Saturday Afternoon Hunt with Rob and Al

[MassDirtFisher]

We all met around noonish, had a beer , and went on our way, Rob secured permission to hunt a sweet old 1700's house in the hills, not much there found by me, a few clad coins and a wheat. Rob scored a nice cuff button and Al scored a nice colonial cloak button, and a nice silver plated sash buckle. We then stumbled upon a nice old school , had nice colonial rock walls on one side, with those sweet old stones that could write a book, they have seen everything. We tried our luck, I dug a wheat and a nice button, that has NOSTRA ESX DEVS SPECS- From what I understand it was a british button..I guess it means GOD IS OUR ONLY HOPE. Button experts please BUZZ in and help me out. The back is totally encrusted, so it will sit in oil for a bit. After hitting the school we tried some freestyling , that just means door knocking....It was my turn, we pulled into a 1700's farm house and I ring the bell, and a 6 foot 4 man appears holding a crow bar....I ask if we could detect his property, and he kindly said NO. Well , it never hurts to ask, Better luck next time. Thanks for looking, And Happy Hunting Everyone!!!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Oh man six four and a crowbar! :shocked04: nice hunt despite soiling your shorts! :embarrassed: hope ya get an ID on the button

 

[OxShoeDrew]

I see that exact buckle a lot. Even found one. Do you know what it is for? I'm glad you had fun today. The guy maybe thought you had a flat.

 

[del]

hey Tim ,that design is a popular one with modern jackets or windbreaker types to confirm your button's age i'll have to see the back and is it a one or two piece ??
the buckle looks like a mid to late 1800's horse tack type.

Dan

 

[Cheap Thrills]

Nice hunt . Crowbar eh ? Probably an ex-felon and not allowed to posses a firearm . lol

 

[MassDirtFisher]

Appears to be a two piece. Hope these pics help Dan, but it has only been soaking for a few hours. Will keep the button soaking to try to get a backmark.

 

[del]

Tim it looks to have a rusted back (steelback) those type of buttons really started to happen around the turn of the century (1900's) when it got much cheaper than using all brass or copper . it would be almost impossible to really pin down an age but it looks pretty new (maybe within the last 40 years or so ).

Dan

 

[MassDirtFisher]

Thanks for the info Dan.

 

[aloldstuff]

Tim, nice hunting with you and Rob. Congrats on your finds and it looks like we will be without Rob for about two weeks.

 

[RobW]

Nice time out....exploring

Tim, you get all the fun ones.....the guy with the crowbar....the German Shepard (we at least pulled the car closer for you to jump into rofl)

 

[MassDirtFisher]

Nice time out....exploring

Tim, you get all the fun ones.....the guy with the crowbar....the German Shepard (we at least pulled the car closer for you to jump into rofl)

I didnt even see that HUGE dog until after I got into the car. Freaking CUJO!!! We certainly have some adventures.

 

[Civil War Nut]

We all met around noonish, had a beer , and went on our way, Rob secured permission to hunt a sweet old 1700's house in the hills, not much there found by me, a few clad coins and a wheat. Rob scored a nice cuff button and Al scored a nice colonial cloak button, and a nice silver plated sash buckle. We then stumbled upon a nice old school , had nice colonial rock walls on one side, with those sweet old stones that could write a book, they have seen everything. We tried our luck, I dug a wheat and a nice button, that has NOSTRA ESX DEVS SPECS- From what I understand it was a british button..I guess it means GOD IS OUR ONLY HOPE. Button experts please BUZZ in and help me out. The back is totally encrusted, so it will sit in oil for a bit. After hitting the school we tried some freestyling , that just means door knocking....It was my turn, we pulled into a 1700's farm house and I ring the bell, and a 6 foot 4 man appears holding a crow bar....I ask if we could detect his property, and he kindly said NO. Well , it never hurts to ask, Better luck next time. Thanks for looking, And Happy Hunting Everyone!!!

Hidy MDF . Nice finds yall got there .

 

[JTGOLD]

neat finds.