Great day metal detecting

I found 7 wheat cents, a 1898 barber dime, a 1919 mercury dime, 2 pocket watches, a silver pin and a us button that I need help identifying. I don’t know much about buttons so please help. Thanks

 

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Good on you Noah! Did you find everything in one area?

 

Yes I found it all in one area. I had more wheat penny's but I have already mixed them in with the others I have found in the past.

 

Nice!

What general kind of area? Beach, park, or ?

 

That button looks like a Civil War button. I'm about 99% sure of that.

Great find!!


Thanks,

 

I'm sure you probably already know this but...if you have your detector set to reject tin and iron, dig deeper when you get hits for this. Many times there may be something bigger covering something smaller. A horseshoe may be hiding a coin under it for instance. Most old dumps were layered so don't always trust the detector. I go with my gut instincts. Surface dumps can be very misleading I have found. You can start by finding stuff from the 60's on top and the deeper you dig the older everything gets. Try dating the watch by bringing it to a jeweler. This may give you a better idea of the era you are in. I'm guessing you are somewhere near the WW 1 era at this point.

 

Yes I found it all in one area. I had more wheat penny's but I have already mixed them in with the others I have found in the past.

1800s house.

 

The owner said the house was built in the late 1700s I have a Victorian era pin that I found to but I think I left somewhere where I cant find it. I find it though I will show you.

 

I have a Garrett ace 200 and I'm saving to get a Garrett at max.

 

Not too shabby with the finds Noah.......

 

You’re doing better with your 200 than I’ve done with my 300.

 

I see no buttons in the three photos?

If the “button” is in the second photo, then that artifact is a WWI US collar disk (enlisted variety).

If there is a button, you can send me a photo. I have been collecting ancient, medieval, and military buttons for over twenty years, and I can likely ID it for you.

 

Hi, the collar disk is what I thought was a button. Thanks for the ID. Any time I get any more buttons that I don't know what they are......... I will forward them to you!

 

Hi, lordmarcovan in the the summer I will keep working the site and keep on posting! These all come a yard not a field so I will have to work more in the town.