1700s Tombac button find?

[FinderTravis]

 

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[FinderTravis]

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Returned to the area i had picked up the 1864 seated dime and found the button in pic about 5'' deep near a broken Eye-Dag axe blade, Musket ball of 36-44 caliber and many blobs of melted lead on the low river delta. Am curious of button age to determine if it is an item i would need to report as an Archaeological find in B.C.? Any info would be great! Other recent finds from location.

 

[Digger RJ]

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Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[river roamer]

Nice assortment of finds

 

[Steve in PA]

You do have a tombac button, most likely manufactured in the 18th century. However, they commonly turn up on early to mid-19th century sites.

 

[oldmxrat]

You're on a good spot there, great digs, congrats!

 

[JohnnyMac]

Returned to the area i had picked up the 1864 seated dime and found the button in pic about 5'' deep near a broken Eye-Dag axe blade, Musket ball of 36-44 caliber and many blobs of melted lead on the low river delta. Am curious of button age to determine if it is an item i would need to report as an archealogical find in B.C.? Any info would be great! Other recent finds from location.

Nice finds!

 

[FinderTravis]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Thank you!

 

[FinderTravis]

You do have a tombac button, most likely manufactured in the 18th century. However, they commonly turn up on early to mid-19th century sites.

Thank you for the reply and ID! Went ahead and reported button and axe find under instruction of a friend with an Archaeological background. Is a chance area was used as a small French fur trading camp site before the year 1846. Cheers!

 

[Relicific]

Nice hunt