Friday Afternoon Finds

[angellionel]

I returned to the site I worked yesterday and detected the area for about three hours. No old coppers were yielded this time, but I did pick up one Barber dime, thirteen old wheat cents, and one flat button.

Have a great weekend everyone!! :beerbuddy:

 

[randy]

Nice hunt. Can you make out what that button says?

 

[coinnut]

Under all that black is a really nice Barber dime. :yes: Tells you a lot about when that area was popular. Nice hunt. Silver is getting harder to find though It's that darn dry soil :lol:

 

[xzlr8n]

Great pile of wheats you found there, must have been fun with all those targets. I'm happy as a clam finding them. Ohh yah nice Barber too :drool:. Made for a great afternoon :yes:.

 

[angellionel]

Nice hunt. Can you make out what that button says?

It reads Superb Rich Orange Gilt. I'm thinking early 1800's?

Under all that black is a really nice Barber dime. :yes: Tells you a lot about when that area was popular. Nice hunt. Silver is getting harder to find though It's that darn dry soil :lol:

It does have some sharp details. It should clean up very nicely. :yes: The site has a lot of history but much of what I would love to detect is overgrown with weeds and tall grass. :bummer: It will be an early spring job. :cheesysmile:

 

[Geodawn]

That old button is really interesting. I can't find any reference to it...neat find!

 

[coinnut]

That old button is really interesting. I can't find any reference to it...neat find!

We call them flat buttons and they are the common buttons of that time period. Since the large buttons come out of favor, these buttons replaced them. Early 1800's is correct. I usually label them 1820's as a general date. They would have been nicely gold in color. Buttons are hard to date, since they can be made any size at any time, but generally those are after 1800 and before 1860ish as 2 piece buttons were really popular by then.

 

[Cheap Thrills]

Great picture of that Barber Angel , it's colours tell a survival story . :thumbsup01: :thumbsup01:

 

[SeabeeRon]

Haven't been able to get on here in awhile, but I see you are still at it Angel!! :clapping:

 

[Phil]

That's a good second trip. Congratulations on the silver! Could there be a third trip to that site?