1776 button\medallion

Truesearcher · Jul 21, 2009

I dug this button\medallion on 7/18/2009. It has the date 1776 with a minuteman in the middle. It is 1.75
inches in diameter, and appears to be made from bronze or copper. I have been trying to find out if it is possible something military or if it is even authentic. If it is from that period, it would be my best find ever.

Iron Patch · Jul 21, 2009

Highly doubt it dates anywhere close to that. Can you post a picture of the back.

Interesting find though.

CRUSADER · Jul 21, 2009

Iron Patch said:
Highly doubt it dates anywhere close to that. Can you post a picture of the back.

Interesting find though.

agreed, looks some sort of cheap pot metal or lead-alloy mix

IronSpike · Jul 21, 2009

That's an interesting find :icon_sunny:

It looks a little like this silver medallion and yours may share the same background :dontknow:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ages?q=1776+medallion&ndsp=18&hl=en&sa=N&um=1

MinelabSwinger · Jul 22, 2009

That is an interesting piece. Perhaps a little background on where it was found, Depth, and A clear photo of the back would help identify this a little better. And Welcome to the site!! :thumbsup: