Not Bad For A Hunch And An Hour Or Two

[F350Platinum]

It's a shame relic season is over for me, but today I managed to get a short hunt in on some property behind my house I have permission to. Someone bought it and bush hogged it recently, so I went back there to check it out. It doesn't get cleared often.

It's only about an acre or so. I've found old buttons here in the past, Tombac and brass, so I went out for a while to see if I could find anything.

First target was this incredible old round button, probably the oldest I've ever found.

The shank appears to be integral, and somehow it doesn't seem to be two piece.

I found a large piece of brass kettle about two feet down with some oyster shells, and nearby it was a complete shoe buckle. You can see the kettle bit in the trash, I didn't throw it out:

Altogether I got 3 really old things, the button, the buckle, and a piece of broken metal I believe to be Pewter.

The buckle is one of the few intact ones I have found and dates from 1600-1650.

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spectacle_buckle_(FindID_590443).jpg

[JCR]

Vigilance is a detecting virtue. Glad you were able to hunt it. There should be more there.

[rvpopeye]

🤔 One thing comes to mind for yet another property in the neighborhood.

Paraphrasing Oliver from Laurel and Hardy ........

"Well Stanley, here's another fine permission you've gotten yourself into ! "

May you live long enough to clean out them all !🖖

Keep it up and you're gonna have to start cloning Chase ! 😜

 

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I like the site terrain pix.  It brings the viewer into the lay-of-the-land, the feel, etc....