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Hello everyone… It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any finds, and a long time since I‘ve been detecting! I got out this afternoon and had a blast! Found some decent stuff and enjoyed the sunshine. As usual – I’ll let the pictures do most the talking. All finds from private property with permission from Indian Wars era U.S. Army Infantry location c.1865-1890s. My first keeper was this bodacious tin thimble… my forth from this site.  A few nails and some crappy tin-flashing-slaw later I found my first Eagle Button, a complete no-back marked crushed beauty!  My next button came along shortly… as shown below it was vertical in the ground and half exposed… not bad for 130ish years later! It’s an intact back marked Eagle button. No digging required!  Of course I had to share the field with five horses… they left me alone after a few minutes… here’s three of them behind me.  My third Eagle button I had to dig for… two inches down. Here she is, another crushed but intact beauty with a back mark.  I dug that last button on the top edge of the riverbank and was getting harassed by some geese… or maybe they were saying; “Leave some buttons for Wingman Tony!”  Anyway… I found some other crap too but didn’t take any other pictures till I got home… I’ll try and label what I found on the pictures…    And of course – one last look at those three Eagle buttons… yummy!  I found several pounds of additional iron and other unmentionables, but nobody wants to see that stuff. As always – thanks for taking the time to look! |
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Let's go dig some history!
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Feb 20, 2008, 10:53:54 pm |
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Glad you got out...those are some great digs!
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Feb 20, 2008, 10:58:09 pm |
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Super cool finds Jim.. LOVE the buttons..
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Feb 20, 2008, 11:25:29 pm |
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nice finds. Love those square nails.
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totals 2008
90% kennedys---> 32
40% Kennedys---> 221
Walkers ---> 1
Franklens --> 7
Barber's -->0
Clad Proofs---> 14
40% Proofs -----> 0
90%Quarters --->0
90%Dimes -------> 23
Wheats ------>45
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 03:36:31 am |
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Nice to see you out again, neat finds  HH -GC |
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 04:00:39 am |
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Great finds - thanks for sharing.
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 04:19:48 am |
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Great Finds Jim!!! Gotta love those Eagles!! I found these last year, of all places near a CW battlefield. Looks like you are an expert on Indian War stuff, I was told these are Late 1870's "chicken neck" eagles,
is that correct? Found them all within 10 feet of each other.
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 05:08:59 am |
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Excellant finds Jim. Wish I could get out but its -10 with 4 feet of snow  someday |
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 05:28:44 am |
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Thanks all for the comments... Great Finds Jim!!! Gotta love those Eagles!! I found these last year, of all places near a CW battlefield.
Looks like you are an expert on Indian War stuff, I was told these are Late 1870's "chicken neck" eagles,
is that correct? Found them all within 10 feet of each other.
LOL... "Chicken Neck" I think I have 50 varieties of Eagles to include some like that... what's the back mark say exactly? Thats the key to dating them... and btw, your buttons are freaking beautiful! Obviousy from the same garment or collection. Thats an extream button find. I have a bunch of uncrushed buttons, but most are damaged to some degree. |
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Nixa, Missouri
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 05:39:32 am |
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Yes, I dug these, like I said they were within 10 feet of each other. The backmark is
HORSTMANN PHILADELPHIA I find it amazing that 20-30 years in difference makes a difference in buttons as far as condition. Ihave found CW buttons in the same area that are litterly falling apart.
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**Bring History Back to Life**
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Keep on Digging!
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:20:38 am |
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Nice job with all the Relics, that's funny about the Eagle button. The last one I found in the fall was also exposed ........But then again , being in a corn field ......I'm sure it was use to being exposed from time to time with all that plowing going on! Nice job............  John |
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:32:59 am |
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Great finds Jim...I think that thing under "lantern parts" looks like a vintage ladies hair curler Nice to see you out and about again! |
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:42:34 am |
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Great finds Jim...I think that thing under "lantern parts" looks like a vintage ladies hair curler Nice to see you out and about again! Gypsy I think you may be right... I'm going to take some more pics of that piece on the right and post it in whatsits... and I'll say you suggested it was a hair curler... It does have some moving parts. Let me add here - there were some family officer's members/wives living here too so this is a possibility. Some subsequent post infantry activity also lends your theory mucho credence. |
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Southwest Georgia
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:44:59 am |
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Jim, I'm glad you got out! I like how you take us along on your hunts! Those are some GREAT finds!
