Tuesday was a total bust here as all it did was rain all day.
The only bright spot was the mailman made a timely delivery.
My favorite digging tool had developed a crack.
I knew that it was worn down by all of the use I put it through but this is ridiculous.
Once the old one is repaired I will have a spare. Wednesday saw me flying solo.
The first find of the day. It was a mystery to me when I found it.
My friend Micheal did a google search while I was still in the field and said.
"It is a very possible and a definite maybe that it might be military or maybe not".
roger provided the explanation of what it truly was. http://boutonsweb.fr/collectionboutons/Militaire.htm
"In case you haven’t managed to read the button inscription, it’s “ETATS MAJORS ET RECRUTEMENT”. The phrase “états-majors” means “staff” and is generally only used in a military context. So, it is indeed a military button, but an administrative one rather than relating to active service. That particular pattern was in use by the Office of the Secretary of Staff for recruitment and reserves in the French army between 1875-1914. Gilded buttons were worn by non-commissioned officers and plain brass (copper alloy) for other ranks. That’s a pretty unusual find, I think."
The last keeper of the day was much easier to identify. On Thursday I made one more attempt to help Dave find his first silver coin.
Unfortunately that did not happen.
Not only did neither of us find a silver coin but we both had $20 parking tickets on our windshields when we returned to the cars.
I did manage to find a couple of goodies.
The first was a heart breaker though.
It looked good coming out of the ground. My nitro moment turned into tears when I found out that NEMO was fake.
The only bright spot was the mailman made a timely delivery.
My favorite digging tool had developed a crack.
I knew that it was worn down by all of the use I put it through but this is ridiculous.
Once the old one is repaired I will have a spare. Wednesday saw me flying solo.
The first find of the day. It was a mystery to me when I found it.
My friend Micheal did a google search while I was still in the field and said.
"It is a very possible and a definite maybe that it might be military or maybe not".
roger provided the explanation of what it truly was. http://boutonsweb.fr/collectionboutons/Militaire.htm
"In case you haven’t managed to read the button inscription, it’s “ETATS MAJORS ET RECRUTEMENT”. The phrase “états-majors” means “staff” and is generally only used in a military context. So, it is indeed a military button, but an administrative one rather than relating to active service. That particular pattern was in use by the Office of the Secretary of Staff for recruitment and reserves in the French army between 1875-1914. Gilded buttons were worn by non-commissioned officers and plain brass (copper alloy) for other ranks. That’s a pretty unusual find, I think."
The last keeper of the day was much easier to identify. On Thursday I made one more attempt to help Dave find his first silver coin.
Unfortunately that did not happen.
Not only did neither of us find a silver coin but we both had $20 parking tickets on our windshields when we returned to the cars.
I did manage to find a couple of goodies.
The first was a heart breaker though.
It looked good coming out of the ground. My nitro moment turned into tears when I found out that NEMO was fake.
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