Stef45
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Like the title says, it has been a busy month for me but I have been able to get out and detect. Still working this same site that has produced the 1853 Seated HalfDime, SC Dispensary bottles, Early Coke bottles, etc. There is a planted field on the property that I haven't really been able to get into as much but one of my best finds from the site came from in between the rows. It has been so hot that each hunt is only 3 hours or so long. Here is about a month of digging at this site sporadically.
Best two finds by far are the two Cuff Buttons. First one was my latest find, a Connecticut State button from the Civil War. The back mark really threw me for a loop but after some research I found out that P Mendez was a Cuban button manufacturer that Scovill had ordered button backs for durring the war. From what i read they had bought them for Maine buttons but apparently they had some left over for CT as well. I've only found one other button like mine so far and this one is in incredible shape! You can see that there is gilt still under the dirt, but i'm not sure if I will clean it yet or not. Might leave it as is for now. Any more info on this button is always welcomed.
The second cuff I couldn't believe! Last year I dug a Charleston Police button and was sad to find out that it was post CW made (still a cool button). When I dug this one at first i didn't see the Charleston Seal on it but when I did and didn't see "Charleston" or "police" on it i didn't really know what to think. I sent pictures of the button to William Leigh and he confirmed that this one was made 1840-1850's! Which makes up for the one that was post war. I have yet to find another example of this one anywhere. So I need any help i can get as far as info on the button. This button was picked out between rows of okra and still has a little gilt left as well. Not sure what to do with the middle dirt buildup. might leave as is for now.
This Great Seal Buckle(i think?) got the heart pumping. Guessing ww1-ww2 let me know what you think.
Marine button I believe and its beyond toasty. Dug not too far from the great seal buckle.
Dug a couple junk rings. Obviously the one on the left got me real excited.
Dug some Silver! Two silver Washington quarters that were actually stuck together when i dug them. I think they were partially melted. 1945/1951. Also dug the usual three wheaties
Dug my first padlock cover. This is British right? GR. Also dug a little piece of turquoise jewelry.
Dug some nice little buckles. First one is the oldest and it was the only thing out of the bunch that I dug at a new site i have been trying out. These next two are pretty tiny...any idea what they would have been for and how old? The circle piece i think is a buckle just because it looks to have been gold/silver gilt/plated at one point.
This little piece looks like silver but i'm not 100% sure.
Not sure what this would have been off of. Is it a clip or buckle? Pretty nice little design.
Odds and ends. Bunch of clay pipe stems, marble, a couple reeds (one from a harmonica i'm guessing and the other from an accordion? And a tiny little weight that reads 1/4 oz 7 gm.
These two tokens I cannot figure out. They read "Ideal Holding Co" and I can't seems to find anything on them. The other little brass piece i need help on as well.
Thanks for looking! Good luck out there!
Best two finds by far are the two Cuff Buttons. First one was my latest find, a Connecticut State button from the Civil War. The back mark really threw me for a loop but after some research I found out that P Mendez was a Cuban button manufacturer that Scovill had ordered button backs for durring the war. From what i read they had bought them for Maine buttons but apparently they had some left over for CT as well. I've only found one other button like mine so far and this one is in incredible shape! You can see that there is gilt still under the dirt, but i'm not sure if I will clean it yet or not. Might leave it as is for now. Any more info on this button is always welcomed.
The second cuff I couldn't believe! Last year I dug a Charleston Police button and was sad to find out that it was post CW made (still a cool button). When I dug this one at first i didn't see the Charleston Seal on it but when I did and didn't see "Charleston" or "police" on it i didn't really know what to think. I sent pictures of the button to William Leigh and he confirmed that this one was made 1840-1850's! Which makes up for the one that was post war. I have yet to find another example of this one anywhere. So I need any help i can get as far as info on the button. This button was picked out between rows of okra and still has a little gilt left as well. Not sure what to do with the middle dirt buildup. might leave as is for now.
This Great Seal Buckle(i think?) got the heart pumping. Guessing ww1-ww2 let me know what you think.
Marine button I believe and its beyond toasty. Dug not too far from the great seal buckle.
Dug a couple junk rings. Obviously the one on the left got me real excited.
Dug some Silver! Two silver Washington quarters that were actually stuck together when i dug them. I think they were partially melted. 1945/1951. Also dug the usual three wheaties
Dug my first padlock cover. This is British right? GR. Also dug a little piece of turquoise jewelry.
Dug some nice little buckles. First one is the oldest and it was the only thing out of the bunch that I dug at a new site i have been trying out. These next two are pretty tiny...any idea what they would have been for and how old? The circle piece i think is a buckle just because it looks to have been gold/silver gilt/plated at one point.
This little piece looks like silver but i'm not 100% sure.
Not sure what this would have been off of. Is it a clip or buckle? Pretty nice little design.
Odds and ends. Bunch of clay pipe stems, marble, a couple reeds (one from a harmonica i'm guessing and the other from an accordion? And a tiny little weight that reads 1/4 oz 7 gm.
These two tokens I cannot figure out. They read "Ideal Holding Co" and I can't seems to find anything on them. The other little brass piece i need help on as well.
Thanks for looking! Good luck out there!
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Nice digging buddy - Charleston police cuff definitely my favorite of the group.
) Those buttons are in extremely good condition, especially the Connecticut button; by the way I'd definitely shine that one up with aluminum jelly. But of course that's a matter of personal preference-no right or wrong way. The two figure eight-shaped buckles are spectacle buckles-very old and to have found two matching complete ones is pretty special-did you find both of them at the same site?
