These Are A Few Of The Reasons I Love This Hobby !

[JimInPhilly]

Been having a slow down at work so Ive been able to fortunately bump the detecting time up. .. These are finds from the last couple of hunts. The copper coins around here usually come out pretty bad , it took alot of patience to get the dates off the Indian Heads, one of them is a 1859, the first year for IHs , the other an 1863.... , they along with the buttons were found in the same area. One nice button is a Philadelphia Police button , the other an Eagle button..

Went to a corn field and found the large cent , you can see ONE CENT on the reverse and the silhouette of Lady Liberty at a certain angle but not in the pic.

The Roosie cleaned up with a little baking soda rub.

The religious medalion is from Italy.


Cant wait to get out there again

HH
Jim

 

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[Stormtrooper154]

Those are great finds!! WTG

 

[Getty]

Nice array of relcs and coins!!WTG!!

 

[Montana Jim]

Jim

I woulda loved going home with those finds... NICE!!!!!

Jim

 

[jc2]

. . . Very nice assortment of finds . . . your definitely keeping busy between all this crappy weather . . . we've got to get out together to detect again . . .

 

[ModernMiner]

Jim,
Some fantastic finds you got there. I love that police piece. Nice display of pictures too.
Congrats.
-MM-

 

[randall61]

CONGRATS , nice finds

 

[Green1]

awesome finds there !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya got some sweet sites..........

the 59 isn't a fatty is it ??

 

[SouthCarolinaTeacher]

Hey Jim,

That's a nice pistol bullet you have there. Check here:
http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bullet_details.asp?BID=479

It looks like your bullet is a variant for an old Colt Revolver.

Also, anytime you guys need to ID a bullet or cartridge dating to the Civil War, this place is GREAT!
http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bullet_search.asp

Ian

 

[weasel606]

looks like some great finds you have there !

 

[ringfinder]

Wow, looks like you had yourself a couple nice days of hunting. You found all that in two days, I can't wait to see what you show us the rest of the year!

Hey Jim,

That's a nice pistol bullet you have there. Check here:
http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bullet_details.asp?BID=479

It looks like your bullet is a variant for an old Colt Revolver.

Also, anytime you guys need to ID a bullet or cartridge dating to the Civil War, this place is GREAT!
http://www.baymediapro.com/collection/bullet_search.asp

Ian

Thanks South Teacher, I'll put those places in my files for later reference.

HH all and remember to keep your coil to the soil, Ringfinder

 

[Jack(IN)]

Looks like a great reason to be on this hobby...

but man, the ground was not nice to your Indians!! Congrats on some goodies!

 

[karib2517]

very nice

 

[Boobydoo]

Nice assortment of finds and it's great that you got out there. I am itching to do so also. I love finding the religious medals, cool stuff!! Congrats Jim!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[sonny0065]

Nice finds. Keep it up. HH Sonny

 

[JimInPhilly]

Thanks for all the replies!

awesome finds there !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya got some sweet sites..........

the 59 isn't a fatty is it ??

Yup , its a fatty , the same weight as the other copper-nickel IHs (1860 to 64). Your post had me do some reading up and rechecking my Indian Heads. It turns out that one of the others is an 1859 too! I could tell because on the reverse there is a laurel wreath , not an oak wreath, 1859 was the only year they had a laurel wreath and no shield on top of the wreath. This coin, though has a pit right on the numbers 59


HH
JIM

 

[JimInPhilly]

Anybody have a button website?


jim

 

[TeddyB1967]

Anybody have a button website?


jim

Heres a few links , hopefully they will help

http://www.buttonarium.com/category.html?UCIDs=748433
http://www.southernmilitaria.com/buttons.php3
http://www.milwarehouse.com/index.html
http://www.milwarehouse.com/18thcenturybuttons.htm
http://www.nps.gov/archive/fomc/archeology/btnframe.html
http://www.cwbooks.com/Buttons.htm (Books 4 sale)
http://www.scspublications.com/ (Books 4 sale)
http://www.milwarehouse.com/civilwarbuttons.htm

 

[Montana Jim]

http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/cayenna/index.html

http://pw1.netcom.com/~jimyce/bm.html#T (Back Marks listings)

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/militarybuttons.htm (primarily British)

http://www.vintagebuttons.net/uniform.html

 

[skierbob]

Interesting finds, Jim. Hope this ice melts soon so we can get back out there and dig some more.
Bob