Flat button

[born2hunt]

A friend hooked me up with a new spot yesterday. This homestead dates way back, possibly late 1700's. He pounded the place pretty hard and said that it produced alot of old coins so I have hope that the explorer can find a few more. The house is unoccupied but the lawn is kept mowed. I went back that day for about an hour and found an1876 indian head. I went to bed dreaming of what else might be there.
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I got an early start today and went at it for about five hours, I was in factory preset all morning. I didn't find any coins today but I made a few interesting finds including a really nice flat button, my first. Anyone know of a good web source about Flat buttons?

 

[utahshovelhead]

Hi,
Might want to try that Hertzog Exunumia site. (doubt I spelled it right)
Hey I really like the purple frizbee but with that E trac you might need a bucket!

good luck
utahshovelhead

 

[onemore]

n/t

 

[Don in SJ]

Your button is a commonly found brass type, not the tombac type from the late 1700s, they are always nice to find, but your best find is that buckle! Here is a link to look at for something similar to yours, it also is at least from the 1700s.

http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/bucklepage20.htm

Forgot to add, by the indicated size of the buckle it is most likely a knee buckle, not a shoe buckle.


Don

 

[born2hunt]

Onemore, By Tombac I'm guessing you mean the maker? The back of the button is void of any markings so I guess it's a generic. Here are some better pics.
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Don, thanks for the info, I wasn't even sure that it was a buckle.


Steve

 

[Don in SJ]

Tombac, sometimes look like shiny pewter or even like silver, most people who find them don't even realize at times that under the thick crud is a beautiful button, sometimes with a beautiful design! Sometimes the buttons come out like a shiny Mercury dime does but a lot of times they are heavily coated and need a good peroxide bath and qtip work to remove the crud to reveal the beautiful shiny button underneath. The Tombacs along with the large flat colonial type you found usually have not backmarks, since backmarks did not become commonplace till about 1796,although some buttons had backmarks in the middle later 1700s.

http://www.chippewanaturecenter.com/Oxbow/tombac%20buttons.htm

Don