Interesting Find - Possible Old Button maybe Rev War

[N.J.THer]

I found this today while at a site that has been in use since the late 1600s. I did not clean it but at first I thought it was a crude regimental button. If is approximately 22.7MM but not completely round. It has a crude one on the from and is slightly concave. I don't see any evidence of a button shank on the back. I include a picture of it next to a quarter and a IH penny that I found at the same site for size comparison.

After looking at it I'm starting to have my doubts but what do you think? a little wishful thinking on my part...

NJ

 

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[Iron Patch]

Interesting, and looks old, but doesn't look like a button to me. But having said that I can't tell you what it is.... so

If only there was a shank on it!

 

[N.J.THer]

Interesting, and looks old, but doesn't look like a button to me. But having said that I can't tell you what it is.... so

If only there was a shank on it!

Thanks IP...as I keep looking at it I feel the same way...one day I'll get my regimental button but not today.

 

[caveman2]

nice find,

 

[Iron Patch]

Interesting, and looks old, but doesn't look like a button to me. But having said that I can't tell you what it is.... so

If only there was a shank on it!

Thanks IP...as I keep looking at it I feel the same way...one day I'll get my regimental button but not today.

The old stuff you dig you will definitely hit a good one at some point. I am curious what it is you have there. Is it lead? I wouldn't rule anything out until you know.

 

[chark21798]

Nice even if not a button what else can it be. Nice dig. HH Mark

 

[DirtMan1]

 

[Iron Patch]

what else can it be. Nice dig.

That is the question! I wouldn't bet my life it's not a button, but it doesn't strike me as one. It also seems too crude even for late 18th century military. (at least compared to the ones in my book)

 

[ModernMiner]

Could it be a bolt head cut off? I've seen bolt heads & old nails with #'s on top.
Just a guess.
-MM-
P.S. The other thing is a quarter.

 

[DirtDigler]

Well it's certainly unusual. Might be a button which had a weak soldered shank long since gone. But I doubt it's English. They had a guild of button makers and the '1' would be much less crude. So possibly a domestic casting. I thought maybe it was a couple of scratches on the inside of the button mold. But it appears to be too intentional. Very curious indeed, I hate those things that you simply can't chase down. With some luck you might find an identical example. That would help you identify what the heck it is, anyway.

 

[N.J.THer]

Could it be a bolt head cut off? I've seen bolt heads & old nails with #'s on top.
Just a guess.
-MM-
P.S. The other thing is a quarter.

MM
Way too thin to be a bolt head but it was a good guess.
Thanks
NJ

 

[N.J.THer]

Well it's certainly unusual. Might be a button which had a weak soldered shank long since gone. But I doubt it's English. They had a guild of button makers and the '1' would be much less crude. So possibly a domestic casting. I thought maybe it was a couple of scratches on the inside of the button mold. But it appears to be too intentional. Very curious indeed, I hate those things that you simply can't chase down. With some luck you might find an identical example. That would help you identify what the heck it is, anyway.

I really feel like I've seen something very similar but with the number 34 (weird). I just can't remember where. This site was used for training militia from the late 1600s through the mid 1800s. In the same area I found a 1807 large cent but the area has been very disturbed so I find some more modern stuff deeper then some of the older stuff. For this reason I dig everything whether it is deep or shallow. Picked up another large cent (no date) yesterday at 1 1/2 inches and a memorial penny at 5 inches.

Thanks for the input.
NJ

 

[CRUSADER]

not sure what it is, other than not a button