BIG Silver, Military Button? (help me out, Iron Patch...) and some others....

[GioTheGreek]

Hey guys. It's good to be back. My computer is up and running and I've got a phone again... and pics.

I went back to the farm where I found a Royal Provincials button. Nothing has been cut, nor do I think anything will be. The landowner couldn't be bothered this year. There is a small field next to the farm with a lot of history. I know that it has been pounded by others for decades, and the gentleman is quite old... so I didn't bother him.

Well, I was at the right place at the right time, with the right tools in the truck. He couldn't find a screwdriver to fix his well. I had one. Make a long story short, I helped him out for an hour, drove him around, etc, and now I have permission.

The first hunt out wasn't too bad!

Funny story. The night before I took out a Morgan dollar and Canadian dollar which were recently given to me... I tested them on my Etrac and couldn't believe my eyes. 1-41 for the 1890 Morgan and the 1945 Canada dollar read as 1-37.

Fast forward to the following morning....

First target of the day with the Etrac. I get an 11-45 one way, and the other way.... 1-41! I said, "a dollar would be nice". When this popped out, I knew this place still had some left for me.

This gilted button... I thought it was military at first, but then I cleaned it and wasn't sure. A gentleman from the UK on another site said it was military. Iron Patch, can you confirm?

A little cuff button

Ships, Colonies, Commerce half penny. Toasted. I could barely make out the ship after cleaning...

No messing around here... I will give it another shot tomorrow for a couple of hours.

Happy hunting!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Doesn't look military to me.

Nice lump of silver!

 

[RelicMedic]

Very cool! Definitely looks like a pocket watch bezel around the silver dollar. Unique find!

 

[park pirate]

Awesome..

 

[Ahab8]

Great stuff buddy! Think I'm actually gonna get out today....finally :-)

 

[ironhorse]

Sometimes the numbers do add up, I don't use/trust what the numbers on the screen say on whether to dig or not;but in your case you can't really argue
It's kind of good to know that the number signature gives you a sense of what you might expect to see

Good to see your good deeds resulted in a decent find and your back on the scene again

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[g-olden years]

Congrats on super finds! And probably more neat ones coming soon from that same area!

Now I'm gonna see how my silver dollar find from a couple years ago looks in a nicely-brown-toned watch bezel I dug earlier - never thought of putting those two together. Andi

 

[Argentium]

Very nice find - The size makes those hard to lose , and subsequently hard to find ! Welcome to the silver dollar club !!!

 

[Silver Searcher]

I can see why a Military button was suggested, there are a few types with a Sun burst pattern similar to yours...pity they hadn't been a number in the middle. But you had a good day.

SS

 

[jewelerguy]

very nice dollar coin. congrats!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Hey Gio, great finds. That's awesome about the silver dollar, you deserve it after helping out the old guy!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Congrats on the BIG Silver.
It's a hard one to cross off your list. I did it this year too.

 

[bootybandit]

Awesome finds!

 

[GioTheGreek]

Thanks gents, and ty for the ID. The sunburst pattern threw me off, for sure SS.

 

[TwoRivers]

Nice find on the dollar coin...............Nice button too!

 

[The Patriot]

sweet finds there…love that chunk of silver...