Omnis day out.

[omnicognic]

Omni's day out.

Went and met Baddog1 at the place where he found the V nickel, and hunted around the construction and street tear ups. Found a gold plated cover to a pocket watch, and about 10 feet later found part of the case. In the same general area I found a button at about 8" that is in great shape and I hope someone might tell me something about it. On the front center there is a coat of arms with lions and towers at opposite corners and a crown above a banner across the bottom that says "INFANTENA" and on the back upper part "J. FEU" lower says "BARCELONA". Any info would be helpfull! HH omnicognic? 8)


Correction: Buckram pointed out that it should (and it does) say INFANTERIA. The words are so small on this that it was really hard to read! I took the pic through a magnifying glass in macro at full zoom!

 

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[Floater]

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WOW ,nice digs Omni. The button sounds like it could be from the Spanish during the Indian wars in Florida or from the the 1812 war.r. Nice finds It could have even been worn by an Indian after he killed a soldier. Nice work.

 

[rvbvetter]

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Great finds!! Check ebay under civil war buttons. It may or may not be civil war, but many ebay sellers of these buttons have them from 1812 and various other wars. It's where i found that 3 buttons i recently dug, were Confederate Eagle buttons made by Horstmann in Philadelfia. Your button reminds me of some state seal buttons from the civil war, i seen listed there. Good luck HH

 

[BADDOG]

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Yes what Omni said is true. We got together for a little treasure hunting this morning. Had a great time although it did get a little warm as the day progressed. While Omni was digging up broken pieces of watches and buttons, I was digging the good stuff $$$$.
I only found .55 cents and one wheat penny. We did have a good time. The area we were hunting is probably one of the oldest areas of Tampa. I hope Omni's button turns out to be something really good.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

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[BADDOG]

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Omni,
Here's a start. That hoop you found could be this. (top right of the page)

http://www.artifacts.org/Early Buttons.htm

Look around this site they have many Spanish buttons from florida.
The crest on your button is on their home page.

 

[omnicognic]

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I did find a pic of it in a display with a bunch of other artifacts, but it's on one of those sites that send up ten gazillion pop-ups and who knows what else so I didn't post the link. there wasn't any info on it anyway except spanish infantry button! HH omnicognic 8)

 

[omnicognic]

Re: Omni's day out.

Omni,
Here's a start. That hoop you found could be this. (top right of the page)
http://www.artifacts.org/Early Buttons.htm

Hey! I think you may be right about that hoop! BTW Baddog1 I had a great time! Thanks for showing me your hunting spot! HH omnicognic 8)

 

[KevGA]

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Beat me to the punch, Baddog! I was looking at the same site at the same time. Here's a deeper link into the site with a pic thaqt looks pretty close:

http://www.artifacts.org/patriotic.htm

Nice finds, guys!

 

[SugarSand]

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Cool finds omni, is that a RFD padlock?

 

[Getty]

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most excellent finds omni.congrats.

 

[omnicognic]

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Cool finds omni, is that a RFD padlock?

Forgive me, I'm not familiar with the term "RFD". This is a small brass padlock about an inch across and it says "YALE" on both sides. On the latch, it says "made in the U.S.A" on the other side of the latch it says "THE YALE & TOWNE MFG. CO." The latch opens hinged (like a cartoon lock) intead of pulling up like most locks. Could it be very old? HH omnicognic 8)

 

[Enloe Relics]

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Nice finds Omni! you are a good Relic Hunter! i need to hunt with you some time! HH! Harvey!

 

[surfrat96]

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Cool looking stuff! Looks like you guys had a good time! That's what it's all about!!!

HH 8) surfrat

 

[vic910]

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Great finds for both of you. WTG!!!!!

vicki

 

[dave-enc]

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Nice relics omni congrats
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[bigrig40]

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nice digs omni and cool lookin button!

peace,bigrig

 

[Mystro7]

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Nice job guys! Sounds like you all had fun! Some cool relics there. Thanks for the pic, good luck on your next hunt!

 

[omnicognic]

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Thanks everyone for all the help and replies! May a bounty of gold grace your scoops! HH omnicognic 8)

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Nice hunt Omni, hope that button is as old as thought! HH, Mike