Ahhh, Relics! Surprise Of The Year (so Far)

[F350Platinum]

I drove by one of my permissions a couple days ago, noticed it had been cleared of corn and at least bush hogged. 🥳 Got in touch with Chase, and invited him down to hunt part of the place that was largely unexplored.

For most of the morning we found nothing but aluminum and bits of cans. My trash was ridiculous:

The baseball was a sight pick. 😀 We were both using the Deus 2, aluminum was unmercifully coming up anywhere from the 50s to the 80s. 🤬 Brutal! Got some steel and aluminum that even hit the 90s. 😵 I was switching between a modified general program and using a modified relic program to verify iron, so I didn't get too much of that. On aluminum I did it the other way. Still dug a lot of it.

Here are most of the finds, a giant dandy button, an unusual rein guide, the toes of a bronze statue (hollow), two dimes, both modern, an unidentifiable large stud still attached to the leather, and some sort of whatzit that seems to be pewter:

I have no idea what this is.

The Dandy button is huge, shown with a dime for scale:

Sadly no backmarks.

Ok I put you through all this to get to my find of the day, I was walking up to talk with Chase, and got a 75. I don't find Civil war relics much, so this was a shock, and the justification for digging all that aluminum:

Civil war lined "C" Cavalry button, no backmarks:

Still has the shank anyway. Chase told me these are rare and a serious find, when I looked it up I found this page:

I'm sure it's only worth a fraction of that due to its condition, but it sure made the day along with the big dandy.

It's always fun to hunt with a friend, Chase got some good stuff too!

[Rick N. MI]

Some good hunting. Great to see the cw button. I wonder how all that aluminum trash got out there.

[F350Platinum]

33 minutes ago, Rick N. MI said:

Some good hunting. Great to see the cw button. I wonder how all that aluminum trash got out there.

Thanks Rick!

It's a common theme here, lots of farmers load up the combines and tractors with beer 🤣 that and 50 feet in from the road is terrible for all the stuff that gets thrown out and shredded. 🤬

[Troy E]

That Calvary button is sweet!

Nice finds.

[JCR]

Very neat Confederate button. I would think there are more period items there.

Could your whatzit be a cleat to tighten a rope like on a tent?

[abenson]

Nice find, too bad it's damaged. Even so I would be over the moon to find one of those buttons.

[F350Platinum]

25 minutes ago, JCR said:

Very neat Confederate button. I would think there are more period items there.

Could your whatzit be a cleat to tighten a rope like on a tent?

Could be. It has a hole through the groove, I thought it was some kind of cinch. 

[F350Platinum]

30 minutes ago, abenson said:

Nice find, too bad it's damaged. Even so I would be over the moon to find one of those buttons.

Thanks ! Chase told me it was a serious find. I rarely find Civil war relics around here, a few buttons and a spur or two. Many participated but no known musters.

The area we were hunting once had a barn standing there, it is now across the road.

[kac]

Couldn't ask for a better day too, way to go!

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice digs!  Your CW reb button is one we'll never dig on the left coast, congrats!