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UNIVERSITAT ALABAM Flat 2-Piece Button, Union Burnsides & More. Pre ACC Button!
Went back to the new site this morning and scouted 2 new fields with no luck.
So after lunch i went back into the field that i dug the burnsides in last week.
I started by making a grid in an area i dug a couple 3-ringers in last week and it was very slow at first, but near the area where i dug burnsides last week, i dug 3 more burnsides all within a 10' perimiter.
One looks very badly corroded and has what appears to be a brass ring attached to it. Wondering if this is part of the brass shell.
Also dug a fired 3 ringer, old pocketknife, brass plate with hole, and a plated spoon handle with back mark i cannot quite make out, all from the same area.
After digging the burnsides today, i found the marker i made last week about 50 feet away.
Then i created a new marker for the bullets from today.
So i followed a line i created with the markers and was following the high ridge, and then i get a choppy good signal that had a little iron sound.
I started to dig and found some iron in the hole, pulled the iron out, and the good tone was still there.
Then out pops a button. Figured it would be a Eagle button, but it turned out to be much better.
This button turned out to be the find of the day for me.
After a light field cleaning i could see ABAM. At first i was thinking pre-war, alabama militia. Decided to put it away til i got home, and the suspense was killing me.
It turned out to say UNIVERSITAT ALABAM. "UNIVERSITY of ALABAMA" Flat 2-piece button with shank.
Couldnt find in alberts book, but its in my Tices book.. Page 249 ABS280A1 Was wondering the date on this one and the rarity.
Tices book mentions Alberts SU14 Univeristy of AL button. It states SU14 is very scarce and made during the 1850's, but it doesnt say much about ABS280A1.
Any information on this button would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading
Went back to the new site this morning and scouted 2 new fields with no luck.
So after lunch i went back into the field that i dug the burnsides in last week.
I started by making a grid in an area i dug a couple 3-ringers in last week and it was very slow at first, but near the area where i dug burnsides last week, i dug 3 more burnsides all within a 10' perimiter.
One looks very badly corroded and has what appears to be a brass ring attached to it. Wondering if this is part of the brass shell.
Also dug a fired 3 ringer, old pocketknife, brass plate with hole, and a plated spoon handle with back mark i cannot quite make out, all from the same area.
After digging the burnsides today, i found the marker i made last week about 50 feet away.
Then i created a new marker for the bullets from today.
So i followed a line i created with the markers and was following the high ridge, and then i get a choppy good signal that had a little iron sound.
I started to dig and found some iron in the hole, pulled the iron out, and the good tone was still there.
Then out pops a button. Figured it would be a Eagle button, but it turned out to be much better.
This button turned out to be the find of the day for me.
After a light field cleaning i could see ABAM. At first i was thinking pre-war, alabama militia. Decided to put it away til i got home, and the suspense was killing me.
It turned out to say UNIVERSITAT ALABAM. "UNIVERSITY of ALABAMA" Flat 2-piece button with shank.
Couldnt find in alberts book, but its in my Tices book.. Page 249 ABS280A1 Was wondering the date on this one and the rarity.
Tices book mentions Alberts SU14 Univeristy of AL button. It states SU14 is very scarce and made during the 1850's, but it doesnt say much about ABS280A1.
Any information on this button would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading
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