Got out with Rick Yingling this past Sunday. We hit the site that has been producing early 1800's military buttons and Del's cannonball.I decided to concentrate on the spot where we had found buttons. Within a few minutes I had found an 1813 - 1814 1st Regiment foliated script A (Artillery) button with shankage!
After that, Rick and I started moving brush to see if there were more.
Anyone need to roast some marshmallows? Within a few minutes I had found another 1821 - 1830's Eagle A Artillery button and it has the "R.R" backmark for Richard Robinson.
Finally, after moving more brush I found an 1808 - 1830 cast pewter "US" Army General Service button.
Both the Script A and the US buttons were "firsts" for me. Rick got on the board too with a Mass Copper!
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