Early Artillery Buttons, shoe buckle etc.

[don in ny]

Went back to the spot I found the 1746 George II and other items and came up with a bit more. Found a couple of artillery buttons. One from the war of 1812 and one from the 1814-1821 period. Also came up with a fish hook shaped square nail and a whatsit. Any ideas on the whatsit or what purpose the square nail?

[Full Metal Digger]

The whatsit is a padlock. Sorry, I couldn't resist!

[don in ny]

So I found 2 padlocks

[del]

you have got a great area Don , between the old coins and now the great buttons and relics. super hunt

[Bell-Two]

Nice finds...great buttons and other relics!

[OxShoeDrew]

Don, I was told by a woodworker friend of mine that your fish hook shaped nail is a "clinched" nail which was used to hold two flat pieces of wood together, like a batten on a door. A set of pliers were used to turn the nail after hammering it through the wood. Then a special hammer was used to drive it like a staple. I personally get fooled by these things because of the roundness combined with the oldness He also said that they were used to hold hardware in place.
Those are some really great finds from that site! Congrats!

[Lodge Scent]

A couple of NICE buttons ! That whatsit is pretty interesting. I was going to say it must be horse hardware but I'm not sure

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

nice finds! could the whatsit be part of a brass horse bit? only thing i can think of

[The Rebel]

Awesome Finds! Have you looked into the military records of the person who lived there (assuming you know the name)?

[Skamaniac]

Nice group of stuff. The lock is a nice find!

I was told by a woodworker friend of mine that your fish hook shaped nail is a "clinched" nail which was used to hold two flat pieces of wood together, like a batten on a door. A set of pliers were used to turn the nail after hammering it through the wood. Then a special hammer was used to drive it like a staple.

I've seen these a couple of times and wondered how they were used. This is great info!

[coinnut]

Nice buttons Don. Any military buttons that pop up are a real treat to find! Cool looking lock(s)

[CTTodd]

Super super buttons

[Timewarpdigger]

Great finds congrats.

[don in ny]

Went back to the site today and as things were lean, I worked at a verrrrry slow pace. Found another button It's not quite as nice as the last, but still has the loop in the back.

[giant056]

Great bunch of finds I like them old buttons, buckle and neat old lock

[chief5709]

Artillery buttons great finds Don. You have some great areas to detect.

[coop]

Nice buttons!!!

[BTV Digger]

Knockin' it out of the park once again Don! Very impressive.

BTV Digger