I am normally a coin hunter, but...

[Anonymous]

...sometimes you find other things. Here's a couple of items I found this month in a mid-1800's area. The IH is in there only for size reference.
The flat button says "RICH GOLD COLOUR" with two leaves below. It must've had a nice gold gilt at one time. Anyone know what company made this?
The other bullet kinda looks like a minie, but it seems compressed. It's large enough, but it is not hollow; it's got a kinda cone-shaped inside. I've never found a minie around here (Chicago).
HH,
Mike

 

[Anonymous]

YA I mostly hunt for coins, but ya get what you get and sometimes you get surprised.

 

[Anonymous]

The bullet looks like a fired 3-ringer 58 cal Union minnie. Not sure on the button, but I would say it was Civil War era.
If you look at the link below, there are a few there that resemble yours. Post it on the Relic forum and you'll get a postitive ID.

 

[Anonymous]

I dug this button from about 11" down with my CZ-70 in an old yard in Oceanview Virginia.
It's Georgius Rex, 1st Regiment...thus the "G1R". It's Revolutionary War. Looks amazingly like yours, except for the part where yours looks so much better. You don't find them everyday.

 

[Anonymous]

Thats great Iv'e tryied to research the button but I could not find a match.
I only knew it was from the 1700s.

 

[Anonymous]

This is the back

 

[Anonymous]

Mike, either your button is just post war (considered 1812) or it was not a regiment that served during the Revolutionary war. (I'm guessing later) From what I can see the only 1st regiments were the First Foot Guards who had unmarked buttons, and the First American Regiment which are totally different. Still a nice button and I wish I had dug it. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">

 

[Anonymous]

Not 1700s Don. Although the Georgius Rex cypher hasn't changed much the V on the face of your button most likely indicates George V. (early 1900s)
Buttons from the 1700s for the most part were not the backmarked two piece type.

 

[Anonymous]

CC, thanks for setting me straight. I posted it on the relic forum at the time and somebody ID'd it as such. Seemed to make sense. <img src="/metal/html/shrug.gif" border=0 width=37 height=15 alt=":shrug">

 

[Anonymous]

Mike, I still think it's a great find because I dig and am very interested in early British buttons. There is a great number of brass officers buttons that date just post war which makes the period ones VERY rare.
My guess is it's the later version of the First Foot Guards who fought in the Rev war. What's interesting is your button may be the First Regiment of Foot Guards which is the transition period before they became the The First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards following the war of 1812. Either way if I'm right (just guessing on this) your button is a War of 1812 button.

 

[Anonymous]

Cool. Well, thanks for that info. I figure you may want to see a couple of other things that came from that same yard then.
<STRONG>Here's a CW Script I button...</STRONG>
<img src="http://members.cox.net/pctech/scriptibutton.jpg" alt="" />
<STRONG>My buddy found this 1793 coin...it's 1/4" thick...</STRONG>
<img src="http://members.cox.net/pctech/1793.jpg" alt="" />

 

[Anonymous]

The coin is a French 2 Sol. Many of my sites have quite a variety also, I just wish a little more American.

 

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[Anonymous]

I'm directly east of you here in South Bend, IN. I have found 1 minnie ball up here in my 8 years of intensive detecting. Really hard to come by around here.
So I would call that a prize!

 

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