And the saga continues................Thought it was played out.........

[Devonrex]

But boy I was wrong! Just getting around to posting these finds I made from my site on Friday the 13th. I'll let the pictures do the talking...... All I can say is this site keeps giving and giving!!! None of these were pit finds - all surface. The beautiful coat 8 is the first of that regiment I have ever found at this site and the 23 is a previously unknown size button (20 mm). In Troinis book a button measuring this size is not even listed in ALL the French regimental buttons. Except for one small nick at the 11:00 position it is perfect! HH Devonrex

 

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[sleepwalker]

very nice and interesting too ...HH

 

[tennessee digger]

Darn Devonrex, you are just killing it! Congrats on all of your great finds. You are digging some rare pieces and stuff we don't find down here in Tennessee. Thanks for posting. Tennessee digger

 

[Iron Patch]

If there's a lot of iron around there's no way it's beat yet. My small early sites that are very beat rarely give up even one high tone, never mind a whole handful.

The size being different on the 23 isn't really a big deal. Don's book doesn't really cover all sizes for all buttons nor was it meant to. In some cases he probably wouldn't add a button just because of the size, it would have to be a new variant.

You're sure getting quite a collection of those. That site will make a good display.

 

[oldsalty19]

really nice stuff

 

[Devonrex]

I just realized after posting today that one of the cut 2 reales is dated 23 for 1723 ..... a match to go along with the number 23 button. These coincidences make me think what are the probabilities of that happening? Like on Feb 13th I found 6 small French buttons all number 13! Kind of amazing in a way! Devonrex

 

[CASPER-2]

Awesome finds again !!!
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[flakefinder]

And they say Friday the 13 is bad luck, way to go and Good hunting. Congrats !!!!