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  1. 05-15-2016, 08:09 PM #1
    Robert Steponaitis
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    Cellar Hole Hunting

    It was another button filled day! I returned to the virgin site from last weekend and ended up getting 12 more buttons. The next site we went to was definitely hit, but I was able to pull a cut 1818 Matron Head Large Cent right on the lip, a beautiful gold gilt button on the lip as well, and an awesome cufflink with what looks like a fife player on it. And our final stop of the day turned out to be the best for me. About five minutes in I got a crisp 83 signal at six inches and it turned out to be an 1812 Classic Head Large Cent! All in all it was a great day!
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  2. 05-15-2016, 08:41 PM #2
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    beautiful coins and relics! love that cuff link!
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  3. 05-16-2016, 10:16 AM #3
    MangoAve
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    Personally I like the detail on the 1818 better than just the back on the 1812. The gilt still left on the back of that button is pretty nice too. All in all sounds like a sweet hunt.
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  4. 05-16-2016, 10:47 AM #4
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    it looks like the month of May is the time to detect in New England.
    Thats a great bunch of finds.
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  5. 05-16-2016, 01:26 PM #5
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    WTG on the finds. Love that Cuff link. Looks like GW on it.
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  6. 05-16-2016, 07:50 PM #6
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    Awesome cuff link
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  7. 05-17-2016, 05:29 AM #7
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  8. 05-17-2016, 07:05 AM #8
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    Wow, lots of buttons! Nice score on the (whole) LC, nice shape!
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  9. 05-17-2016, 08:40 AM #9
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    Great scores! I love those LCs!!
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  10. 05-18-2016, 04:50 PM #10
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    What a great pile of keepers. Love that cufflink, coolest one I have seen.
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  11. 05-18-2016, 06:45 PM #11
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    Great hunt Robert , the cuff link is a design i've seen before . One of our members here found a complete one here on this older link.

    http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?12165-Revolutionary-War-cufflinks






    also here is an official write up about the cuff link that were at first thought to be associated with George Washington .here are a couple of examples on this web page with the lower write up http://www.georgewashingtoninaugural...triot-buttons/

    scroll down just a bit past half way .

    1776-84 MASSACHUSETTS STYLE SWORD IN HAND CUFF LINKS-GWI 19
    Robert's Notes: This is a rare example of a dress cuff link that pays tribute to the patriots who are fighting in the American Revolution. The button is reminiscent to Massachusetts sword buttons or Paul Revere's Sword in hand colonial currency. This was probably made sometime during the American Revolution for a patriot. There are at least three or four dug specimen I know of. The button's pattern depicts a patriot sitting on a cannon with a sword in his right hand. It appears his body is in a position showing himself as getting ready to charge.
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