McCDig
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- Jan 31, 2015
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Yes, 3 hunts in a row this week: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, two in Baltimore County bookending a hunt in the City.
Thursday's hunt yielded four buttons: a tombac, a Lewis and Tomes, one from Baltimore noting the tailor, John A. Hamilton, and a Federal Marines Albert MC7. The Lewis & Tomes dates from the 1830s, the John A. Hamilton is possibly from the mid-1800s as the Wood's Baltimore City directory lists a John Hamilton, tailor.
The Federal Marines button is pictured here by itself and then against the drawing in Albert's book on Military buttons.
Also along with the buttons this old sewing thimble was recovered.
Friday's hunt in Baltimore City yielded some unexpected relics. I went back to an area where I had dug some early cuff buttons.
My first good signal turned out to be a large cent, no date, but definitely a pre-1835 variety.
to be continued shortly....
Back to Friday's hunt, now.
Didn't find any more buttons here but I did get this old drawer pull
Also dug this piece of lead that looks like a slug with the sprue still attached. More than that it appears to have been fired, if indeed it is a sort of bullet.
Any ideas about what this may be?
Saturday was the last hunt of this week and I was back to the same location as Thursday.
I decided to grid search a grassy area next to a field section that produced a large cent last year.
I fairly loud signal in the 70s (Fisher F75) produced an old copper that is very "toasty".
Between 9 and 11 o'clock on the obverse you can see the letter "GIVS", which places this as a type of a King George coin.
It weighs 6.56 g and is 27 mm in diameter. This link https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/CtfBrit.2.html
shows some possibilities that this is likely a George III half penny counterfeit, which places it likely before 1800.
Later in the hunt I had made my way over to the eastside of the property and was gridding a field and dug perhaps my largest tombac button.
Some great finds this week. Always appreciate finding buttons.
Thanks for checking out the finds. HH and GL!!
Thursday's hunt yielded four buttons: a tombac, a Lewis and Tomes, one from Baltimore noting the tailor, John A. Hamilton, and a Federal Marines Albert MC7. The Lewis & Tomes dates from the 1830s, the John A. Hamilton is possibly from the mid-1800s as the Wood's Baltimore City directory lists a John Hamilton, tailor.
The Federal Marines button is pictured here by itself and then against the drawing in Albert's book on Military buttons.
Also along with the buttons this old sewing thimble was recovered.
Friday's hunt in Baltimore City yielded some unexpected relics. I went back to an area where I had dug some early cuff buttons.
My first good signal turned out to be a large cent, no date, but definitely a pre-1835 variety.
to be continued shortly....Back to Friday's hunt, now.
Didn't find any more buttons here but I did get this old drawer pull
Also dug this piece of lead that looks like a slug with the sprue still attached. More than that it appears to have been fired, if indeed it is a sort of bullet.
Any ideas about what this may be?Saturday was the last hunt of this week and I was back to the same location as Thursday.
I decided to grid search a grassy area next to a field section that produced a large cent last year.
I fairly loud signal in the 70s (Fisher F75) produced an old copper that is very "toasty".
Between 9 and 11 o'clock on the obverse you can see the letter "GIVS", which places this as a type of a King George coin.It weighs 6.56 g and is 27 mm in diameter. This link https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/CtfBrit.2.html
shows some possibilities that this is likely a George III half penny counterfeit, which places it likely before 1800.
Later in the hunt I had made my way over to the eastside of the property and was gridding a field and dug perhaps my largest tombac button.
Some great finds this week. Always appreciate finding buttons.Thanks for checking out the finds. HH and GL!!
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