CHARLESTON POLICE BUTTON

[jdsly]

Been quite a while since I last posted. Wife and I spent about 3 hours today detecting on a permission in North Carolina. Dug up the usual random iron pieces, harmonica reed etc. there was so much iron in this spot I decided to work the edges before we left and got a signal on the at pro that was barely a whisper......no vdi, bot sounded good. Flipped the plug. Vdi shot up to 78 or so and much sweeter sound. Anyway this what was in the hole.

Anybody got any info on it i would appreciate it. All I could find was stef45 thread on one he found a couple years ago

 

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[RelicHunterPro]

Amazing find my friend don't know anything about it but looks old

 

[creskol]

That is a fantastic .. and a pretty darn rare find. Banner Worthy? Congratulations!

NOTE: The best I can tell from your photo, it is an 1860-1870 backmark. A better photo may confirm.

 

[Hawks88]

Awesome find. Congratulations.

 

[jdsly]

Yeah im workin with a phone for photos...ill try to get better tomorrow

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great find, congratulations!

 

[Darby]

Super awesome find! Very cool relic, especially being a Charleston piece. I'm very jealous! Makes me want to go diggin! Congrats bro! Can't wait to see some better pics, a good cleaned up pic for the banner!

 

[jdsly]

Super awesome find! Very cool relic, especially being a Charleston piece. I'm very jealous! Makes me want to go diggin! Congrats bro! Can't wait to see some better pics, a good cleaned up pic for the banner!

Thanks Buddy. We need to get us some more new sites for sure.....life gets busy

 

[nhbenz]

The backmark appears to me to be the same as the one identified in post #11 of the thread below, giving the range of 1870-1920. Sure is a nice looking button!
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/320861-i-have-buttons-know-what-want-know-where.html

 

[creskol]

The backmark appears to me to be the same as the one identified in post #11 of the thread below, giving the range of 1870-1920. Sure is a nice looking button!
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/320861-i-have-buttons-know-what-want-know-where.html

I can't tell in the photo if it is an upper case "O" in the backmark or not.

 

[against the wind]

Very Sweet Find,
Congratulations

 

[jdsly]

These are about the best pics I can get with an "in the field cleanup". Wont be home for another week. Doesnt appear to have an underscored O.
Thanks everyone for your comments and help

 

[Darby]

Anxious to know more about that button, hopefully some of the experts here will chime in. Congrats again, that's an awesome find!

 

[fyrffytr1]

From what I can tell, it looks like a larger lettered impressed mark with the inner ring of dots. If so it would date from 1880-1920.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Backmark looks post war as others have mentioned, incredibly tough one to dig. Congrats on a fantastic button

 

[Relicific]

Very nice button

 

[jdsly]

Backmark looks post war as others have mentioned, incredibly tough one to dig. Congrats on a fantastic button

I agree. Glass and and other things found seem to be consistant with late 1800's.

Thanks for looking
Joe

 

[Calabash Digger]

great find!