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    Day Off, Good Start

    I had two places in mind the next town over. One was a colonial home site where they built a modern but now rotting house on the old cellar hole. Too bad the property was used as a car junk yard as late as the 1980s. Nothing but car parts and tires everywhere. The walls were beautiful though...but I left for the next site down the road. Right across the street from a current colonial, two pens with walkways through the walls. The place was picked clean. On to an improvised 3rd site, a place I've done well before. Someone was there this week, dig holes and cleared patches everywhere. They were thorough. I went out into the swingable fields (woods now but were fields in the 1800s). I found everything out there. Yesterday's rain helped pop the targets. The targets were faint and deep. The navy button was 9in and under a rotting log, but consistent from all angles. The oxknob was also deep, didn't read well, jumpy, even a few iron gruts.
    The back mark on the button has a crown on it and says, E.L.B & Co London (I think-the initials are hard to read). I can't read the date on the LC ....so close
    Nice to finally get out! Not much issue with frozen ground in the wooded fields.
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    Very nice Drew. Looks like the date is 1822, but tough to read on a compute screen.
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    I just took the batteries out of the detector yesterday and today its warmer. Nice tho. I'm gonna go with the last digit as a 2. First thinking an eight but more careful check it's Def a 2.

    I got a place I'm thinking to ask. An old colonial and someone in their 70/80s lives there. Just the fact there's a few junkers on the lawn makes me wonder.

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    That is a beautiful button Drew cleaned up nicely and a Large Cent is always sweet!
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    Is it Ox Knob Drew or Ox Shoe Drew? Either way, nice digs Drew. That button is a looker ! Nothing wrong with that coppa either. I'd be happy with that bridle bit thingy too.
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    Your button really looks good all cleaned up! I think I read somewhere that navy buttons with that London backmark were private contracts during the civil war for naval officers who wanted nicer buttons. But I could be mistaken. And the LC looks nice too! Contrast!
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    Thanks everyone!
    I was wondering, Luke, why it didn't have the Waterbury/Scoville backmark....thanks for the explanation. I found one just like it online and they say it's "E.L.E. and Co" civil war era button. My eyes are getting worse.
    EDIT: I guess this is it-
    ELE100, (22mm).
    Backmark: ""E. L. E. & Co London" dm ribbon with a crown, ELE was likely an English supplier, button made by D Evans ca 1860's, (ELE100).
    Ref: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 151.

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    Nice finds Drew! That button cleaned up nice! I've wanted to get out but have not for fear of not being able to dig the frozen ground and getting frustrated. Glad to hear people in the Northeast are still out there making finds!
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    Great looking button Drew, and even a largie!
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    Just a day off would be good for me!
    But to find LC and and really nice old Navy button would be great.
    Congrats Drew!
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    Nice finds indeed Drew. I would make an educated guess of 1822 or 1832 for the LC. The button is nice and listed in Albert's as NA113. No backmarks listed though but a quick web search shows many references to E.L.E. and company.

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    Thanks everyone! Thanks for the info John, I appreciate it.
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    You did a great job cleaning that button. It looks fantastic.
    The large cents not to shabby either.
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    Very nice digs
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    sweet button! looks like we wont be getting out anytime soon.gonna be a long winter now
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    Beautiful button,, and good on you for digging the iffy signal for the ox knob!
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    Nice digs Drew!

    Agree with the others on the LC, 1822...maybe 1832

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    Thanks again everyone, yeah Brian I'm off the week of the 13th. Let me know if you want to hit some sites.
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