porcupine - Livery...

great campaign fob !!:groovy:

I like it :thumbsup01:

isn't it very similarly "themed" like the reverse of one of our large US cents :thinkingabout::thinkingabout:, great button and the history behind it is awesome Dave :clapping:

Dave is correct ,pseudo hallmarks are a thing were very common on plated or "tinned" examples of utensils .

Dan

its remarkably similar to a "Luckenbooth" brooch we rarely find here Dave , maybe your item's origin somehow coincides with them . great find !

Dan

The better the iron the worse it usually sounds to a detector , high carbon steel holds up much better to the elements compared to wrought iron but wrought iron generally sounds more "diggable" ....

congrats on the indians , silvers and marble , Noah !:groovy:




Didn't think you had bad days Don ​!

the iron will be sounding really good for a while until the ground dries out some but iron shoe buckles are always a welcome sight to me , congrats on your first one this year !


BTW , I sooooo...

cool place and cool coin , many cultures used the letter "I" for both the "J and I" until the mid 1700's , also on many of my King George coins "Georgius" is spelled with a "U and sometimes a V"...

:cheering::perfect10::cheering: Congratulations !!

Tony its been you who has been the real "treasure" and friend to us here at AD for the last decade :notworthy: I hope your presence here lasts at...

What a nice relic and piece of American history :groovy:

Dan

Good to see you boys out there swinging again after all the snow and frigid temps as of lately , congrats on the first indian of the year Don :cheering:

Dan

Hello and welcome to America Detectorist , Sharpshovel . Colonial and Civil war sites are favorites of many on here , I hope you share a lot of pictures or relics and coins with us .

Dan

one of my favorite videos it was fun to make even though i didn't have to film it 1789 GEORGE WASHINGTON BUTTON BONANZA WHITE'S METAL DETECTING!!!!!! - YouTube

I've inadvertently been in some videos but i don't take any video of my hunts , to be honest it takes away from my actual time detecting . sorry

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