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    So did the button hole live up to it's name?

    It think it did Went out detecting to the button hole I have been talking about lately, to see if the GPX could find some of the deeper buttons there. At best I've found buttons at the 6" mark, 7" if they were larger ones. So off I went today early in the morning. Detected about 7 or 8 hours. The GPX was able to get 39 brass buttons and 2 iron ones along with the 3 round ball and the large crotal bell. Plus I am getting better at saying NO to some signals that I think are iron. Cellar holes are tough with the GPX, but after a while you get semi comfortable calling the signals before you dig. Every button today was a plain (no design) button except for 1 small one and the large cloak button. What I was hoping to see at this site is what actually happened. The GPX found the smaller buttons at the 5-7" range and the larger buttons at the 7-9" range. Did pretty good with a couple of deep targets that were close to iron too. That was a bit of a surprise. So the button hole lives on
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    I wonder what that piece is which is near the bell and the balls. Crazy amount of buttons there. Should I actually say the congrats to saying no to iron?

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    Man that is a bunch of buttons! Looks like you are starting to mesh with the GPX.
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    WTG on the GPX finding all of those buttons!
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    Good info and great hunt. Thank you
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    Very nice hunt... those buttons are beautiful.
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    congrats, nice hunt.

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    Yup, the button hole did live up to its name. What would you think is the age of the buttons? You and that GPX are becoming one....on your keepers.
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    That is an amazing site !
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    That is a lot of buttons! What a site you have there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aloldstuff View Post
    Yup, the button hole did live up to its name. What would you think is the age of the buttons? You and that GPX are becoming one....on your keepers.

    Al, most of those buttons are around 1820, give or take. Some of the thin ones without backmarks are older. Pewter is a bit older also.
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    You're getting good swinging that heater. That has to be some kind of button record for a single hunt.
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