relicmagnet
Jr. Member
Has anyone seen a flat button like this? It's by far the biggest one I have found yet. Also possible date?
Got a pic of the back of it?
It's called a Tombac button. It's colonial. They used Arsnic to combine 2 metals, but they were learning that everyone who was making them were dying mysteriously. They stopped making them in the early 1800's
So I shouldn't put it in my?
October 13 1739. I was there that day or so my body tells me.
It's called a Tombac button. It's colonial. They used Arsnic to combine 2 metals, but they were learning that everyone who was making them were dying mysteriously. They stopped making them in the early 1800's
The button above is definitely not a tombac.
I have one just like it. What is it and what vintage do you think it is?
Large Colonial era flat button and probably made of copper. I'd say the most popular time range for them was about 1760-1790.
Wow that's great. I found it on private property right up next to a CW battlefield in WV. What's it worth?