Saturday's Hunt

[coinnut]

Was having a bad day of detecting all day Saturday. Nothing but shotgun shells and 22's everywhere. Only had 3 coin signals all day and they turned out to be 2 ox knobs and a grommet. Finally hit a rotted out flat button and finally this Mass (post Revolution) button. In Albert's Button book its listed as MS19 and in 1976 when the book was published, its relative value was 6 - 10 dollars. Not rare but made my day!!! Snow is coming in tonight, estimated at around 10". There goes my detector in the closet. Happy hunting to those of you who still can.

 

[Dyna_Willie]

Very cool button, wonder what it's value is today?

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[echostar61]

Very nice button
Snow we are expecting snow too.
I hate snow !

Terri

 

[Dyna_Willie]

snow coming here too!

 

[lordmarcovan]

GREAT button. One-piece, I presume? Any backmark?

RV 6-10 is not bad. Did Albert give any date range? It really has an 1820s look to it.

 

[lordmarcovan]

PS- that's in superb shape for a dug button, BTW.

 

[tabdog]

Now that's super cool. I haven't found a good button yet.

I'm not through trying though.

HH,

 

[tab-nabit]

That's nice - worth more as a find than what the book says back then - WTG

 

[coinnut]

Hi, Albert's doesn't list the years of production but, generally it's anywhere in the 1800 - 1840 range. So you're right there at 1820. The front is in great shape with most of its gilt left, but the back has no gilt and says "warranted treble plated " with the usual half wreath below. This site has produced some really nice artifacts and some really bad ones too. It's location and drainage I guess. It's pretty hunted out and you could spend a better part of the day just to get a solid missed hit. Right now we are blanketed in 6" of snow, detecting is temporarily over.

 

[lordmarcovan]

It really reminds me of this ca. 1808-1821 Artillery a buddy of mine found.

 

[coinnut]

Hi, It's always nice to find any military button. I don't find many, so they are special to me no matter what they are worth. Something about finding things in the ground, that haven't seen the light of day for about two hundred years, is exciting and rewarding. It makes up for all those sore muscles from digging.

 

[Dyna_Willie]

I think it's great to uncover history. Makes you think about the man who's footsteps were their hundreds of years ago, and what they might have been thinking, or doing.