Confederate & Union Civil War Relics With Seated & Barber Silver Sprinkled In

[laplander]

Great site Dave! Big congratulations on digging a Confederate "local" button Rare as hens teeth!

 

[utmike]

Great huntin' Dave! It's been a minute since I've seen one of your posts, glad to see you're still getting the "sooper" finds!

 

[T-DUB]

Great site Dave! Big congratulations on digging a Confederate "local" button Rare as hens teeth!

Wait, hens as in chickens have teeth?

 

[Sooper Dave]

Nice Saves!

Thanks possum!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Great site Dave! Big congratulations on digging a Confederate "local" button Rare as hens teeth!

Thanks! I'm excited to have dug it.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Great huntin' Dave! It's been a minute since I've seen one of your posts, glad to see you're still getting the "sooper" finds!

Thanks Mike! I can't get out as much as I would like but go when I can. Good luck to ya.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Wait, hens as in chickens have teeth?

Hens don't have teeth, It is an old saying "Something that is rare as hen's teeth is very rare or non-existent."

 

[Sooper Dave]

Reason I asked was to see it a little better to try to ID it. Might be as listed in Tice’s book as CS281As1 blank, not in Alberts, looks like maybe olive branch in right talon, not able to see from pic arrows in left. Blank with a depressed channel. Or could be in Tice’s CS251As1, Albert’s CS 20. Blank meaning no lines or stars.

This is about as good as I can get with better photos of the Droop Wing. I believe a small piece of wire or a pin was used to attach the button as you can see the ball of rust that covers the shank.

 

[Joseph in Alabama]

Love those droop wing eagles..
Last picture up close looks like it may be a lined field droop eagle
Appreciate the story & pictures..

 

[T-DUB]

Hens don't have teeth, It is an old saying "Something that is rare as hen's teeth is very rare or non-existent."

I know about the saying, was joking around.

 

[T-DUB]

This is about as good as I can get with better photos of the Droop Wing. I believe a small piece of wire or a pin was used to attach the button as you can see the ball of rust that covers the shank.

Really tough to make a call on it. I see 3 very similar in Tice’s book. The third being listed in Albert’ as CS 23, but no mention of a cuff size one regarding that. None the less a cracker of a CS relic with the back intact. Tough to find info on locally made buttons because of the rarity. Thank you for taking the time to share more pics!

 

[Sooper Dave]

I know about the saying, was joking around.

I figured you did as I was typing that out. Guess I'm so used to explaining to my kids the meanings of my old sayings, they have missed out on all the fun stuff we grew up with.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Love those droop wing eagles..
Last picture up close looks like it may be a lined field droop eagle
Appreciate the story & pictures..

Thanks. I did notice that it looked lined when I could zoom in closer.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Really tough to make a call on it. I see 3 very similar in Tice’s book. The third being listed in Albert’ as CS 23, but no mention of a cuff size one regarding that. None the less a cracker of a CS relic with the back intact. Tough to find info on locally made buttons because of the rarity. Thank you for taking the time to share more pics!

I appreciate you taking the time to look. I need to get Tice's book but they have gotten so expensive. I guess they are also more rare than hens teeth

 

[Explorer.se]

Dave do you know what the rivet went too?

 

[HanoverDigger]

The first two hunts of the new year have been very productive. I hunted a new site that is soon to be developed. It is in an area that saw a lot of action during the Civil War. I started out on the lower part of the property without much luck. I worked my way up to the highest point and the first good signal was a Confederate Droop Wing Officers Button. Excited is an under statement as I don't dig CS buttons often. I haven't been able to find another example of one like it online. I was told it is a local made button. It does not have a backmark. I slowly worked my way around that area and dug a few dropped Enfields and a Gardner bullet. It was dark and so I ended the first hunt on a high note.
I was able to get back the next day and I dug a few more bullets and a very nice Union Eagle I button. The relics started to slow down on the hill so I went back down to the lower areas. I got a high tone on the old Etrac and flipped out a dime. I could make out that it was a thin Seated dime, a very worn 1878 and I was thrilled to see it. I continued on and targets were few and far between. After digging some trash I dug what looked to be a good luck piece, but it is a watch fob from The Cincinnati Horse Shoe & Iron Co. the attachment loop is broken. The back reads "Compliments Of The Cincinnati Horse Shoe & Iron Co. Manufacturers Of Horse & Mule Shoes" info online says it's from 1910. I always enjoy digging those fobs. I went on to dig a few more bullets but not much more. I was making my way out when I got a great sounding high tone coming in as a silver quarter on the detector. I cut a big plug and the signal was still down in the hole. Sure enough I scooped out a silver coin and it's a 1902 Barber Quarter from the old New Orleans mint. I was not expecting that but I am very happy to have dug it. I hunted until dark and lucked up on two more pulled Enfields. For some reason I didn't get a group shot of all the bullets from both hunts but I dug a total of ten. Five Enfields and one Gardner and the other five were .58 Minies . I am hoping I can luck up on some more nice relics from this location before it is lost forever.

Coordinates please...just kidding. Nice finds!

 

[Capt Dan]

Beautiful finds! I hope 2024 brings you even more.

Dan