My Best Button Ever And Some Nice Coins!

[Seabiscuit]

A friend of mine asked me to hunt a place with him that's from the 1800's. There is apparently a spot where a home was & some fields.
I found over 30 buttons there but one is the best button I have ever found! It's a war of 1812 artillery button with almost all of the gold gilt still on the front and back of it. I could not believe how nice it turned out after I cleaned it. My buddie Rob told me a cleaning trick that Josh had showed him. It worked great on this button and another one. I have found many buttons over the years but I am really happy to find this one! There is also 2 Eagle butttons in the group.
I also found some nice coins. My favorite is a 1826 large cent & a 1832 capped bust half dime. Another nice find was a small shoe buckle dated 1860. There were some other neat keepers as you can see in these pictures. I want to Thank my Buddie Rob for helping me with these pictures & this post. And Thank you all for checking out my finds!
Seabiscuit

 

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[BobinSouthVA]

Wow that is fantastic. What a great button.

You ought to post this cleaning method in the cleaning and preservation forum, it sure works great.


congrats

 

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[Seabiscuit]

Thanks for all the comments on my finds. I appreciate all the feedback. Happy hunting to everyone in 2012

 

[jewelerguy]

wow that button is amazing!

 

[tennessee digger]

Mighty nice finds and great pictures too! NICE. Tennessee digger

 

[S.TexasKevin]

Such great finds, congratulations and many more finds.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

now that's a top notch hunt right there! awesome stuff both of you guys dug!

 

[HomeGuardDan]

Some very nice finds for sure folks.... love the early "often forgotten" 1820's-1840's military buttons

Wish you many more!

Dan

 

[birdman]

I would say that is a Bonanza!! Lots of history there.

 

[Hutch911]

WOW great finds and sweet button!

 

[bearbqd]

Holy cow, look at all them buttons!! And coins! Man, what a haul. What a great spot.

 

[kuger]

Way to knock it out of the park!!!We dig good stuff but we dont have a fraction of the button numbers yall have!!!Man,great hunting guys!!!

 

[KyFreeBird]

Great finds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Deepdiger60]

That is a lot of great buttons and coins WOW! plus effort good hunt for sure , Jim

 

[Metal Magnet]

Sir, those are awesome finds! the button is amazing and i love the LC and the capped bust. man, what a hunt.

 

[jgas]

Holy Cow, did ya leave any behind for the rest of us? Very nice post and cool pics. That 1812 is stunning jgas

 

[creskol]

WoW ...That's a beauty! Great saves and nice post!

 

[Charles Prentice]

If you didn't know the lock plate is from a pad lock. The manufacturer is Davinport and Mallory. Produced in the 1860s. I believe they were produced in bridgeport CT.. The only reason I know this is I found one on an old plantation site this past weekend..
Hope that little bubbling fountain of knowledge helped in some way.
The rest of the stuff is a sweet days work..

Chuck

 

[Seabiscuit]

Thanks for that info. I didn't know what DM stood for. Appreciate your feedback.

If you didn't know the lock plate is from a pad lock. The manufacturer is Davinport and Mallory. Produced in the 1860s. I believe they were produced in bridgeport CT.. The only reason I know this is I found one on an old plantation site this past weekend..
Hope that little bubbling fountain of knowledge helped in some way.
The rest of the stuff is a sweet days work..

Chuck

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Good stuff Seabiscuit !!!!!!Those 1/2 dime don't show up everyday

 

[gleaner1]

I just read this and I really dont know what to say. Totally Awesome stuff right there. I am very envious perhaps.