Trade Era relics...flat buttons, British military button from the 1790's, Trade rings, Silver Trade Brooch
I found a virgin indian camp site this spring and hit it pretty hard last week. It is a special place....lots of pottery and copper chuncks everywhere. And some nice coppers...
I was up at my cottage last week and found some great things. Included was a cuff button that has an eagle on it. When I first found it I was excited thinking it was a military button but after looking through Albert's US Military Button book I could not find it.
So I thought I would post...
I went up to my cottage this past weekend and did some exploring some new areas and I came across a nice indian camp site. I found a lot of copper chunks and bits at first and in many of the holes I also would find a pc or two of pottery. Some of the copper bits have been worked on or perhaps...
I found 2 more seated coins the last couple weekends. The first came at a park that I have detected many many times and dates to the 1870's. I was detecting around a cement structure and came across a shallow penny signal. The coin was caked with a thick black sulfide but I did see a bit of...