COLONIAL CELLARS * REV WAR & CW BUTTONS*COPPERS & BUCKLES

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Saturday Got out with T-Hiltzy today we made a long road trip to some cellar holes on private land that he got us permission to hunt. 1st site had cement on stone foundation,was trashy but squeeked out the CT civil war coat button.next 2 sites were nailed pretty hard and we moved to 4th site,that's where the targets were! a shoe buckle,a rev war one piece naval cuff button in a low wet area.it's pretty toasted but you can see the anchor still somewhat,a WWI or II great seal button with a SUE ART MFG CO back mark.3 coppers a 1851? braided hair,a counterfiet KG II? rang up 42 on my VDI and a completely wasted copper no clue what it is,a bell and the broken shoe buckle frame was from a previous hunt.

Sunday Me & Todd (thiltzy)Finally got up to meet Johnny BLaze & do a hunt with him.was a gorgeous day and Johnny wanted to go looking for an elusive cellar hole off the beaten path.was a tough one to find but when it came into view my jaw dropped
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huge standing chimney and just a gorgeous site.but targets were slim and we made the best of the opportunity.Todd got a matron head LC and some buttons,I got a decent 1865 IH a few buttons and dumb question,it's probably some suspender hook but any chance it's a sword hanger?
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thanks for the invite JB!
left to right is JB,todd & me

 

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Nice haul:icon_thumright:
 

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Man, looks like you had a great day. I would say that spot is worth another day of hunting. Some really nice finds there for sure.
ZDD
 

That is a well built chimney :laughing7:
Nice group of recoveries from a wide date range.
Very Pretty first year small copper. (bronze:tongue3:)
Fake GIIs are rampant up here, I had mine XRFed and 7 out of 12 were CFT,
Can't confirm the hanger, will be watching though cause I have some..
Congrats and HH !
 

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Wow......nothing short of spectacular stuff. That is just good ole hardcore American history at its best. Congrats on some awesome finds.:notworthy:
 

Dave i had a good time man:headbang:

I must say you and Todd are the most ambitious hardcore hunters i have been out with....

That buckle and Anchor button are some killer finds..

Look forward to getting out again soon:hello:


Blaze
 

Beautiful spot and finds!!!
 

Great finds and a cool place to hunt to.Looked like a fairly good size house and that chimney is sweet.Thanks for sharing the pics.
 

Nice day's work Dave! Good to see you and Johnny out "blazing" some trails.
 

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that old foundation and chimney is amazing. thanks for the post.
 

Love the colonel stuff ,the buckle is really nice! Those are some nice hunting grounds you have. :icon_thumright:
 

the button CT civil war button was in pretty rough shape so I decided to use the CLR and toothbrush on her.it exposed the gilt that was hiding.looks a little better i think
 

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LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT TIME---THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT--:occasion14:
 

Dave, that was one heck of a hunt. You guys absolutely tore it up!! Get busy on that Copper Count for 2013. HH, Q.
 

Nice finds, I always think those cellar holes look like fun to hunt, unfortunately the water table is too high in my area so there are no cellars.
 

Great assortment of early finds by you guys. BTW - that one item is definitely a CW-era knapsack hook.
 

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