Sundays Cellar hole... Rev War Button, Silver Cuff Links, King George and more

Dave and I received an invite from a great Kid named John. He lives in Mass and wanted to hunt with us on some privately owned property that is in his family. When I heard "Private Property" my mind began seeing visions of sugar plums:daydream:

The 1st site was tucked just behind a field stone wall adjacent to a large open field and was barely visible to the naked eye. Within the 1st few mins a got a very iffy signal that sounded good from one angle and bad from another. Four inches later and out pops a pair of colonial brass cuff links that still had an intact figure eight iron link

Buttons, buttons, and more buttons were popping out of the ground and a total of 24 found their way under my coil. We started wondering when coins would start showing themselves and that's when John called me over to help him locate a target. As I was making my way towards him, I got a nice signal, marked it with my lesche, then continued on to help John. Back to where I marked that signal, I pulled out the 1st and only coin from the site. It was a 1729 or 1739 KG II with a gorgeous patina.

A while later, I stopped to chat with Dave and when I turned to walk away from him, I got a low Vdi target that I assumed was going to be another tombac. To my surprise I found a Revolutionary War pewter button sitting in my palm. It seems to be a 2nd Regiment Mass button but I need to confirm this. It is my 1st Rev War button dug:happydance01: Later on after finding a shoe buckle frame I noticed dark setting in bringing an end to the day but a few more sweeps of the coil was when I heard a high vdi target that sounded more like an Indian head penny. Then I saw an octagon shape with a shiny edge at the bottom of the hole and pulled out my 2nd set of cufflinks on the day but this time they were silver!:shocked05: What a great day of hunting which was all made possible by John sending us the invite:clapping:

:shocked03: wow what a hunt Todd , the "Thomas 2nd Regimental" button is a spectacular piece of early history erfect10: take care of it that pewter it likes to crumble apart very easily. greta copper and the silver cufflinks are beautiful. great hunt:notworthy:


the 1775 2nd Massachusett regiment. it consolidated with Cotton's 4th regiment to form the 23rd Continental regiment of the Continental Army in 1776.

sweet hunt Todd! congrats on your 1st Rev War button.love the cufflinks too! I'll talk to John & see if we can go back to that site for a few hours in the morning

:congrats:erfect10:

del said:

:shocked03: wow what a hunt Todd , the "Thomas 2nd Regimental" button is a spectacular piece of early history erfect10: take care of it that pewter it likes to crumble apart very easily. greta copper and the silver cufflinks are beautiful. great hunt:notworthy:


the 1775 2nd Massachusett regiment. it consolidated with Cotton's 4th regiment to form the 23rd Continental regiment of the Continental Army in 1776.

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Thanks Dan, I did not even clean the button with anything. I just sealed it in hair spray when I got home. Thanks for the info on the 2nd regiment. Do you feel it's definitely Massachusetts?

Thiltzy said:

Thanks for the info on the 2nd regiment. Do you feel it's definitely Massachusetts?

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yes that particular button and the 2nd regiment was part of "Massachusett's Grand Army of 1775" not to be confused with the 2nd Massachusetts regiment of 1781

My gosh what an awesome hunt that was...lovely buttons, cuff links and coin...just incredible!

So much to look at Todd! I've never found silver cuff-links, those are sweet. I don't know where the emoticons are with this new forum system but I'd use lots of OMG ones lol

:wow: What a hunt Todd! Love the Regimental button! :notworthy:

Freekin Awesome Hunt Todd! I've been dying to dig a Rev war Military Button for some time.

del said:

yes that particular button and the 2nd regiment was part of "Massachusett's Grand Army of 1775" not to be confused with the 2nd Massachusetts regiment of 1781

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Thanks Bell

chief5709 said:

:wow: What a hunt Todd! Love the Regimental button! :notworthy:

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I love the Rev War button also Thanks Drew

The Rebel said:

Freekin Awesome Hunt Todd! I've been dying to dig a Rev war Military Button for some time.

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It is always great going to a site that you have a good feeling about and then bringing it to fruition Roger. I always wanted to dig a Rev war relic also

Monumental hunt, Todd! :wow:

So many incredible finds! That King George II is in terrific shape! Love the silver cufflinks! The Revolutionary War button is a spectacular piece of history!

Even the flat buttons are a wonder to behold. Such intricate hand-tooled designs on them.

Congrats on the great hunt! erfect10:

Holy smokes! That was an epic hunt!:congrats:

Congrats on a super button :loveit: Usually we don't see the pewter buttons hold up that well. Gorgeous piece of history...and them silver cufflinks aren't to shabby either

Hey Todd.received my book I won today in the mail.looked up your button.here she is along with a story on the 2nd Rgmt

Wow! That was the hunt we all dream about, Good for you.