2 Confederate Camps in 2 Days: My FIRST two Piece STAR BUTTON

[{Sentinel}]

Hey all, these are the finds from the past two days where myself and UMRGolf2000 went out and spent a few hours

digging two seperate spots of mine in two different places on 2 consequtive days. One was a spot that was a

small 2 day camp and the other a larger site that has been hit in the past. We came up with some interesting finds

including these below; Jeff's finds are on the left and mine are on the right:

*FIRST and foremost this AWESOME small cuff-sized 2 piece, ironback button with a big STAR on it




*A VERY worn...prob one of my worst; General Service Eagle Button



*Ring from Lantern stem with writing: Pat'd Mar 10 1868


*Very Early Colonial Pewter button with a floral design around the rim



* Early button "Plated" on back


*Silver Gilted KEPI buckle--the best gilted one I've ever dug or seen dug


*J.B. Humphreys and Sons Coin Silver spoon handle


*Artillery Sword Bayonet Scabbard Tip

*Heart shaped piece of jewelry

*Folded up saddle piece; looks like it says "colt" on it and a place to hang a gun

*Remains of a Civil War brass Number "1" or Letter "I"

*Piece of shoulder plate
*Rivets, percussion cap, camp lead, jewelry, bullets, etc.



Jeff's finds were below:

*Star embossed Rivet
*Bullets
*Rivets
*Buckles
*2 Indian Head Pennys
*Buttons, etc
He almost had a nice coat-sized button that would've been a possible Confederate button but when he
pulled it out it was only the back :P

*An odd brass piece that has a rivet stamped through it...the remains of some accoutrement no doubt


Our Finds together: Jeff's on the left, mine on the right.

 

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[umrgolf]

Re: 2 Confederate Camps in 2 Days! Two Piece STAR BUTTON

That star button is sweet, wonder if it's civilian i think our hunts are rigged.. going out and burying things just so you can make me think you found them is just cruel ... You are hereby banned from all of your sites and they are turned over to me .. nice digs J-man

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: 2 Confederate Camps in 2 Days! Two Piece STAR BUTTON

That star button is sweet, wonder if it's civilian i think our hunts are rigged.. going out and burying things just so you can make me think you found them is just cruel ... You are hereby banned from all of your sites and they are turned over to me .. nice digs J-man

LOL I guess yesterday was my lucky day. Half the battle is doing the research and knowing where to go BUT the other half is just

Luck.....if your coil just happens to sweep over that random relic.

As for the button, I'll do some research to find out. It could be Confederate, military, or civilian...

 

[VOL1266-X]

Nice artifacts you two!!! You had a nice variety of recoveries. It's a shame about these CW buttons being in bad shape in the ground. We have the same problem here-they just fall apart in your hands. Get 'em while you can!!! Glad to see Josh didn't hog all the relics this time Jeff-LOl. HH my friends.

 

[Sniffy]

now thats a good hunt!

 

[Nisroc]

Nice finds!!!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

holey$h!T J-TEAM OuTsTaNdInG !!

 

[umrgolf]

holey$h!T J-TEAM OuTsTaNdInG !!

Big shout out to the dawg for adding the OuTsTaNdInG afterwards.. I think the J-team is gonna go back to the drawingboard and do some research.. We need some more buttons and silver coins.. or possibly I need a brain

 

[{Sentinel}]

Nice artifacts you two!!! You had a nice variety of recoveries. It's a shame about these CW buttons being in bad shape in the ground. We have the same problem here-they just fall apart in your hands. Get 'em while you can!!! Glad to see Josh didn't hog all the relics this time Jeff-LOl. HH my friends.

Well thats the thing, most of the time the buttons around here come out in pretty good condition but the area that we were hunting was exceptionally wet and low and near water......those combinations wrecked havoc on the Eagle button but strangely enough, the Two piece Star button come out in pretty dang good condition....can't complain

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Forget about the brain to late 4 that.. find some more of those silver bits and pieces ..the star button is that ,Texas

 

[{Sentinel}]

Forget about the brain to late 4 that.. find some more of those silver bits and pieces ..the star button is that ,Texas

Working on finding that out now, there's a good chance that it is or could be

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Forget about the brain to late 4 that.. find some more of those silver bits and pieces ..the star button is that ,Texas

Working on finding that out now, there's a good chance that it is or could be

maybe

 

[cornspike]

I LOVE BUTTONS!!! Great job!!!!

 

[mainer]

Looks like your in a great spot. Sweet star button.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Forget about the brain to late 4 that.. find some more of those silver bits and pieces ..the star button is that ,Texas

Working on finding that out now, there's a good chance that it is or could be

maybe

Thats not the only variation of the Texas button.....in fact, the Texas button has more variations than almost any other Southern Button. You have the Texas Republic, the Texas Confederate, Texas Rangers, etc...... In addition, there are many that ONLY have a star and no letters, I have some experts looking at it now and will know for sure soon hopefully. Im not claiming one way or the other at this point but to say that it was found behind Confederate earthworks and is a button that I've never dug before and I've been digging Civil War relics for about 15+ years

 

[umrgolf]

Forget about the brain to late 4 that.. find some more of those silver bits and pieces ..the star button is that ,Texas

Working on finding that out now, there's a good chance that it is or could be

maybe

ya, i hope it is thatd be sweet... looks weird

 

[vayank54]

You guys had a good day. I like the kepi buckle. I don't think most of them were gilted. In all the years I've been digging I've only dug one gilted one and none of the others (and I've dug quite a few) ever had a hint of gold gilt.

 

[Masonlid]

That's actualy T.B Humphreys and Son.....found some of their silver online.

 

[{Sentinel}]

That's actualy T.B Humphreys and Son.....found some of their silver online.

Yes, I was trying to find the whole spoon but the other part of it eluded me...

 

[63bkpkr]

You two had a great hunt and a good time together. Your posting is one of the best I've ever seen - good pictures, well labeled and you did at least some of that work for US the people you shared with. Thank you! Good luck with your next hunts!

Herb