My best week for old Coins & Ol' Rough & Ready Shows Up too

[bottlecap4u]

This past couple weeks was a whirlwind for me, visiting 5 permissions & 1 public space (awesome and clearly undetected where I got my oldest coins and buttons). Fighting through the mosquitos I pulled my first two 1700s coins including a Kg III British Farthing & King Louis XVI Sol, believe the date is 1781. Also; 1840 Largie, 5 IHPs - 1873, 82, 94, 97 and 07. 1915-D Buffalo was cool to find and 3 silver dimes. Relics made a good showing, Model T valve stem (pretty large one so I think it's from a truck tire?)., couple of suspender clips, 3 flat buttons, some silver-plated utensils, broken pewter spoon handle, thimble. One odd piece appears to be two shotgun stamps crimped together making a spool and my most unique find a 1848 Zachery Taylor 'Rough & Ready' coat button. At one location, within a 30 square foot area I pulled the two 1700 coins, 1840 largie, 1873 IHP, 3 flat buttons and the Rough & Ready button, best patch of ground I've hit ever. Thanks to folks here for helping identify the older coins, don't see these much in my area at all. The older coins were well worn before being dropped, so added a few pics of what they looked like in better times.

 

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[oldmxrat]

Those are some incredible recoveries, congrats!

 

[pepperj]

Great looking coppers.
But that is one awesome looking button, don't recall one being posted before.
Congratulations on your recoveries.

 

[Glen's Loyalists]

that farthing is in amazing shape for a dug coin. It must have been very well drained soil.

 

[bottlecap4u]

that farthing is in amazing shape for a dug coin. It must have been very well drained soil.

Yes, that area where I found the old coins/button was well drained, loamy soil, nothing, even trash was b4 1900, time-capsule patch I discovered.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

This past couple weeks was a whirlwind for me, visiting 5 permissions & 1 public space (awesome and clearly undetected where I got my oldest coins and buttons). Fighting through the mosquitos I pulled my first two 1700s coins including a Kg III British Farthing & King Louis XVI Sol, believe the date is 1781. Also; 1840 Largie, 5 IHPs - 1873, 82, 94, 97 and 07. 1915-D Buffalo was cool to find and 3 silver dimes. Relics made a good showing, Model T valve stem (pretty large one so I think it's from a truck tire?)., couple of suspender clips, 3 flat buttons, some silver-plated utensils, broken pewter spoon handle, thimble. One odd piece appears to be two shotgun stamps crimped together making a spool and my most unique find a 1848 Zachery Taylor 'Rough & Ready' coat button. At one location, within a 30 square foot area I pulled the two 1700 coins, 1840 largie, 1873 IHP, 3 flat buttons and the Rough & Ready button, best patch of ground I've hit ever. Thanks to folks here for helping identify the older coins, don't see these much in my area at all. The older coins were well worn before being dropped, so added a few pics of what they looked like in better times.

man, that's the kind of whirlwind I like, great saves all around and wtg

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Outstanding finds - congrats !