button question

[bugman]

i hunted a possible civil war camp site today the property is 1,600 acres and needless to say i took a shot in the dark.i located the highest ground with a creek running at the bottom on three sides and and started swinging.i found 2 flat brass buttons
one 1/2 inch one 3/4 inch no markings on front one had "orange gilt colour" on back one had "gold surface" on back.also found
2 small buckels 1inch by 1.5 inches and several bullet size chunks of lead.tried to load pics but hey are to big and i need to resize them.could these by civil war era?

[BuckleBoy]

The could be--but likely pre-Civil War. The most common find at a CW campsite will be lead: dropped bullets. But, anywhere you are finding brass flat buttons there is likely a house site close by, and you will want to search that carefully for sure! Are there any IRON signals where you found those buttons? Iron is the Biggest telltale sign of human occupation.


-Buck