BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
I'll make this one short and sweet. We had a great week last week, with 12 old coins coming up from the ground (If you look at my coin totals in my signature, you'll see why last week was so special.)
I think we still managed some cool finds today. There are lots of spots here that are still in crop right now--so we're anxiously waiting to get on some prime spots. And making do with more marginal sites. We got up at dawn yesterday, and dug until dark. Whew!
Here's a video I took as we got "geared up" for the day:
Now, I had planned on getting more videos of some GREAT finds coming up.... but there weren't too many Great finds.![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
We did add to our suspender clip and flat button collections though. 
Here are some photos of the hunting. One IH for Rodeo Recon. The last photo is just my portion of the finds. I really do hope Rodeo posts the knife he found. It is a side-arm knife--a HUGE one. It isn't Bowie shaped, but it is an Early knife (likely pre-CW). He dug it out of the pile of stones and dirt where the chimney had fallen in years ago.
And it is one SEXY piece of IRON!
So here are the photos:
Here's an IH (1883) in the dirt, a flat button next, and last of all a suspender clip:
A buckle that is stamped "1857" and a suspender clip with the script lettering "WBC"
And all the finds.
I got a nice, crusty Ball Button as well as a piece of a Heavy tin plate. I don't know what the decorative brass ring is from. The stirrup is neat. The brass heart was folded in half by the plow. It looks like it was lead-filled. I straightened it with boiling water.
And here are the before/after photos of the Masonic suspender clip I found. I was pretty pleased with this one.
And here's a copy of the patent for it back in 1872:
Best Wishes,
Buckleboy
I'll make this one short and sweet. We had a great week last week, with 12 old coins coming up from the ground (If you look at my coin totals in my signature, you'll see why last week was so special.)
I think we still managed some cool finds today. There are lots of spots here that are still in crop right now--so we're anxiously waiting to get on some prime spots. And making do with more marginal sites. We got up at dawn yesterday, and dug until dark. Whew!
Here's a video I took as we got "geared up" for the day:
Now, I had planned on getting more videos of some GREAT finds coming up.... but there weren't too many Great finds.
We did add to our suspender clip and flat button collections though. Here are some photos of the hunting. One IH for Rodeo Recon. The last photo is just my portion of the finds. I really do hope Rodeo posts the knife he found. It is a side-arm knife--a HUGE one. It isn't Bowie shaped, but it is an Early knife (likely pre-CW). He dug it out of the pile of stones and dirt where the chimney had fallen in years ago.
And it is one SEXY piece of IRON!
So here are the photos:
Here's an IH (1883) in the dirt, a flat button next, and last of all a suspender clip:
A buckle that is stamped "1857" and a suspender clip with the script lettering "WBC"
And all the finds.
I got a nice, crusty Ball Button as well as a piece of a Heavy tin plate. I don't know what the decorative brass ring is from. The stirrup is neat. The brass heart was folded in half by the plow. It looks like it was lead-filled. I straightened it with boiling water.
And here are the before/after photos of the Masonic suspender clip I found. I was pretty pleased with this one.
And here's a copy of the patent for it back in 1872:
Best Wishes,
Buckleboy
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