3 buttons and one is my oldest military

[McCDig]

Crazy find today. Modern change but then there were a few relics and these were all buttons.

One is a cuff button and another is a lead disk that has a iron shank passed though it.

The third button is pewter and was aptly identified by a Treasurenet contributor as a War of 1812 general service button; this is my oldest military button.
Follow-up on this post is necessary due to recent information on the "U S" piece. Turns out it is NOT a button, so this post is more aptly titled "2 buttons and a US horse harness rosette."

 

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[fyrffytr1]

Awesome! I love finding buttons.

 

[McCDig]

Thx fyrffytr1! Pretty amazing. Didn't expect military today.

 

[8Reales]

Congrats Señor Mike, the buttons keep on coming. About a month a go I found my first war of 1812 button as well.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Lilo! This object was identified with help from Treasurenet. I would not have known otherwise. It is a US horse bridle rosette, pre-Civil War.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Great finds!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Nice buttons, congrats on the 1812 button! Congrats and HH

 

[8Reales]

Thx Lilo! This object was identified with help from Treasurenet. I would not have known otherwise. It is a US horse bridle rosette, pre-Civil War.

Congrats Mike that's also a great relic, Cannonballguy is an expert in early military items, he helped me ID some canister shots I found some months ago.

 

[Scrappy]

Whoa-ho! Nice rosette!! That is an incredible find. Dunno if I’ve ever see one posted. Congrats

 

[RustyGold]

Congratulations on the 1812 button. Very nice.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Diggin Dude! My correction to this post is that what I initially described as a War of 1812 general service button turns out to be a pre-Civil War bridle rosette, a rare find from what others have said.

 

[McCDig]

Yep, helped me too on this one. I didn't have a clue.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Scrappy! This is a first for me in a couple respects. It is the first rosette I've dug with letters on it and it is the first US military item I've dug that has just the letters U S.

 

[McCDig]

Thx RustyGold! Please note my correction on this item from "button" to "rosette".

 

[McCDig]

Thx Dan! Was in Virginia over the weekend and met someone else from Petersburg; he'd travelled to Charlottesville for the UVA basketball game.

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations on your Sweet buttons!

 

[McCDig]

Thx Scruggs! I don't get tired of buttons.

Here's some detail on that rosette that may apply "(I have omitted the name) served in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. Henry Thompson's First Baltimore Horse Artillery (aka Capt. Thompson's Co of Cavalry. MD Militia) that saw action in 1814 as a cavalry messenger/observation unit at the Battles of Bladensburg and Baltimore in addition to being the personal guard of Maj. Gen. Samuel Smith, commander of the 3rd Division."

 

[JackalopeZL1]

good going Mike!!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Ken. Going out on a limb with that connection, but perhaps not too far-fetched. Capt. Henry Thompson lived at Clifton Mansion which is still standing in what is now Clifton Park. Went there two months ago to hunt with a friend and dug a Barber dime, my last Barber anything.

 

[smokeythecat]

You've done well lately. My least favorite old coin design besides the Liberty Standing is the Barber series.