Goodyear..

[nsdq]

Was turning dirt over getting ready to plant a few flowers and out pops this beauty hard black rubber button marked Goodyears's Pat 1851 N.R. Co . never thought i would find one but i did Wohoooooooo!!!!!!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Yeap, read about those, good eyes only!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Interesting, first time I've seen one

 

[nsdq]

Interesting, first time I've seen one

I have heard of them and seen a few pics but never held one till this find

 

[Scrappy]

That, probably, was the beginning of the end for metal buttons. Dunno much about them. Nice find.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I found a similar looking one with a shank on the back (No button holes) laying on top of the ground in a plowed field that had an old home site and did not know it was rubber so I ran my metal detector over it to see what kind of signal I'd get. Well, as might be expected the detector didn't sound off. I got to thinking that something was wrong with my machine. Did an adjustment or two ,, still nothing so I picked up the button and realized it was hard rubber and not metal. I think mine has a patient date of 1851 as well. I've heard there are C.W. eagle buttons that are rubber too but I haven't seen or found one. Yet.

Cool find for sure.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Some of the black rubber buttons were said to have been Civil War Navy Buttons.