I found this under the holly bushes

[fjudd94]

I appears to be a Civil War Infantry officers button.

Johnson Steele on the back. I hope so That would be great.

 

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[johnrielly]

looks like infantry button

 

[JerV3]

Nice button,

I have to agree civil war period. Infantry buttons are worth more than just the general service one's.

HH Jer

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

FJ,

very nice artifact; real keeper.

have a good un............

 

[Postalrevnant]

Congratulations on that great relic.

Rev

 

[Night Stalker]

Check out this site: http://www.civilwarbuttons.com/uscentrlist.htm I think your button may be worth quite a bit of money.

Here's a link to the homepage: http://www.civilwarbuttons.com/cwcol.htm, I notice buttons worth thousands of dollars? Imagine if you got into a nest of those things...

 

[bk]

Nice button!

 

[gregl01]

Sweet!!!! Nice button
HH
Greg

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice find, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[Gypsy Heart]

How sweet is that . It really is in great condition and held up well. Get back under those holly's...bet you find alot more there!

 

[hollowpointred]

very nice! it still has a fair amount of gold gilt left on it. congrats!

 

[Michigan Badger]

That's a wonderful button with the background of gilding still there.

Was it buried?

Badger

 

[trk5capt]

CW - Indian War US Infantry, Great Find, Congrats. trk5capt...