Buttons from the woods

rasrandy

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tsgman

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Cool buttons, Tsgman
 

Bavaria Mike

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I think they are called Tombac buttons, Tombac being the type of loop on the back and are one piece. 18th century maybe? I'm not great with buttons, LOL, but maybe that's a little help. HH, Mike
 

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Gotta love those buttons!!! :) ;) :D
 

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rasrandy

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After reading your replies I did some searching.I found out that tombac was a brass alloy with high percentages of zinc and sometimes arsenic.This alloy can range from yellow to aluminum in color.It is often still shiny when excavated and was commonly used for buttons in the 18th century,particularly 1770-1800.These buttons are common on revolutionary war period sites.

A little info for you guys on tombac buttons.
HappyHunts
 

JakePhelps

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Thanks for the info on those! helps alot :) Do you think they were used after 1800? or is it safe to say they were before then?
 

comfyinvermont

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Hey Rasrandy, cool buttons, but I don't think either is Tombac. The Tombac button will come out of the ground looking like pewter. When cleaned up they look like a dull silver or shiny pewter. Those both look pretty old though. I would say both before 1800. The second one appears to be between 1775 and 1800 as that is when they had the large one piece buttons. The other may be earlier. I would research that one a bit. Congrats on some excellent finds...Lance
 

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rasrandy

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Jake- just do a search on 'tombac buttons' theres info there on these sites
that I have not read yet.Its all pretty new to me so I cant answer your
questions just yet.More research is needed to positively ID my Buttons.
HappyHunts
 

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rasrandy

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Thanks for all the posted info it was helpful.Will be posting some new
buttons I havent seen before.HHs
 

Nana40

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Very nice Randy!!! :o

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