2 complete shoe buckles,1807 Draped bust, 1787 conn, king george 5 dandy buttons

[foundation hunter]

What a day this has been,found a foundation on the maps went to check it out its water department land as i was pulling in, there was a couple of guys standing there that work for the water department,I explaned to them that there was a foundation down this dead end road.After explaining to them what i do they said go right ahead.Well i parked my car off to the side and walked in. Sure enough there it was in the middle of a field grass is to high,so i continued down the road about a mile and stumbled on a foundation not even on the maps and never detected,thank u lord,i found 2 complete shoe buckles, 5 dandy buttons,1787 conn,king george 11,1807 draped bust,1 concave button,1 pewter button with design.an a thimble,spent 8 hours here and just scratched the surface.

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow, what a terrific hunt! :wow:

Incredible coins, buttons and buckles! (And look at that gnarly tree!) I love the old coppers, especially the 1807 Draped Bust! :loveit:

It sounds like you have found a terrific site to hunt, and best of all you have permission to be there.

Hit that place hard and often! thumbsup01

[Merc]

Fantastic hunt :congrats:

[wild willy]

ya the first thing i noticed was that tree. it screams old. awesome hunt. willy

[chief5709]

Now that's what I'm talking about :perfect10: Love hunting colonial! Congrats on your finds.

[OxShoeDrew]

Sounds like a once in a lifetime site! I hope there is lots of land to cover that will keep you busy for some time. Congrats on great finds.

[RobW]

I have to start cellar hole hunting! Just don't like the ticks........

Those are some great finds! Congrats!

[Fire Fighter 43]

:wow: Those are some great finds, WTG |:cheering:

[del]

:shocked04:stretcher: great site Gary , congrats on the coppers :smitten: :smitten: very sweet buckles :loveit: :loveit: couple of those dandy buttons are beautiful . |:cheering: |:cheering:

[foundation hunter]

Dan can you give some info on that conn.
thanks gary

[del]

Dan can you give some info on that conn.
thanks gary


sorry Gary was out camping over the weekend ..

hey could you post some better pictures (maybe with the light source off to the side so it cast across the coin) it will help create the shadow i may need to id it . also can you take a magnify glass and confirm if the symbols between the words are cinquifoils(little five pionted and star or flower like) or pheons ( tiny little arrow-like ) or other .i may have narrowed the coin down but just can't confirm it .

Dan

[milco]

Great finds, congrats on a great hunt!

[aloldstuff]

What a great hunt, those are definately some keepers. Love the buckle and coins

[foundation hunter]

Dan heres a better picture,dan i found this 1 piece button today with dave we think it might be 1700s.
thanks gary

[del]

hey Gary i'm pretty sure its a Miller 36-I.1.


heres a link to a picture of one (third coin down on the page ) its onlyand ag-3 condition so its not really a great example .
http://www.harfordcoin.com/coins_us.html

heres a better one
[url=http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1147&lotNo=7078]http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1147&lotNo=707:dontknow:/url]

Dan

[foundation hunter]

Dan could that be a snipe nose it weighs 10.02 grams.

[del]

no Gary the snipe-nose variety has a very pronounced sharp nose caused by a die-crack error. like this one

[foundation hunter]

Any ideas on that button.

[del]

Any ideas on that button.


is it atleast as big as a quarter or larger ?? if yes i'd agree its 1700's |:cheering:

[foundation hunter]

its the size of a quarter what do you think that rope means .

[del]

Gary its in rough shape and without seeing the complete design it would be hard to speculate anything more than it being a nice fancy button for its day.