I found two eagle buttons yesterday in Golden Gate Park. I haven't found any military relics before so this was pretty exciting. The backs read Thos G Hood Phil, and the style dates from 1875-1902, Army, General Service. Not a lot of info on the maker other than they were a prominent dry goods supplier in Phili. A couple of old (and inaccessible) ebay listings popped up on Google. Seems to be rarer than some of the other makers. Note they read 12/40-43 facing straight up, but the backs (on angle) read as low as 27 in conductivity.
I found both buttons using the Pro-Coil and what's amazing was a huge plate of iron was sitting about 4" below the first button (see pic). I tell you the separation with the Pro-Coil is phenominal. If I hadn't found the first button, I likely would've moved on and missed the second button instead of slowing down and gridding the area.
-Alex
P.S. Big thanks to Nicasian on another forum for helping me to identify them.
I found both buttons using the Pro-Coil and what's amazing was a huge plate of iron was sitting about 4" below the first button (see pic). I tell you the separation with the Pro-Coil is phenominal. If I hadn't found the first button, I likely would've moved on and missed the second button instead of slowing down and gridding the area.
-Alex
P.S. Big thanks to Nicasian on another forum for helping me to identify them.
The pro coil sure works good