Button-Palooza

[del]

Yesterday Trooper Bri (Brian) and I set out to hit four or five cellar sites . After hiking about a good mile to one it was apparent that someone beat us to it , nothing but a few scraps after a couple of hours of swinging :girlcry:. Sight two was a long slow 4wheel drive to get close to followed by a 15 minute bushwacking hike as no roads went to it . We immediately saw the cellar type hole in the side of the hillside then noticed a large cabin foot print about 15 yards away.





We both almost instantly started hitting buttons , then more buttons , tombacs both large and small , dandies were showing up . Game on !!irate:



we got to this site late (around 11 am) and after 2 hours i had quite a few finds !!:happydance01:



some of the dandy buttons uncleaned







nice large dirty tombac button



and cleaned up it has a nice "machine etched" design , too bad it was broken when found .



and lastly this nice surprise large late colonial period "slim frame" shoe buckle frame . these types of frames because of their massive size and thin delicate construction usually break (i have quite a few fragments) because of load stress. It was great to finally get a whole frame :groovy:



and finally the Dave Wise "fungus of the day "



Brian and I never made it out to any of the other sites planned for that day , but neither of us mined or wanted to leave this site :lol:

Dan

 

[Lodge Scent]

WOW! Great hunt there Dan. I haven't seen a button day like that in a LONG time. Some beauties too. Of course you met your shoe buckle quota with a very nice frame and a chape and tongue.

 

[aloldstuff]

:wow: What a haul. Even though the trek to site 2 was slow and treacherous, it definitely paid off. :congratsn finally getting your slim framed shoe buckle. Some of the dandy's have great designs. Great hunting.....:thumbsup02:

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Wow, what a button hoard, and congrats on that shoe buckle frame! I've never seen one of those. Well done!

 

[del]

WOW! Great hunt there Dan. I haven't seen a button day like that in a LONG time. Some beauties too. Of course you met your shoe buckle quota with a very nice frame and a chape and tongue.

Me either Jeff , its been quite a while since i found about 50 buttons at one site .Thanks

:wow: What a haul. Even though the trek to site 2 was slow and treacherous, it definitely paid off. :congratsn finally getting your slim framed shoe buckle. Some of the dandy's have great designs. Great hunting.....:thumbsup02:

Brian got some video footage of the dirt road i took the jeep , it got a workout to say the least (hopping logs , wading through the deep muddy flooded road at times and crawling up the washed out rocky road at time) .thanks Al

Wow, what a button hoard, and congrats on that shoe buckle frame! I've never seen one of those. Well done!

Thank you Chris , we both had a fun day and almost a 100 buttons were found by the both of us .



Speaking of buttons , I found a true oddity !!! In all my 16 years of button finding i have never seen a 2 shank or loop button this i thought was just dirty .Once cleaned i notice it not only had thread and blue cloth attached to it after about 200 years . It also had two metal shanks or eyelets , I would assume one button broke an eyelet and another had been sewn on the same spot. To my surprise neither shank moves or wiggles even a little bit !!:shocked01:

 

[The Rebel]

WOW! That's a LOT of buttons! WTG on the frame as well! Was a nice weekend to be out & about.

 

[Donnie B]

I love those fancy buttons and that slim frame is freaking awesome!

 

[Full Metal Digger]

Great finds Del. I was watching antiques road show and the appraiser showed us how the shanked buttons were attached when he was appraising a CW Union doctor's coat. Basically the shank was passed through the button hole and a thin strip of leather was passed through the shank. The strip of leather was then stitched to the coat.

 

[Gaspipe101]

Great day but what amazes me most is that you didn't find any coins!

 

[del]

WOW! That's a LOT of buttons! WTG on the frame as well! Was a nice weekend to be out & about.

Yes Roger , the weather was almost perfect . Thanks sir !!

I love those fancy buttons and that slim frame is freaking awesome!

not bad for about 6 hours worth of detecting there , huh Donnie . Thanks

Great finds Del. I was watching antiques road show and the appraiser showed us how the shanked buttons were attached when he was appraising a CW Union doctor's coat. Basically the shank was passed through the button hole and a thin strip of leather was passed through the shank. The strip of leather was then stitched to the coat.

thats pretty interesting Dave , i was unaware of the leather . thank you

Great day but what amazes me most is that you didn't find any coins!

It amazed us both , i was expecting to find one at any moment ?? there were no spoons or forks either ?? i'm sure there is a gathering or picnic spot around there somewhere and i'm sure it will be loaded with keepers too! thanks

 

[Digger Don]

Wow, what a blast you must have had digging all those signals and repeatedly pulling out good finds.
Great Finds:congrats:

 

[OxShoeDrew]

That's a button record! :wow: ...and a double shanker!! I wonder why sooooo many buttons and no coins?? That is an awesome site! Congrats!!

 

[del]

Wow, what a blast you must have had digging all those signals and repeatedly pulling out good finds.
Great Finds:congrats:

Don , these kinds of sites make every target you start to dig feel like your unwrapping another present at Christmas time :grin: . Thank you sir !!

That's a button record! :wow: ...and a double shanker!! I wonder why sooooo many buttons and no coins?? That is an awesome site! Congrats!!

Drew , believe it or not my personal best button day was 63 but there was 4 very close together sites but for one lone site I guess your right it would be a record . :thumbsup02: Thanks

 

[BTV Digger]

Congrats on the huge button haul Dan. Love those old dandies and tombacs! You amassed as many buttons on that one hunt than I have in my collection! Way to go.

John