My first Civil War Button

wettpaint

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It seems most of the posts are from the coin hunters, I know there are a few relic hunters here too, so I thought that I would add my Civil War button to the mix. I found this while hunting Saturday morning with a hunting buddy that has a lot more experience than I do. He seemed to get a little excited when I showed him what I found.

The pics are before I cleaned it up, I forgot to take pics after cleaning. It is an eagle “D” button with a makers mark of Canfield Bro & Co Baltimore. I don’t know a lot about buttons any information would be greatly appreciated.

For you coin hunters all I found was 11 cents, a 1958 dime that has turned almost brick red, and a 1928 wheat.

I was so excited about the button I forgot to clean up the coins.

Happy Hunting.
Wettpaint
 

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spartacus53

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Welcome to T-net and congrats on that great find. I would love to find relics from the CW and you are on lucky guy. You may also consider to post this on the CW and also the button forums and you will get answers.
 

PBK

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Great Dragoons button! :icon_thumright:

The Canfield Bro. & Co. backmark (Albert's #DR 4A1) dates it c. 1850-66.

It generally books around $75-100.
 

gxray

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The "D" in the shield stands for Dragoons . As far as the backmark, I can not help you ...I dont have a button book here.
 

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wettpaint

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Is this a Union Button? I looked up the number and it shows it to be a Federal listing.
I found this in a confederate cavalry camp. I know that the Dragoons were cavalry could this be a case of a Federal solder that went back south for the war or Southern scrappiness, using whatever they could find to hold themselves together. Camp dates to 1864.

Happy Hunting
Wettpaint

I forgot to mention it is 20mm to 21mm across. It is hard to tell due to the corrosion.
 

Hutch911

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Great first button!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Nice find, We love relics here they are tough to find in many areas of the country. The coins I like to find are defiantly relics!
 

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First Dragoon button I have seen.
 

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PBK said:
Great Dragoons button! :icon_thumright:

The Canfield Bro. & Co. backmark (Albert's #DR 4A1) dates it c. 1850-66.

It generally books around $75-100.

Fantastic CW button Wettpaint. :icon_thumleft:
I'm into relics myself. Great job & welcome to TN. Looking forward to your next post.
-MM-
 

Rusted_Iron

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congratulations on your first CW button! Maybe you weren't that excited when you first dug it, but I bet you are now!
 

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DRAGOONS!!!Love it,way to go!!!
 

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