Two Hundred Year Old House!

[Bell-Two]

On Thursday Diane and I went to hunt a park, found much clad including a first for me a clad Kennedy Half, after two silver halves, Barber and Walker I finally got a clad half lol! Sunday Doug joined Diane and I to check this park out a bit more, after 45 minutes we thought it was time to move on. Drove out a bit in the country saw a nice old house stopped and did a door knock the owner quickly gave us permission to hunt this 1811 house! Doug went one direction while Diane and I went the other, and as usual Doug made the good choice virtually a few feet from the car he hits an 1849 Large Cent which had two holes in it, I told Doug I thought it was made into a button as the holes are precisely in the right spot for that. I found an old button quite large big as a silver dollar, it had a flower motif engraved on the front looks to be quite old. Doug Circling around the house scored another Large Cent this time an 1849 and about ten feet from that he dug a Two Cent piece followed by a 1913-D Wheatie. I then dug another button which looks as though it may have been silver plated with a glass insert with a star inside it, very unusual looking. Doug then got his second Two Cent piece and a few minutes later I finished up the finds with a very nice 1903 Indian. Could not film while digging as there were quite a few kids around but all is in the wrap up. The owner invited us back anytime as we have much more ground to hunt, there was much iron around and it was odd to dig a target and about three inches down to find an old brick complete! So our hunt totaled eight cents total found but they were a good 8 cents!

I was told the big button dates from the late 1700's can any of you button experts help me out on that?

Hunting With Bell-Two #65 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EHZY3t7-g#ws)

[aloldstuff]

What a great site. glad to see that you were invited back. Very nice hunt and can't wait for the next one. Congrats on some keepers

[Tony Two-Cent]

Fantastic hunt! WOW! Great finds! |:confused:)

HEAVYMETALNUT found a large cent recently with very similar holes. (See pic below.) I mentioned that I thought it must have been used as a button, but he stated that it was too heavy for a button and was likely used as a popular toy made with round objects and a string called buzzers or whirligigs. This seems much more likely.

http://www.historylives.com/toysandgames.htm

http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7054.0;attach=1461 1;image

[Bell-Two]

[quote=Tony Two-Cent link=topic=7181.msg83197#msg83197 date=1317056173]
Fantastic hunt! WOW! Great finds! |:confused:)

HEAVYMETALNUT found a large cent recently with very similar holes. (See pic below.) I mentioned that I thought it must have been used as a button, but he stated that it was too heavy for a button and was likely used as a popular toy made with round objects and a string called buzzers or whirligigs. This seems much more likely.

Thanks so much I believe you are exactly right about that Thanks!

[bob_e99]

Fantastic hunt! WOW! Great finds! |:confused:)

HEAVYMETALNUT found a large cent recently with very similar holes. (See pic below.) I mentioned that I thought it must have been used as a button, but he stated that it was too heavy for a button and was likely used as a popular toy made with round objects and a string called buzzers or whirligigs. This seems much more likely.

http://www.historylives.com/toysandgames.htm

http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7054.0;attach=1461 1;image


Back in the 50's we used large buttons.

Awesome hunt and what a great site. I would have heart palpatations just thinking about detecting a site like that.

[JTGOLD]

very good hunt and thoes 2 centers look to be in great shape,nice IH and LC too,wtg.

[Beefcake]

Wow, what a great hunt! I think those big buttons were called cloak buttons:huh: Heavymetalnut and the boys from NE know all about them...Don't get many like that around here! Great job!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

the large floral button is late 1700's and called a cloak or dandy button.the glass centered one i'm not sure could be mid 1800's to victorian era.
i truly believe these double holed large cents were toys
see below.nice finds dude!~
http://www.mackinacparks.com/Userfiles/File/Games.pdf

[milco]

Very nice hunt, great old coin finds and the button is a a beauty also!

[Beefcake]

You know, that star in the middle of that glass insert button almost looks like a 3 cent piece:huh:

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

third picture down on left on this site
http://www.mckanes.biz/