Doc Bach Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 No show stoppers here that's for sure but enough to keep me out there poking around and from getting jaded.The detecting is real tuff in my neck of the woods this summer do to the wet winter and over abundance of ground cover.Small coils and working the bare spots underneath trees and where the deer and other critters have been bedding down and feeding.A couple of buttons to show and a cheapo what I call a trade era ring and some what are probably Hudson Bay Venetian trade beads and a few other pieces of history. This Is The Third Infantry Button That I Have Pulled From This Site. No Back Mark. A Nice Quarter Sized Bow Wow Button Iron Tinned Back The Trade Ring So Called No Stone Or Glass Setting I have found a fair amount of these types of rings through the decades and some had glass and a others had garnets as their settings.Just so that I would not have to second guess myself I brought out my XP # 5 gold classifier that I keep on hand for these kind of sites a dug all around and screened the dirt where I dug it.No luck on the setting but I did get into a pretty good bunch of trade beads.I will be returning with my real 1/4 inch mesh sifter soon and move some serious dirt. Beads After A Soaking And Cleaned Up The Broken Ones Are Called White Hearts And They Seldom Come Out Of The Ground Intact Around Here. Some Early Glass Shards Circa 1850's Early 1860's The Piece In The Center Has Clearly Knapped On I Have Found A Number Of These Also Through The Years At Different Locations And They All Made From The Bases Of Early Black Glass Bottles And Are Crecent Shaped. Thats All For Now Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Those are all very interesting finds. Thanks for giving the background information to put them in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Looks like a good hunt no matter how you feel about it. The button is really nice and the ring was a bonus. Was the ring silver or just metal? Good luck on your next outing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Great finds. A great spot to hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Awesome finds, Doc, well done! Those all look like show stoppers to me, great hunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said: Awesome finds, Doc, well done! Those all look like show stoppers to me, great hunt! Thanks Captain! Buttons have always been one of my favorite things to detect. Coins come pretty hard at some of these sites in the Northern part of the state as the people were awful poor.They had money but were very careful with it.Nothing like the gold rush camps to the east or missions and spanish sites to the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim tn Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Nice batch of interesting finds and history update. Great buttons! HH jim tn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 19 hours ago, Valens Legacy said: Looks like a good hunt no matter how you feel about it. The button is really nice and the ring was a bonus. Was the ring silver or just metal? Good luck on your next outing. Not sure about the metal on this one V L? There is a mark clearly visible inside of the band it's a either a 6 or 9 and retains some gold gilt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PI-Man Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Great Finds Doc. I like the finding buttons too. That Dog button is really neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D&P-OR Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Neat finds Doc.---Thanks for sharing & the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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