colonial

This Victorian-era property I have been working this past weekend in my town has turned out to be a Colonial oasis. I have found many several Colonial firsts on this property which has been a real surprise and I believe is due to the remains of an old mill which is in the area. I will save...

Hi all, I was at someone's farm house and was walking around the property when I noticed a massive fallen tree. I always check the exposed roots of fallen trees to see if any goodies are sticking out. This time there was what appeared to be a stoneware jar of some kind stuck in the main root...

Well Mom and I hit the dream field again to hit an area of Soy that has dodged the combine for a while that I knew had more buttons and coins in it. It borders the same field with all those half cents and Nj's etc. Got there and started digging buttons again. First coin was this 1807 LC in...

I found this pewter colored button approx 6 inches deep today.It came out of the ground as clean as you see it here,the hoop is broken in the back,but it is attached to the button with a conical holder? It was found on property belonging to a farm house built in 1760,close tot he spot i pulled a...

I believe this is a flat button,based on the unfortunately broken shank on the back.it is in such bad shape due to i believe the fact it was found in a farm field that for years has used fertilizer.The house and property date back to 1750.any ideas on if it really is a flat button? it is very...