hbeaton
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Went back to the field that produced my first spanish...a cut pistareen. After finding just a wheat, found two of the first buttons to come out of the field. The first was marked "Imperial Gilt" with an eagle on the backmark. The British button makers were known to place eagles on the backmark to indicate the degree of gilt. (Crusader mentioned something about this in a yesteryear post of a similar backmark). Probably early 1800s.
The second button is an early naval button, 16 stars, eagle looking left, anchor, shield. The slight hint of remaindered gilt on the shield/anchor. The backside is marked AM Peasley Boston. Research indicates Peasley was well established by the War of 1812 and made many buttons peaking in 1820s-1830s. Not sure where this particular button fits in timewise but is very cool to me. A look online indicates this may be NA-66B or a variant of that type according to Albert's button book.
The last find is a farm fertilized 1865 2 cent piece. Front was absolutely toasted, the back can just be made out to know what coin/year it is.
A lasting lamentation here is that I could not have found these items sooner when they still retained their glory. Years of sitting in constantly fertilized soil did their darndest despite my best efforts toothpicking. Shame.
Having said that...I will cherish these awesome finds.
Happy hunting!
The second button is an early naval button, 16 stars, eagle looking left, anchor, shield. The slight hint of remaindered gilt on the shield/anchor. The backside is marked AM Peasley Boston. Research indicates Peasley was well established by the War of 1812 and made many buttons peaking in 1820s-1830s. Not sure where this particular button fits in timewise but is very cool to me. A look online indicates this may be NA-66B or a variant of that type according to Albert's button book.
The last find is a farm fertilized 1865 2 cent piece. Front was absolutely toasted, the back can just be made out to know what coin/year it is.
A lasting lamentation here is that I could not have found these items sooner when they still retained their glory. Years of sitting in constantly fertilized soil did their darndest despite my best efforts toothpicking. Shame.
Having said that...I will cherish these awesome finds.
Happy hunting!
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