Quattro Brings Home The Bacon!

[Anonymous]

<FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><STRONG>This is posted on the Minelab Explorer & Quattro forum too. It's part relics, so I'm posting it here too. Can anybody ID the button in the last photo? It appears to be pewter but there are no identifiable backmarks.</STRONG></FONT>
<STRONG>I went out hunting today with two buds, Harry and Ned. We hit an old farm field in Deep Creek, Virginia in an area with some Civil War history. We made a few nice coin and bullet finds there and then we went out to Suffolk, Virginia to some woods in an area that had a lot of Civil War action. We've hunted there before and pulled some bullets, buttons, and coins and we did it again today. The weather was great, the hunting good, and the targets fairly plentiful, so it was a good day. I was using my Quattro with the 12.5" coil at first and then switched to the FBS 1050 for the 2nd half of the hunt. Both performed admirably, as did the Quattro. Ned and Harry were using their Fisher CZ's and both of them found some nice stuff. I took a few pictures.</STRONG>
<STRONG>This is the first spot we hit and here's Ned with his CZ...</STRONG>
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<STRONG>This was my first target recovery...an 1891 Injun.</STRONG>
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<STRONG>Then the first of five of these 3-ringers...</STRONG>
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<STRONG>Next up was this baby...</STRONG>
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<STRONG>Harry and Ned at a fresh-scrape we found on the way to the woods...Ned and I both scored nice buttons here.</STRONG><img src="http://members.cox.net/nodesurfer/sat5.jpg" alt="" />
<STRONG>In the woods, Harry recovering a 3-ringer minnieball...</STRONG><img src="http://members.cox.net/nodesurfer/sat6.jpg" alt="" />
<STRONG>The Quattro takes a breather and digs the scenery...</STRONG>
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<STRONG>These are my finds. Note the absolutely <FONT COLOR="#ff0000">NASTY</FONT> V-nickel in the right corner...6 inches down and a solid 14 signal on the Quattro. Too bad it's toast. The Eagle button and the Barber dime were my two best finds of the day. The 3-ringer in the center of the buckle looks to have been chewed.</STRONG>
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<STRONG>And finally, check this button that Ned dug. Anybody recognize it? I'll post it on the Relic Forum too. HH!</STRONG>

 

[Anonymous]

I believe the metal the button is made of is called tombac or bath metal. Very pretty colonial button......Aaron

 

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[Anonymous]

It's possible that it's silver, but the more I think about it I think it was pewter. From the look and feel of it. Very unique button.

 

[Anonymous]

I was thinking it was Colonial...that's what I told Ned. I've found several Colonial buttons in that area, though never one that looked like that. Mostly the old ugly flat buttons. And a few that were somewhat ornate. But nothing like that one.

 

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[Anonymous]

Since pewter/tombac buttons usually ID in the nickel range, you should easily be able to eliminate this choice if it registers in the brass/silver range when doing an air test. Check it out and let us know. Very nice button BTW!

 

[Anonymous]

Roger that. I'll have to ask Ned, as he found it. I'm not sure where it came in on his CZ, whether it was nickel or hi-coin. It does look silver. I should have checked it with my Quattro but I didn't. I did look at it with my loupe for a backmark though and I didn't see anything.

 

[Anonymous]

Appears to be a well made, hand engraved button. Possible circa late 1700s/early 1800s. My guess is it's silver plated brass. Condition is too fine for pewter. However, from the workmanship, it could be solid silver. Nice find, David @ Dixie