Surprise find yesterday...

[fwcrawford]

After trying the bullet patch for a couple of hours yesterday, I decided to try a couple other places nearby.
One did not yield much, but the last one I tried gave up a nice surprise.
Not far away from where I found this button, there was skirmish in 1864.
Thanks for looking!

 

[SJones]

Very nice find!

 

[Ted S]

Nice Felix!

 

[NEPA Bud]

Those sound like some awesome permissions.

 

[jayhop]

Nice, that thing's in good condition.

 

[PDH]

You dont find them any nicer than that. Great find!

 

[T-DUB]

After trying the bullet patch for a couple of hours yesterday, I decided to try a couple other places nearby.
One did not yield much, but the last one I tried gave up a nice surprise.
Not far away from where I found this button, there was skirmish in 1864.
Thanks for looking!
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Sweeeeet! General Service or is there a letter in the shield, I am not able to decipher that from the pic.

 

[JimmyCT]

Beautiful button Felix!! You and your equinox 800 are hot on the civil war relics!

 

[Mark kus]

Nice button Felix.
Mark

 

[Arkansashunter]

Very nice Felix looks like Waterbury, can you make out the initial on the shield ?

 

[fwcrawford]

Sweeeeet! General Service or is there a letter in the shield, I am not able to decipher that from the pic.

No letter that I could make out, but this was Calvary.

 

[Arkansashunter]

I agree I could almost make out a c

 

[laplander]

Nice one, love the buttons!
HH Jeff

 

[Arkansashunter]

After trying the bullet patch for a couple of hours yesterday, I decided to try a couple other places nearby.
One did not yield much, but the last one I tried gave up a nice surprise.
Not far away from where I found this button, there was skirmish in 1864.
Thanks for looking!
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Waterbury buttons.com civil war buttons, if it a R in the shield super rare, I only have one ,so look really close, great find

 

[fwcrawford]

Waterbury buttons.com civil war buttons, if it a R in the shield super rare, I only have one ,so look really close, great find

When I first found it, it appeared to have verticals stripes in the shield.
No letters at all.

 

[Arkansashunter]

When I first found it, it appeared to have verticals stripes in the shield.
No letters at all.

Don't hold me to this but I called my button person and showed him the pics , sometimes south had north uniforms a shaved off parts of the buttons to identify which side, that being said what caliber of bullets were you finding, I ask because it'll help to figure out if it was out of a union camp or off a confiscated uniform,ty

 

[Arkansashunter]

This ww 2 yours is broad beak so civilwar

 

[fwcrawford]

Don't hold me to this but I called my button person and showed him the pics , sometimes south had north uniforms a shaved off parts of the buttons to identify which side, that being said what caliber of bullets were you finding, I ask because it'll help to figure out if it was out of a union camp or off a confiscated uniform,ty

I have not found any bullets at this site.
This is actually the first Civil War item I have found here so far.
Confederates were in winter camp and a group of Union Calvary attacked them.
Where I found the button is close to the position of the Calvary.
I appreciated your interest in the button.. at this point I am not even sure what backmark it has, so you may be correct.
I was thinking Scovill as it looked like an “L” on the end and appears to be 7 letters.

 

[Ronstar]

I would love to find any thing civil war. I did find a 38 rimfire casing once that possibly a civil war vet dropped on his way thru the area. Really neat find!