Don't Forget to Re-Scan Your Holes!

[Neil in West Jersey]

I got out for a quick hunt after work yesterday and returned to one of my favorite sites. There are not many signals left, but I slowly worked an area with a lot of iron with my D2 coil until I finally got a shotgun shell type of signal. The depth measured .5 inches, and there on the surface was a shotgun shell. I had the feeling that it was dug by another person and either tossed, or left where it was found. After putting it in my pocket I rescanned the spot and got another shotgun type of signal, this one reading much deeper, at 5 inches. It was still in the hole after digging a deep plug, and I was able to pinpoint it another few inches further down with my pinpointer. I pulled out the target from about 9 inches down and to my surprise it was a nice pre-Civil War 2 piece flat sporting coat button; my first!

The button is large, measuring 26mm. The backmark reads "New Designs" and has a horn on the bottom. As you can see it has a fully intact shank.

If I had not rescanned the spot, I would have missed this beautiful example of a very scarce button!

 

[Goat Rancher]

Cool find Neil.................never seen one before. I always check and recheck. Amazing what you might miss if you don't.

 

[yazoo]

You might add that it is good to rescan your hole before and after refilling your hole.Have found more goodies both ways. H.H. Yazoo

 

[Yellow Beard]

That is nice.

 

[UtahRich]

very cool looking button. It pays to be thorough.

Rich