New finds at the 1836 farm. New pics. Need Help with button /coin ID

[crazyjarhead]

I am so happy tonight as I got permission to hunt a home built in 1836. The guy is trying to sell it and is in Florida. No one lives there.Within 1 hour I had three Indians and a 1919 Wheatie. The Indians were all at 4-5 inches. The 1866 looks brand new and it's the oldest of the three. No silver, yet. What was the production dates for the Indian pennies??


UPDATE FRIDAY JULY 4TH 10PM EST. Just got back in from another hunt. 5 clad pennies, 1 1976 dime, a 1944 merc, and some kind of copper badge with an animal in a trap. Don't know what it is. Also found a ring. Has some inscription on the inside but can't read it. I broke it with the shovel diging it out at 6 inches. The merc was at 4 inches. I'll try again tomorow


UPDATED SUNDAY NIGHT AT 11 PM EST First of all Got permission from the owners daughter today to hunt, not the realtor . I got in a few hours to hunt but have a lot more ground to cover. Need help identifying the button and the chinese coin??. A few cherry wheaties and a few memorials. Back Monday afternoon to do some more. PS PICTURE is from 1907. My Grandmother (95) let me borrow this book on the rich history of this small town. Lots of pics and more good ideas of places to hunt.

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[crazyjarhead]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . Oldest is 1866 new pics 7/4/0

Now those are pretty!

Thanks crusader, Detectingfreak. Hope that white vineger works for you

 

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[crazyjarhead]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . Oldest is 1866 new pics 7/4/0

Great finds. The coins are in awesome shape.
Dman

Thanks Dman, Admiral in michigan

 

[BomberJohn]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

Wow! Awesome digs! WTG! You've found a nice sweet plot of virgin soil. Congrats!

Love the 66 , and the rest are sweet too. That animal badges is interesting looking. The lion/tiger looks to be in a leg trap. Let us know what you find out.

Hope you get back out there soon. All that waiting would drive me nuts.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

Wow! Awesome digs! WTG! You've found a nice sweet plot of virgin soil. Congrats!

Love the 66 , and the rest are sweet too. That animal badges is interesting looking. The lion/tiger looks to be in a leg trap. Let us know what you find out.

Hope you get back out there soon. All that waiting would drive me nuts.

I beggining to wonder if this place has been hunted before as it is so old. Just a hunch

 

[BomberJohn]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

Wow! Awesome digs! WTG! You've found a nice sweet plot of virgin soil. Congrats!

Love the 66 , and the rest are sweet too. That animal badges is interesting looking. The lion/tiger looks to be in a leg trap. Let us know what you find out.

Hope you get back out there soon. All that waiting would drive me nuts.

I beggining to wonder if this place has been hunted before as it is so old. Just a hunch

Doubt it has been hunted before with finds like that! Plus being private property makes it a bit less accessible to the casual detectorist.

Best of luck and let us know.

 

[Mona Lisa]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST Jul

Wow..those indians are gorgeous....in absolutely gorgeous condition.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST Jul

Wow..those indians are gorgeous....in absolutely gorgeous condition.

Thanks Mona Lisa. I'm actually heading out right now to hunt some more. The rain has ended. A little brighter than last night hunt.

 

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

Do you have a better photo of the animal pin , front and back ? I would guess it to be a lion from the shape of the tail and it also appears to have it's rear leg in a trap . Is it a button ? It could be a better find than the Indians even though they are very nice .

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

Do you have a better photo of the animal pin , front and back ? I would guess it to be a lion from the shape of the tail and it also appears to have it's rear leg in a trap . Is it a button ? It could be a better find than the Indians even though they are very nice .

I'll see what I can do.It's hard to get a picture much better. I'll try and re-post it later. Why do you think it may be worth more than the pennies??

 

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

Buttons are rare also and there are people collecting them . If it proves to be rare and collectable it could be a more interesting find than the Indian cents . Only a few animals have a tassel at the end of their tail so I think a lion is a good guess and this lion has it's rear paw in a pan trap . I myself find that more intriguing than the Indians which are common enough to looked up in a book . Just my humble opinion . If you get photo's front and back I would dabble in a little research myself on your behalf .

 

[Roger Mn.]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

Very nice finds and great pics. I would guess it's a wolf in a trap. What type off metal is it made of? congrats.

 

[capndan151]

Re: 0ne little, two little, three little indians . new pics added a 10pm EST July 4

1859-1909. 1866 there were 9,826,500 made. In the shape yours is in it could be worth 150-200 dollars maybe more hard to tell from picture.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: UPDATED JULY ,6 10:50 PM EST NEED HELP ON BUTTON ID AND COIN

Thanks for the info capndan

 

[crazyjarhead]

Any Button experts on TNET. No replies yet. Asian Coin experts??

 

[HalfSpeed]

WOW! It looks like you robbed a museum! Great finds.

 

[ivan salis]

the coin is a chinese "cash" coin most typically are not worth all that much but often the quite old --the button is a general service type "eagle" button often given to infantry troops --thinking it is of civil war era or around that time frame -- the button is indded collectible and is in good shape --the 1866 indain is a knock out never seen one come out the ground in such great shape you are indeed lucky --the others are also great --hit that spot as often and as long as you can ---good luck ---Ivan

 

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

I did a little looking around on the net and found that there is a Fable that dates back to Roman times having to do with a lion in a trap and a mouse . This button or whatever it is could depict that lion . And by the way a wolf's tail is bushy from the base to the tip . Lions have smooth tail with a tuft on the tip .