Make sure to check your backmarks

[jayhop]

I went on a short hunt this afternoon and didn't have a lot of luck. I thought.
After I got home I decided to clean up my finds and check out this button because I rememberd it gave a nice high tone simular to a copper penny. That's what I thought it was when I first saw it.
I was going to look up the backmark to try to age the button.
I didn't have to look very hard. The first thing I saw when I looked at the back was the date 1829. As far as I know this is the only one of these I have ever found but I'm going to check my other buttons soon.
Andrew Jackson President 1829

 

[calabash digger]

very nice!

 

[jayhop]

Thank you. I'm really going to pay closer attention to backmarks from now on.

 

[laplander]

Great tip along with a really cool find, Thanks for sharing!!
HH Jeff

 

[bootyhoundpa]

OMG that’s so cool. Nice score...

 

[jayhop]

Thank you.

 

[Confetrit]

That is one cool button for the Display. Well Done on a Great save on a piece of our American History.

 

[jayhop]

n/t

 

[Eliteuser]

I did the same thing, found the same button. Sometime later tumbled a handful of flats to check back marks. There was the 1829 A.J. Have no idea where I found it. HH Jerry

 

[jayhop]

I put my finds in a zip lock bag and write on the outside where they were found. I don't know how I wind up with bags without the location written on them.
That would be one thing I would advise guys staring out to do, catalog you finds. It will really mean a lot to you in the years to come.
Congratulations on your find.

 

[BigTony]

Awesome find, very exciting part of our history, congratulations!