West Jersey Detecting
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1850's Sporting 2 Piece Coat Button
I got out for a quick hunt after work and returned to one of my favorite sites. There are not many signals left, but I slowly worked an area with a lot of iron with my D2 coil until I finally got a shotgun shell type of signal. The depth measured .5 inches, and there on the surface was a shotgun shell. I had the feeling that it was dug by another person and either tossed, or left where it was found. After putting it in my pocket I rescanned the spot and got another shotgun type of signal, this one reading much deeper, at 5 inches. It was still in the hole after digging a deep plug, and I was able to pinpoint it another few inches further down with my Pro-Pointer. I pulled out the target from about 9 inches down and to my surprise it was a nice pre-Civil War 2 piece flat sporting coat button; my first!
The button is large, measuring 26mm. The backmark reads "New Designs" and has a horn on the bottom. As you can see it has a fully intact shank.
A little while later I dug this strange item that is about the size of a uniform button, It is relatively heavy, but hollow. It looks like it may have hung from a nail. Any ideas on the ID are appreciated!
I got out for a quick hunt after work and returned to one of my favorite sites. There are not many signals left, but I slowly worked an area with a lot of iron with my D2 coil until I finally got a shotgun shell type of signal. The depth measured .5 inches, and there on the surface was a shotgun shell. I had the feeling that it was dug by another person and either tossed, or left where it was found. After putting it in my pocket I rescanned the spot and got another shotgun type of signal, this one reading much deeper, at 5 inches. It was still in the hole after digging a deep plug, and I was able to pinpoint it another few inches further down with my Pro-Pointer. I pulled out the target from about 9 inches down and to my surprise it was a nice pre-Civil War 2 piece flat sporting coat button; my first!
The button is large, measuring 26mm. The backmark reads "New Designs" and has a horn on the bottom. As you can see it has a fully intact shank.
A little while later I dug this strange item that is about the size of a uniform button, It is relatively heavy, but hollow. It looks like it may have hung from a nail. Any ideas on the ID are appreciated!
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Anyway, sportsman's buttons are not something that is found everyday.. In my couple years of digging, I have one.. I only know one other guy around here who also has one. I'm sure there's more, but somewhat an under-appreciated relic for how uncommon they are. Yours looks great 
