Nokta Fors Relic = SCORE!!

Just out for a short 1.5 hr hunt today (cloudy w/temps around 45 and winds blowin 15/20 outta the NW) = COLD and not fun

but

it paid off BIG time!

Had the FR out with the 5" coil runnin DI2 - 0 imask, 0 IDmask, iron vol. 3, sens pushin 75, tone break 13

swinging through some NASTY iron where 2 houses and a PO sat in 1850s - 1870s

got a slight fuzzy high tone mixed in the iron hitting only one way so I dug and out popped a button

Didn't know we had rebs up here in Michigan!

Awesome save Wayne!!! Very nice patina to boot.

Very nice Artillery button, great green patina...congratz

Super Nice Dig Wayne!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whats a RARE Yes RARE Confederate Button doing in Michigan..LOL!!

That's a Cuff size R and an Import button to boot ..collectors call that the butterfly back...

They fetch a Good penny..

yours has nice even patina and no dent no pushes...

the 10 year old price guide has it at 800.00

yours with no shank but is slick Green like that is no joke..still even with economy in the tank I would surmise it could fetch 750.00 to a collector..

harder backmark and size to obtain..

Now wonder why that button went north????????

Souvenir ??? Transplant???

Isnt it amazing!!!

I'm in awe of your find!!

WAY TO GO!!!

Here's a sthe price guide from 10 years ago..


that RELIC machine IS a Relic machine is it not!!

It just paid for itself..

Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2016 11:51PM by Keith Southern.

What a terrific find!!! That is one beautiful button, congrats!
Jeff

Great find. That's a beauty. Old timers called it body green patina.

Congrats on your button..

Very nice looking too.

Whew wee!! What a button!! Congrats! I was going to post my finds but they will pale in comparison to that so no need.

WOW! Congratulations on a great find!!!


Dean

Nice find. Congrats. I hope I find a CW button.

Rick

Nice score, paid for the FR with one button

Cal_cobra Wrote:
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> Nice score, paid for the FR with one button



Thanks Cal -- gotta LOVE these (as someone put it here) = $700 waste of $$ machines!

And thanks everyone else for all the "adda boy's"

A big thanks to Keith for the valued insight/information on the button

I'm still on cloud 9 over diggin such a rare button here in Michigan... When it popped out of the hole I thought it was a toy or fake at 1st but then it dawned on me that I may have something special so I packed up and headed for home to see what I really have!

Wow nice!! Where exactly did you find that lmao seriously though that is an amazing find! In Ohio here have found some nice buttons but nothing of value. Great job!

I sure wasn't expecting THAT! Awesome find, Wayne. Congrats!
Might have been picked up off a battlefield. Might have been exchanged at the end of the war. Who knows?
It truly is amazing what you can find just by putting that coil to the soil. ANYWHERE! Gotta love it.

Wayne

Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)

Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/2016 06:03PM by ncwayne.

Hi Wayne,,,,Way to go that's a spectacular find..........JJ

SON!! That is one Sweet save Wayne! You did great one that one, may have been a souvenir from a yankwe troop. That's on a ton of bucket list....WTG!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/2016 02:57PM by Tom41.

Thanks basstrackerman, ncwayne, jimmyjive and Tom41

I'm still on cloud 9 today too

This Ghost Town has produced some fantastic finds over/throughout the yrs!

In the past I've found that Gold $1 out there, several Large cents, shield nickels, Injuns galore, Seated pieces, several buttons (both civilian AND CW/military), 2 cent pieces, cool buckles, and more

but

this button is hands down the BEST find made out there in all the yrs I've hunted it (the $1 gold comes close) but not quite the same!

That is a score and then some

LowBoy

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