ToySoldier
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I'm on vacation in New Jersey and after getting skunked at an old small town park near where I'm staying I was finally able to get away for half a day to detect on a private farm along the Delaware River. I found the 1907 Indian Head on the shore within about 30 minutes of starting and the buckle in one of the last holes on the farm.
The button on the left appears to be older than any of the flat buttons I've personally dug back home in Kentucky. The button is worn and thin and the shank is a simple lump of metal with a wire running through it. You can still see a bit of the wire on each side.
The button in the middle has an odd shank I've never seen before. At first I thought the shank was crushed to the side, but after cleaning it the shank appears to be broken off with a solid offset rectangle left behind. It has a glimmer of gold color on the edges.
The button on the right is smaller and very similar to what I've dug back home. The simple loop shank is broken off.
On the shore I eyeballed three rocks that I thought might be native tools. I was told plenty of arrowheads have been found in this area, but I came up empty handed. I'm fairly certain the flat roundish stone was a tool. The two notches still appear to have marks on them like they've been worked and the edges are very thin. The two long, slender stones stood out from the rest. The one on the right seems more likely of the two with an edge and indentation down its length that doesn't seem natural. If they had marks on them they would have been smoothed out long ago from being tumbled in the river.
Thanks to Andrew from the Naughty Dog Treasures and Relic Recoverist Youtube channels for the lead on the property.
The button on the left appears to be older than any of the flat buttons I've personally dug back home in Kentucky. The button is worn and thin and the shank is a simple lump of metal with a wire running through it. You can still see a bit of the wire on each side.
The button in the middle has an odd shank I've never seen before. At first I thought the shank was crushed to the side, but after cleaning it the shank appears to be broken off with a solid offset rectangle left behind. It has a glimmer of gold color on the edges.
The button on the right is smaller and very similar to what I've dug back home. The simple loop shank is broken off.
On the shore I eyeballed three rocks that I thought might be native tools. I was told plenty of arrowheads have been found in this area, but I came up empty handed. I'm fairly certain the flat roundish stone was a tool. The two notches still appear to have marks on them like they've been worked and the edges are very thin. The two long, slender stones stood out from the rest. The one on the right seems more likely of the two with an edge and indentation down its length that doesn't seem natural. If they had marks on them they would have been smoothed out long ago from being tumbled in the river.
Thanks to Andrew from the Naughty Dog Treasures and Relic Recoverist Youtube channels for the lead on the property.
