13 Early Buttons, Old Copper, Pewter Spoon.....Deer Antler

[Ahab8]

It's been an interesting couple of weeks for me. I got done at my job and have been scrambling to buy a lot of new tools and get to work for myself as soon as possible. A little stressful when you're spending thousands of $ and the future is uncertain. Luckily I got hooked up with a great job doing some really ornate interior trim. So things are starting off great. But after all of the stress I really wanted to get out for a few hours. Last Sunday I hiked out to an old bridge site. This morning I hiked down river to try to locate a mill site that was built by the same guy that built the bridge. It took me a long time but eventually I saw an old well. Then I looked at the river and realized it would have been an ideal place for a mill. I hunted around the well and wound up with 10 early buttons and a copper from an area about 8'by8'. I knew. That this guys house was somewhere downstream from the mill and wanted to go see if i could locate it. I wound up hitting an iron patch about 1 mile from the mill and found 3 pewter buttons and a nice early pewter spoon. Rat tail I believe is the correct id. When I have more time I believe these 2 sites are going to be awesome. The finds are early and the iron patches are quite large. The copper I believe will prove to be a DB, maybe a Lib Cap lol....yeah right. Two of these buttons are really nice. I've been lucky to find some nice ones recently.
I will post pic of the coin when it's all cleaned up. Thanks for looking guys and best of luck out there.

 

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[Silver Tree Chaser]

Nice early finds, the buttons in particular - good luck on your return trip!

 

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[46Wheat]

Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures with us

 

[Jyverb64]

Very nice buttons and that LC looks like it will clean up, congrats.

 

[Davers]

So the coin looks to be a 1797. That matches my oldest. I'll find that chain or Lib Cap some day. Maybe at this site
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That's a nice one , def, on of my dream finds .
If I dug that coin ,I likely would scrub my fingers off trying to clean it , heck I waste my time doing that with 1940's Wheats
Well .. Not that much anymore ..

Great Finds & Great Site

Also Ill bet U can build some nice display cases.

Davers

 

[joeyfresh]

Those are some great finds. Keep doing what you're doing because it's working!

 

[Ahab8]

Thank you guys I'm excited about this spot. I'm convinced there's an early american silver out there somewhere. Really wanting to find a capped bust or dare I say maybe a Heraldic :-) A guy can dream can't he lol

 

[Ahab8]

That's a nice one , def, on of my dream finds . If I dug that coin ,I likely would scrub my fingers off trying to clean it , heck I waste my time doing that with 1940's Wheats Well .. Not that much anymore .. Great Finds & Great Site Also Ill bet U can build some nice display cases. Davers

Davers I really need to make some nice custom displays. I've got access to some amazing exotic woods. I'm dying to put all of my shoe buckles in a display case

 

[Mi$terG]

Great stuff as usual, Abe! Can't wait to see what else you're able to find there. Keep up the good work man!

 

[BFR]

Good score on the buttons!

BFR