Riggler

49 minutes ago, Chip CT said:

I think that is a cool find, I do see where you think it could be an eagle but I think its a little to far gone for me to see it. I found a similar button around an 1830 gristmill site in Connecticut it has the shank attached and is 14mm across. Looks like two piece. I didn’t try to identify it as it has a similar amount of corrosion.

Yep!!!! That’s a similar look for sure!

Yes I agree with the two piece theory kac. Were you able to watch the video?

I am wondering if you see the eagle that I see... or am I just seeing what I want to see.

As it is magnetic and surrounding soil was tainted orange, I’m confident it is iron. My research says iron buttons were either much earlier, or much later. The rest of my finds on this site have been earlier, circa 1770-Civil War.

Thanks!

Hi,

Just bumping this thread to see if anyone is able to look at the video I posted to help identify this button.

Thanks so much!

Hi all,

I uploaded a video here so you can see what I mean. I hope this shows you in better detail what I was seeing!

This is after toothpicking, before a light coat of mineral oil to preserve. Is there a way I can post a video here? In video you can really see what I’m talking about! 
 

What time period were iron buttons made??

It does attract a magnet!

Here is the back side with the shank loop.

Hi all,

Can anyone help me identify this button I just dug? The tavern site is circa 1740 in NJ. Depth 10". Button measures 15mm in diameter. I believe I see an eagle, with its head turned to the left, two wings open, and two feet at the bottom. I can feel these details with my toothpick as well. In a short video clip you can see this better than in this picture.

Corrosion was orange dirt that didn't give me much trouble toothpicking off, but you can see she's pretty corroded. Pewter? The loop shank on the back is crushed against the back of the button. Nothing legible as far as backmark. I think it might be revolutionary period, however I also did dig a Civil War officers button here as well.

Thank you!

Damian

On 3/14/2020 at 12:20 PM, Hardtimehermit said:

I think # 3 is from the Waterbury company, look them up. It's a real beauty, nice hunting.

The only thing is I can’t find a Waterbury with a backmark of Feine Qual. What makes you think it is a Waterbury?

Niiiiiice!

15 minutes ago, Hardtimehermit said:

I think # 3 is from the Waterbury company, look them up. It's a real beauty, nice hunting.

Thank you!! I will start googling!

Hello all! This is my first post here. I’m from eastern PA and I am on my 3rd detector and just love this hobby.

So I have some challenging buttons here, and a couple of other artifacts. It took me a while to take the pictures and get this together.

#1 and 2 I dug on two separate farm sites. #2 is small and was veeeery deep, like 10-11” deep. It has a strange shank that appears to be curled down from the top. I think it’s very old and I want to believe I might see an Eagle in there. You can just make out stars or dots around the edge of it. Badly corroded. I have no idea how to clean these up. I just used an old toothbrush and some water gently, then mineral oil to preserve.

I can’t make out the backmark on #1 but it’s gorgeous - civilian?? Age??

#3 I is not dug and I snagged from an Etsy listing I stumbled on. Backmark reads “Feine Qual”, and there is a little paint remaining in the stripes on the front shield!

4 (broken) and 5-6 are large and small flat buttons from the farm site. 4 has a backmark I can’t make out, this one has brownish rust...

7-8 A musketball and minie ball??? Any ideas as to age??! I’m thinking 1850ish but I’m not an expert!

Thanks for any information on these, and happy hunting!