BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
I went with Rodeo Recon back to try and find the rest of the snake belt buckle today. Didn't find it--and as the number of targets dwindles at the site, I get less and less optimistic that it's there...![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
But we did have a good day today.
When we first got on the site, I dug a flat button--followed immediately by a coin:
When I was looking at it, I couldn't recognize anything.
On the way out there in the car, Rodeo and I'd been talking about the fact that we'd gotten a complete set of the IH "fattys" except for the 1860 between all of us--and we said that we ought to be able to find a Flying Eagle Cent sooner or later. 
Well, I saw the date--1857--and realized that our morning speculation on the drive over had come true. 
It's a rough looking coin, but I'm very pleased with it.
There was something else we'd talked about for a while--and that was finding an Old, Good piece of jewelry sooner or later--either silver or gold... But back to the story...
So we kept hitting the field. Rodeo managed a nice flat button identical to the one that I'd found the day before at the site--BENEDICT & COE backmark.
And here is a photo or two of each of us digging like crazy fools on such a fine Fall day:
Rodeo soon called me over--and I knew he'd found something good. When I saw it in the dirt I knew that another goal on our list had become a reality. It is a Silver child's ring--most likely pre-CW, and made from coin silver. The design on it is very simple. I think this is a Fantastic find--and it is one that honestly Moved me standing there in that field today. Wondering about the life and fate of that child that grew up, had kids of their own, grew old, and passed on--or perhaps died early, leaving the ring behind to be worn on a necklace and treasured by a grieving parent.
Moments like that are what good metal detecting is made of.
We kept at it, picking up bits of brass bent up by the plow, suspender clips, lantern pieces, and lead bits. I managed to nab an Eagle button (turns out it still has some gilding on it). I don't know How that button survived the plow. Rodeo got two backs from two piece buttons today (likely Eagle buttons as well).
I also finally got a suspender clip that matched another one--but they're from the same site (and one is just a tiny piece). Every clip I have Ever dug has been different except for this one and a piece off its twin (in the upper left hand corner of the photo of all my finds, cleaned).
So, here are the before/after photos:
And my finds from the hunt, cleaned up:
I forgot to put a HUGE button in that photo, because I thought it was a brass washer (someone had punched a hole through it close to where the shank had broken off). Then careful cleaning revealed an ornate design. This close to being my biggest dug flat button.
I went with Rodeo Recon back to try and find the rest of the snake belt buckle today. Didn't find it--and as the number of targets dwindles at the site, I get less and less optimistic that it's there...
But we did have a good day today.
When we first got on the site, I dug a flat button--followed immediately by a coin:
When I was looking at it, I couldn't recognize anything.
On the way out there in the car, Rodeo and I'd been talking about the fact that we'd gotten a complete set of the IH "fattys" except for the 1860 between all of us--and we said that we ought to be able to find a Flying Eagle Cent sooner or later. Well, I saw the date--1857--and realized that our morning speculation on the drive over had come true. It's a rough looking coin, but I'm very pleased with it.There was something else we'd talked about for a while--and that was finding an Old, Good piece of jewelry sooner or later--either silver or gold... But back to the story...
So we kept hitting the field. Rodeo managed a nice flat button identical to the one that I'd found the day before at the site--BENEDICT & COE backmark.
And here is a photo or two of each of us digging like crazy fools on such a fine Fall day:
Rodeo soon called me over--and I knew he'd found something good. When I saw it in the dirt I knew that another goal on our list had become a reality. It is a Silver child's ring--most likely pre-CW, and made from coin silver. The design on it is very simple. I think this is a Fantastic find--and it is one that honestly Moved me standing there in that field today. Wondering about the life and fate of that child that grew up, had kids of their own, grew old, and passed on--or perhaps died early, leaving the ring behind to be worn on a necklace and treasured by a grieving parent.
Moments like that are what good metal detecting is made of.
We kept at it, picking up bits of brass bent up by the plow, suspender clips, lantern pieces, and lead bits. I managed to nab an Eagle button (turns out it still has some gilding on it). I don't know How that button survived the plow. Rodeo got two backs from two piece buttons today (likely Eagle buttons as well).
I also finally got a suspender clip that matched another one--but they're from the same site (and one is just a tiny piece). Every clip I have Ever dug has been different except for this one and a piece off its twin (in the upper left hand corner of the photo of all my finds, cleaned).
So, here are the before/after photos:
And my finds from the hunt, cleaned up:
I forgot to put a HUGE button in that photo, because I thought it was a brass washer (someone had punched a hole through it close to where the shank had broken off). Then careful cleaning revealed an ornate design.
This close to being my biggest dug flat button.
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Seems like it would take years to go through that much land. 
