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Donnie and I went back to the site we had hit last weekend (where I found my last shoe buckle and two coppers) but this week it was definitely Donnie's turn to do well there . It was early and pretty chilly :frozen: and the picture really doesn't show to well we had some snow squalls passing through on and off 
at one time the snow was almost at white out conditions but only lasted for a few seconds , very odd! In the field where Donnie hit his hot spot I only managed a couple of buttons (one being a beautiful silver plated dandy 
, half a horse bit and boss . Later at another site I found a beautiful rose designed button 
and I suspected it had a lot of gilt hiding under the dirty grime stains . This site saved me from going home without a coin too the 1859 indian head sounding much like a shotgun shell but only a few feet away I got another similar sounding target and it turned out to be my first "Federal revenue cutter" button 
The Revenue cutters were ships who collected taxes on the "high seas" and later turned into the U.S. Coast Guard you can read more here about the cutter service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Revenue_Cutter_Service .
My day also had a few other relics and it wasn't a bad day at all by any means
and total finds 
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The buttons cleaned up pretty well some before and after
The weather is getting nice to hunt ! get out there soon !
Dan
at one time the snow was almost at white out conditions but only lasted for a few seconds , very odd! In the field where Donnie hit his hot spot I only managed a couple of buttons (one being a beautiful silver plated dandy , half a horse bit and boss . Later at another site I found a beautiful rose designed button and I suspected it had a lot of gilt hiding under the dirty grime stains . This site saved me from going home without a coin too the 1859 indian head sounding much like a shotgun shell but only a few feet away I got another similar sounding target and it turned out to be my first "Federal revenue cutter" button The Revenue cutters were ships who collected taxes on the "high seas" and later turned into the U.S. Coast Guard you can read more here about the cutter service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Revenue_Cutter_Service .My day also had a few other relics and it wasn't a bad day at all by any means
and total finds .The buttons cleaned up pretty well some before and after
The weather is getting nice to hunt ! get out there soon !
Dan
