Cal_Cobra Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 4 hours ago, JCR said: Your comment about the effect cattle ranging has on artifacts reminded me that the old time gun makers use to use cow urine to Brown Rust their barrels & iron gun furniture. That's interesting. I suppose it may have a desirable effect on iron, but it really destroys silver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UT Dave Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 20 hours ago, Tom_in_CA said: Re. the type shank on Brian's silver button (which is same as on my flat plain button). According to this chart, they would be the type A shank. Which , as you can see, is 1700s. Nice ! Saving this for future, err, current - going for bag of buttons now - use. Thanks! - Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 You two are finding some really interesting items . Research does pay off !? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbert Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Nice finds Brian. The Number 2 cuff button was assigned to the "Kings Regiment". The number 28 coat button was assigned to the "trou Regiment". El 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Fantastic finds, and yeah, that looks like the guts of a Chinese lock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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