Old Buttons And A First For Diane!

[Bell-Two]

Diane and I took advantage of nice day to get out to the field where I found the Colt Trigger Guard to see if we could find some more parts to the revolver. We did not have luck there but we did get a few things mostly bits of brass and things like that Diane found the handle piece of what I believe is a straight razor. We moved to an adjacent field where again I was detecting and not finding much! As we were getting ready to leave Diane got a scratchy coin signal and dug her first ever Fatty Indian an 1863. She was very happy with that bucket lister....funny she previously dug two Flying Eagles before...but the lack of the Fatty Indian was bugging her! We then moved on to another field where at last I made a couple of finds a cuff sized flat button and a late 1700's Flower button with an unusual shank where it appears the wire part is a separate piece from the attachment piece.

 

[sube]

That's nice Diane got that fatty what were the #s on it being scratchy and all you guys dig some awesome stuff . sube

 

[Bell-Two]

That's nice Diane got that fatty what were the #s on it being scratchy and all you guys dig some awesome stuff . sube

She uses E-Trac she said it was 12-22 but amongst iron so it was a great signal.

 

[Greg (E.Tn)]

I've never found onee myself, but I was told that soldiers sometimes placed silver 3 cent pieces in the recesses between the blade and sides of their pocketknives.

The reason being, the 3 cent piece was a tiny coin, easily lost, and the recess was nearly the exact size and dimensions to hold and secure the coin.

I was told that a relic hunter cleaning old junk pocketknives he had accumulated from camp sites found a 3 cent piece hidden in one when he cleaned it up. 'Course, I guess it could have gotten stuck there by accident, but maybe not.