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  1. #1

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    I found this button today at a known late 1700s Shipwreck site on the beach was wondering if this might be from the wreck ? I also cant make out the letters on the front of the button.Would love to know if it is 1700s and maybe what the crown and leaves mean. Thank you for your time .
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  2. #2

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    This button is the same size around as a penny.

  3. #3
    ca
    Jan 2011
    555
    3 times

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Nice button you have there, for some reason the Brittish had to use scrolling on alot ot their stuff. I would check on some of the early button sites to see if you can find something like yours. Good look.

  4. #4

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Thanks I will check those sites.

  5. #5
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
    20,651
    48 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    I dont recognize it. Heres a link on old military buttons. http://www.artifacts.org/Marked_Buttons.htm Is the shank soldered or cast all one piece?
    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  6. #6

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    I can't really tell??

  7. #7
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
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    48 times
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    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    I cant even begin to think what those entangled letters are or even how many. Its as bad as this one. The first letter may be a T or G.
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    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  8. #8
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
    20,651
    48 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    I just skimmed through a site with 392 entangled (mostly career uniform) letter buttons but I see nothing that matches.
    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  9. #9

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    is it letters or a design of some sort.Looks like a snake in there in one place or maybe I have been looking at it to long trying to figure it out.I have looked at button sites for 3hrs and I can't come close to it.Thanks for your help.

  10. #10
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
    20,651
    48 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Im pretty sure they are whats called "entangled letters" monogram initials or logo but I dont know what letters they could be.
    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  11. #11

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Thanks for the help.

  12. #12
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
    20,651
    48 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Im surprised there are no comments on this unusual button. I suppose everyone is out for the Martin Luther King parades.

    Well anyway I decided to take a stab at it. The middle initial is a tough one. GLL?
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    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  13. #13
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
    20,651
    48 times
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    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Or could it be?
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    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  14. #14
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
    20,651
    48 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    The first letter in yellow may be a T or Im going crazy. We need somebody good a old script entangled lettering.
    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  15. #15

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Thanks for the time you spent on it.

  16. #16

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding



    T.L.C Tender Loving Care.....

    SS

  17. #17
    Charter Member
    gb
    Aug 2009
    Ankh-Morpork
    GTI 1500, Goldmaxx Power and Canon 7D
    2,862
    35 times
    Metal Detecting and Conservation
    Banner Finds (3)

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Quote Originally Posted by Silver Searcher


    T.L.C Tender Loving Care.....

    SS

    More like "Totally Lost Count" of all the button pics I've looked at . The crown is wrong for anything British military or official imo. I'm guessing at it being a late 19th century blazer button , I'm going to duck down and hide under my desk while the button experts throw books at me.


    hammered

    Because it's always hammer time

  18. #18
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
    70's Whites TM Amphibian, HH Pulse, Ace 250
    20,651
    48 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    The possibility exists that it a modern button. In the first pic (about 2 oclock) it almost looks like plating is coming off.
    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  19. #19
    us
    Aug 2004
    Timbuktu
    Magnet on a Stick
    316

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    Is the button unusually light weight for the size? The style and construction details remind me of metal plated plastic (like in automotive trim pieces). Most likely late 20th century era.

    CC Hunter

  20. #20

    Oct 2006
    Delaware
    Minelab Excalibur
    239

    Re: Nice Bronze Button,Need Help Iding

    The button is by no mean plastic or I wouldn't of put it on the site.It is as round as a penny and is definitely copper or bronze !

 

 
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