HH,
Pepper
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:52:17 am |
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Jim those are some nice finds. Glad you could get out. Best luck to you.
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:55:07 am |
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Nice finds Jim. Was this location a camp or was there some fighting there?
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:56:46 am |
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Nice finds Jim. Was this location a camp or was there some fighting there?
A post... No fighting in this area beyond indians and settlers duking it out here and there. |
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Reply To This Topic #20 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 07:12:28 am |
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Great finds Jim...I think that thing under "lantern parts" looks like a vintage ladies hair curler Nice to see you out and about again! Gypsy I think you may be right... I'm going to take some more pics of that piece on the right and post it in whatsits... and I'll say you suggested it was a hair curler... It does have some moving parts. Let me add here - there were some family officer's members/wives living here too so this is a possibility. Some subsequent post infantry activity also lends your theory mucho credence. |
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Reply To This Topic #21 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 08:07:05 am |
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Well done, Jim!
I'm glad you got a window of opportunity in the weather out there. Bravo on all your finds, but finding three Eagle buttons in one day is spectacular. (Most I've ever gotten is two.) Well done! I always enjoy your posts.
Regards,
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Scrap IRON recovered and recycled since March 2008: 2660 lbs.
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Reply To This Topic #22 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 08:11:56 am |
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Great pics and love the finds. Looks like such a great area to dig and spend a day.
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I look foward to Coin Hunting anytime I get a chance...
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Reply To This Topic #23 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 08:22:42 am |
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Cool Eagles...Glad you got out and hunted. Nice pics
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Reply To This Topic #24 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 08:59:55 am |
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WoW, great post Jim with exceptional finds to boot. And thank you very much for the expert photography, marvelous, just marvelous. Thanks for sharing. |
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Reply To This Topic #25 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 09:05:45 am |
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Now that's an awesome site when ya got the buttons popping up outta the ground!  Great that you could get out there and find some keepers, Jim!! Super finds!!! Congrats~Nana |
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Reply To This Topic #26 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 09:29:43 am |
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I found several pounds of additional iron and other unmentionables, but nobody
wants to see that stuff. As always – thanks for taking the time to look!
I wanna see the "unmentionables"!!  I'm happy to see that you got out, Jimtana. Your posts are always the best with the right combination of story and pictures. Perfect for those of us who aren't very literate. Congrats on the butttony buttons and, of course, the sexiest square nails ever posted on Tnet.  |
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Reply To This Topic #27 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 09:35:23 am |
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Congrats Jim on getting out some, nice finds I enjoyed seeing them
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Reply To This Topic #28 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 10:03:17 am |
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I found several pounds of additional iron and other unmentionables, but nobody
wants to see that stuff. As always – thanks for taking the time to look!
Perfect for those of us who aren't very literate. Ha... thats why my spelling is so terrible! I like to help the other fella out a little bit. |
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Reply To This Topic #29 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 10:53:37 am |
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Great post. looks like a tranquil place to hunt.
Is the picture of the geese close up cut and enlarged from the other photo of them? If so what mega pixel is your camera?
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Reply To This Topic #30 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 11:21:55 am |
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nice finds i wish i could find stuff like that.... that unknown piece could that be the base to a old lantern or an old lamp just a thought  |
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Reply To This Topic #31 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 11:42:27 am |
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Great post. looks like a tranquil place to hunt.
Is the picture of the geese close up cut and enlarged from the other photo of them? If so what mega pixel is your camera?
It is tranquil Different pics... I zoomed for the close-up. It's a Canon PowerShot 5 mega pixels. 12x zoom. |
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Reply To This Topic #32 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 11:43:40 am |
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Montana Jim, outstanding group of finds.  have a good un......... SHERMANVILLE |
In the academies many books, at the circus many sacks of peanuts, at the club rooms many cigar butts.
