Tom_in_CA
Gold Member
- Mar 23, 2007
- 13,804
- 10,336
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- Explorer II, Compass 77b, Tesoro shadow X2
Got out with 2 good friends a few weeks ago. To one of our "back pocket sites". We had done some additional research on this particular location , that prompted us to hike a different direction this time. And it paid off with some fun finds !
They have allowed me to pool all our finds for a single show & tell post. And will presumably be chiming in to claim their bragging rights
We found 37 buttons between the 3 of us. Gilt buttons, plain flat buttons, and : 9 Phoenix buttons. Especially fitting timing for this article and chart I just got finished :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rX9...ew?ts=6182e46f
Mike from southern CA kicked Dave & I's behinds : With 5 of the Phoenix buttons, and a beautiful 1814 two Reale ! And one of his phoenix buttons was the rare and coveted small #1 ball button. Which, you can see on the chart, is extremely rare. As of this moment, I think his would be the 3rd one in any collector's hands. As for the #'s on his other 4 buttons, I know this photo is too grainy to see. But he can chime in with better pix or #'s for those.
I got 3 phoenix buttons. All small type I style I : #14, #28, and #29.
Dave got a small type I style I #9 Phoenix button. And he also got his first seated coin: 1847 seated dime ! Congratz on becoming a member of the exclusive and elite seated dime club Dave
Also pictured is our collective pile of cliff-hanger age indicators. Like: lots of Green black-smithed period copper. That all gave perfect penny/dime/quarter signals, that kept us on the edge of our seats with each dig. Doh !
Pistol balls, rimfire shells, and various other age indicators. Any ID's welcome.
thanx for coming along on our hunt !
They have allowed me to pool all our finds for a single show & tell post. And will presumably be chiming in to claim their bragging rights
We found 37 buttons between the 3 of us. Gilt buttons, plain flat buttons, and : 9 Phoenix buttons. Especially fitting timing for this article and chart I just got finished :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rX9...ew?ts=6182e46f
Mike from southern CA kicked Dave & I's behinds : With 5 of the Phoenix buttons, and a beautiful 1814 two Reale ! And one of his phoenix buttons was the rare and coveted small #1 ball button. Which, you can see on the chart, is extremely rare. As of this moment, I think his would be the 3rd one in any collector's hands. As for the #'s on his other 4 buttons, I know this photo is too grainy to see. But he can chime in with better pix or #'s for those.
I got 3 phoenix buttons. All small type I style I : #14, #28, and #29.
Dave got a small type I style I #9 Phoenix button. And he also got his first seated coin: 1847 seated dime ! Congratz on becoming a member of the exclusive and elite seated dime club Dave
Also pictured is our collective pile of cliff-hanger age indicators. Like: lots of Green black-smithed period copper. That all gave perfect penny/dime/quarter signals, that kept us on the edge of our seats with each dig. Doh !
thanx for coming along on our hunt !
Attachments
Upvote
32
