My earliest US War of 1812 era buttons...

[Bucknut]

I spent last week up at my cottage with my family and I am still finding some awesome buttons there!





I found most of these using the small coil since the area is nail infested.

The below buttons are my oldest US military buttons I have found. They date from 1803-1812 if I remember correctly. All of the other buttons that we find are post War of 1812... 1812-1820 usually.


Below is a pic of two buttons. I dug the complete one a couple years ago and I dug the cut one last week. Nice clean cut...definitely done on purpose.


Here is the relic group shot. There are two tinkling cones (one partially made), a lock key hole, a musket ball, a half circle pc of lead, some plain flat buttons and ball button.


Thanks for looking! Jared

[calabash digger]

Oh yeah!!!!

[Tony Two-Cent]

The button mother lode is still paying off!

They sure do come out of the ground in great shape there, don't they? Gorgeous!

[The Rebel]

That place is a gold mine! WTG on sniffing out more goodies!

[fyrffytr1]

That is my idea of detecting heaven! Congratulations!

[OxShoeDrew]

Sound like the perfect site, relaxing and full of history. You find many musket balls there? What's the deal with the cut button? Great job Jared!

[Digger Don]

wow!!!! Amazing!!!!

[fyrffytr1]

Can you post a group photo(s) of all the buttons you have dug at your site?

[Bucknut]

OK here are a couple group shots as requested. I think I have a total of 120 War of 1812 era buttons that have some sort of design on them. Then I have a bunch of flat buttons and I am certain that some of them are military...in particular the 5 shiny tombac coat buttons in the lower left.

I found the majority of these but my kids did find some. My mother has her own collection and she has about 50-60 buttons.



Here is a pic of my Indian relics. A fish hook, copper knife blade, copper bracelet, lots of trade rings and tinkling cones. My favorite though is the trade silver. Some of the silver I found a few years and thankfully saved it but it was not until this spring that I found out what it was when I found more of it and another detectorist clued me in on what I found.

[Lodge Scent]

That is a once in a life time site. Just awesome finds.

[fyrffytr1]

I wish I could enlarge your group pictures.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Those are dream finds for most of us-congrats on all your finds and hope the site keep on giving up it's secrets!