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The City of Hamilton is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. We further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
05/02/2026
The spot my Son and I call the Button Forest has certainly been crazy this spring so far.
An area I had not detected before behind the forest had coins literally scattered everywhere.
Five trips there over a few weeks, and I have dug over 80 coins so far.
-8 Quarters 1904-1953
-9 Dimes 1911-1949
-6 Nickels 1927-1949, including my first 1945 US 35% silver War Nickel
-42 Canadian Pennies 1932-1952
-17 US Wheat Cents
1926-1951
Oddly enough, there were ZERO old buttons in this area but 18 silvers in this one spot is crazy.
09/23/2025
Little forest hunt on Sunday turned up a couple old buttons including a Tomback circa 1760-1790 with the iron wire eye still intact.
Probably been in the ground for around 250 years but cleaned up super nice.
09/23/2025
Interesting find by my son Nick at an old fair ground.
Nice old military badge from the Disabled American Veterans -World War-
As a military collector, I love when we save little bits of History like this from the ground.
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