Yesterdays Finds. Cool Colonial Button!

[The Rebel]

Got out for a bit yesterday to some new area's. On the way to 1 site I came across this mound & low & behold a Colonial site. It must have been hit hard a long time ago as targets were almost non-existent, except a little 1'x1' area.

The spoon was about 3"down & the button was under the spoon off to the side. 1 more swipe of the coil produced the partial spoon bowl.

The dirt was rich & dark with lots of clam shell fragments intermixed, which is a good sign. Also spotted this little part of what I believe is a Tea cup with a nice pattern on it.

Also dug up a tooth of some sort under a part of a cook pot.

[del]

very nice little button Roger between it and the "rat-tail" spoon , its definitely an older site .

[aloldstuff]

You gotta wonder just what was being cooked in the cook pot......... That is a sweet looking button......

[The Rebel]

Thanks Dan. Didn't know they were called. Due to the cut outs on the button is there a way to determine the time period, as I'm guessing later 1/2 of the 1700's, but the spoon is late 1690's to 1720?

[The Rebel]

You gotta wonder just what was being cooked in the cook pot......... That is a sweet looking button......

Wabbit Stew, LOL! Next time I go back I'll take a picture of it.

[BTV Digger]

Nice little button with that unique design. Congrats on that and the partial rat tail spoon.

John

[del]

Thanks Dan. Didn't know they were called. Due to the cut outs on the button is there a way to determine the time period, as I'm guessing later 1/2 of the 1700's, but the spoon is late 1690's to 1720?

Roger , i read somewhere that the "rat-tail" spoons were from early to mid 1700's but your button does look later 17's to me . Its a nice button find !

[OxShoeDrew]

Distinctive button Roger!
I remember one of those rat tail spoons was my first "old" find. Found it with my Bounty Hunter Quick Draw.

[Iron Patch]

That button is something I'd expect to find at a very late 1700s/early 1800s site... and I think the spoon bowl fits that time frame too. I don't believe it's anywhere close to 1600s because it would not be unusual here, and we don't have British sites anywhere near that old.