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Reply To This Topic #33 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 04:00:44 pm |
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Hey Jim...Glad you were able to finally get out,that had to be killing you.Awesome job on the "eagle's" too.I'll trade you a "William's Cleaner" for an "Out West Eagle"  Too bad Wingman Tony couldn't join you for this one.Congrat's on the find's and HH!! |
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Reply To This Topic #34 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 04:16:14 pm |
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Nice buttons JIM I think you reached the expert level of metal detecting. I mean to find all that with a bounty hunter has to be an accomplishment |
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So many colonial sites to hunt....so little time.
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Reply To This Topic #35 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 04:28:07 pm |
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Awesome recoveries Jim. You've definitely got me jonesing for spring. Sounds and looks like a great site to hunt.
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Large copper total for 2008 --7
1797 Draped Bust large cent
1809 Classic Head half cent
1787 New Jersey copper (Maris 63-s variety)
1845 Braided hair large cent (holed)
1835 hard times token (Walsh's General Store)
No detail coppers--2
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Reply To This Topic #37 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 05:12:24 pm |
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Hey Big Jim. Welcome back to the field Some neat finds. I like the picture of the button sticking out of the ground. You are the king of eagle buttons and "sexy" nails. ;) Thanks for the great pictures. Congrats, Doug |
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Reply To This Topic #38 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:26:03 pm |
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Props to Bounty Hunter! LOL... Thanks for the back-up Nick! Doug - yea, I did good but your finds and posts leave me eating yer dust. Thanks again everyone... Thats a lotta love for some buttons and a thimble! |
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Reply To This Topic #39 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:31:10 pm |
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High fives ! Great digs from that site as usual.I wish the ground looked like that up here in Canada.......I;m jonesin' for a dig at my favorite ww1 camp site.Heres a pic of it from last summer.HH...Panz
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Reply To This Topic #40 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 06:34:17 pm |
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Thamks for posting the pics! You helped identify an officers shoulder scale. i dug one up and did'nt know what it was until now.glad I saved it!
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Reply To This Topic #41 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 07:40:19 pm |
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As Always, great digs my friend! ;) ;)
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Reply To This Topic #42 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 07:56:48 pm |
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Wow Jim, great finds as usual. You always tell all the interesting stuff too. I sure would have a great time up there. Thanks for sharing all the goodies
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Reply To This Topic #43 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 07:59:56 pm |
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3 Eagle Buttons In a day. that's what I call gettin'-r-done! WTG Montana |
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Reply To This Topic #44 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 08:26:15 pm |
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Jim amazing digs !! All looks like treasure to me Including the pic of yourself |
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Reply To This Topic #45 Posted Feb 21, 2008, 08:29:47 pm |
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Nice finds Jim,Looks like agreat place to be out and about diggin ! with the stuff that close to the surface maybe you should get the horses to wear rubber shoes and walk a little softer. ;)
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Reply To This Topic #46 Posted Feb 22, 2008, 05:32:40 pm |
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You are so cute in that picture.   LMAO Keep the passion high! Kirk |
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Reply To This Topic #47 Posted Feb 22, 2008, 05:37:54 pm |
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Very nice buttons there.
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Reply To This Topic #48 Posted Feb 22, 2008, 06:05:53 pm |
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Thanks again everyone...
Sir Issac KirkyPA... LOL... how ya been?
KirkTN - my best day out there was like six buttons and my buddy pulled five or six too... that was a few years ago.
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Reply To This Topic #49 Posted Feb 23, 2008, 09:46:23 am |
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Nice finds! WTG!
Cheers and HH,
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Chippewa Falls
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Reply To This Topic #50 Posted Feb 24, 2008, 02:19:01 pm |
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very nice
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Reply To This Topic #51 Posted Feb 24, 2008, 03:06:13 pm |
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Montana Jim , Wow,nice pic's and finds. Hope to see more-Like that old buckle to match those buttons!! |
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