A Good Day with a Heartbreaker

[Derek752]

Hunted a site that's produced many great finds over the years. A lot of Rev. war buttons along with colonial coins and relics.

Yesterday I dug the usual things. Broken tombac , a few plain buttons , couple of broken buckle pieces , some lead bits and pieces. (Nothing really worth posting)

But I did score a 1788 Vermont copper. But pretty toasted. Can only make out details when the surface is wet and held under a full moon at midnight.

Best find of the days was an 1803 large cent with some good detail (worthy of posting).

So I return home and look through the odds and ends I dug and pocketed.

Turns out one of the items I dug ,what I thought was just lead , is/was a Continental Army USA. ALMOST !

The pewter button met with oxidation and only about 2/3's of the button is left. So missing the "A"

Does it count ? LOL ! Had it been whole it would be #4 from this site. No problem. It's better then nothing at all.

Thanks for looking.

HH

 

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[vpnavy]

Actually, those are nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz on a great hunt!

 

[sutphin]

HEY DEREK NICE VERMONT AND I HAVE ONE TO BUT CANT READ THE DATE ON MINE . LOVE THE REV BUTTON ..

 

[gheenoe78]

Awesome rev button regardless of the condition. Congrats! I'd keep pounding that site.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Even as a partial it's still an incredible piece of history. Congrats

 

[against the wind]

That is such a cool button. Sad that part of it is gone but we know what it was.

 

[Iron Patch]

If that doesn't count than most of my Rev War pewter finds don't count.... so believe me, it counts! Some of mine have been far worse, as in one case I remember what was left of the button and the remaining shank were equal amounts of metal. Might have some edge loss but at least what is there is very clear detail.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Nice LC... killer button. Congrats.