Don in SJ
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Checked out new homesteads today -My Biggest Button & Unusal design to boot!
With most of the snow gone thanks to snow to rain, I decided to do a 4 mile loop today to check out some homesteads showing on an old aerial map. I knew these sites were not of the colonial or early Federal period, but it is winter and I will take what I can find and hunt right now.
With that much walking and a afternoon start there was not much time for detecting and in fact I really did not take the photos that I should have.
I visited 5 homesteads on this hike, 4 of which I am sure are mid to late 1800s sites and possibly some later, but all were gone by 1930.
The 5th homestead had no signs of a more modern foundation and did match more what we find in the early 1800s. However the snow there was more frozen and by that time I was ready for the hike back to my truck.
The entire area is dotted with roads that were cut thru for a pre or post WW2(not sure of the dates) housing development that never occurred, but some old colonial roads crisscross the same area, so you never know what you will find. However, by the looks of what I saw over the 4 mile walk, the entire site within "throwing" distance was trashed by people perhaps since the 50s!
At the third homestead I found, there was a bit less trash and snow so I did detect some there, but more in a field like area than the immediate homestead itself. I got a nice reading under a big old cedar tree and out comes a HUGE disc! I was rather surprised to see it was a button and not a broach/pin assy for a lady's apparel....... The shank is that of a button, so I knew then it was my biggest ever.
I found a few other insignificant targets, buckle, dome shape plain button, and some unknown pieces, but the button was going to have to be the highlight of the hunt
When I got home, it measured out at over 41mm which by far is bigger than any I have found. I was not sure of the design,but once I cleaned it, it appears to have numerous animals on it, deer like or something along that lines, so I am not sure of the age of the button, the purpose of the design if any, but it will be a nice addition to my collection
Don
With most of the snow gone thanks to snow to rain, I decided to do a 4 mile loop today to check out some homesteads showing on an old aerial map. I knew these sites were not of the colonial or early Federal period, but it is winter and I will take what I can find and hunt right now.
With that much walking and a afternoon start there was not much time for detecting and in fact I really did not take the photos that I should have.
I visited 5 homesteads on this hike, 4 of which I am sure are mid to late 1800s sites and possibly some later, but all were gone by 1930.
The 5th homestead had no signs of a more modern foundation and did match more what we find in the early 1800s. However the snow there was more frozen and by that time I was ready for the hike back to my truck.
The entire area is dotted with roads that were cut thru for a pre or post WW2(not sure of the dates) housing development that never occurred, but some old colonial roads crisscross the same area, so you never know what you will find. However, by the looks of what I saw over the 4 mile walk, the entire site within "throwing" distance was trashed by people perhaps since the 50s!
At the third homestead I found, there was a bit less trash and snow so I did detect some there, but more in a field like area than the immediate homestead itself. I got a nice reading under a big old cedar tree and out comes a HUGE disc! I was rather surprised to see it was a button and not a broach/pin assy for a lady's apparel....... The shank is that of a button, so I knew then it was my biggest ever.
I found a few other insignificant targets, buckle, dome shape plain button, and some unknown pieces, but the button was going to have to be the highlight of the hunt
When I got home, it measured out at over 41mm which by far is bigger than any I have found. I was not sure of the design,but once I cleaned it, it appears to have numerous animals on it, deer like or something along that lines, so I am not sure of the age of the button, the purpose of the design if any, but it will be a nice addition to my collection
Don
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