1812 Artillery Button

[dixiedigger57]

Cant say enough about my Silver Sabre Plus. i have been hunting a demolition site of pure cinders, broken bottles, trash, iron, nasty stuff. i have found a few locks, Indian head, now two WW1 great coat buttons, a CW reunion fob and so forth. then this baby pops up. 1812 artillery button. plain back but has the loop still. its bigger than a dime but smaller than a nickle. coin button solid, brass. its worn but i'll gladly take it! if you cant make out my bad picture, it has a drop wing eagle perched on a cannon, a pyramid of cannon balls, and the words corps underneath. Andrew Jackson did camp in Macon, Ga and we had a period fort. cloud nine for me!!!

 

[Hombre]

Cary.....

You are flat out killing the relics at your new hot spot, that place probably has some more hidden treasures. The SS+ is just the weapon for that type of site with disc. set low.

It might be worth the effort to do a little sifting in the nastier places as some goodies could be hiding in that trashy site, that place sure has potential.

 

[dixiedigger57]

its about to go under gravel and a work crew is back. oh well, some beats nothing. its still a mud bog of the nasty nasty but i jump in anyway. no way to sift would need a high banker and water source lol!

 

[hatpin]

Im going to be searching a dozer pile this year. Your finds have inspired me.

 

[dixiedigger57]

hatpin i actually turn my WW1 entrencher like a hoe and pull the dirt out and scatter it then detect it. its too muddy to sift but with the constant crackle of iron junk in this old blacksmith shop i believe, it helps to isolate the sharp sounds of a good target. i use the 8 inch open hole original but a friend uses the 5.75 on a Cibola and does great. the Compadres are killer too. depth is not so much the issue as seperationin this junk. a deep target is usually a big pipe. i drag heavy iron and pipes out of the way and detect around where they were. after a rain the washout is great to eyeball for marbles and shell buttons too. good luck..