1840 Republic of Texas Navy Button Alberts TX4 ~Rarity 150..!!~ Southern History

[bonepicker]

Today i made it back to the civil war site i have been hunting.
Went straight for the sweet spot in a field i tried last hunt, where i had found a couple bullets.
Found 2 more bullets right away, one being my first sharps from this area. Too bad its shaved in half.
Not long after the 2 bullets, i dug a button. It was pretty crusty, but i thought i could see an anchor on the front, and i could see part of the word waterbury on the back.
Ended up finding a few more bullets, many lead pieces, some glass, and a little brass. One brass item looks like it could be a sight for a rifle, maybe.
After about 4 or 5 hours the hot spot started petering out, i started gridding farther and farther away, and ended up with nothing to show for it.
At 7.5 hours i was done. There was alot of iron in this one area, so i might have been on another homesite that soldiers could have camped near.

After i get home and do a little cleaning on the button i can definitely see the anchor and just enough to make out the words TEXAS NAVY.
I look up Texas in my copy of Alberts book and there it is, Alberts TX4 Page 250. 1840 Republic of Texas Navy 23mm with a relative value of 150. Wow. My jaw dropped.
I kind of thought the button could be a Navy button, but knew i had never seen this design before.
Another awesome piece of southern history.

Just added what i found in Tices book at the bottom..

 

[bonepicker]

That's a killer little button! Def BANNER worthy. I educated myself about these buttons when Steve found his examples. This navy has got to be very rare

Thanks Ahab. Im still pretty darn excited. I read some stuff online last night about the Texas Navy. I had no idea. Pretty cool stuff.

 

[relic nut]

Banner for sure. Congratulations! It's great how something out of the ground can teach us so much. Hopefully you will find enough there to confirm your suspicions. Good luck

HH RN

 

[Tnmountains]

Great button,,, you defiantly saved it. It does look like some type of rifle site or swivel for what I do not know. Also looks like you dug two crushed brass match safes or keepers. You sir had a nice hunt!
HH

 

[bonepicker]

Banner for sure. Congratulations! It's great how something out of the ground can teach us so much. Hopefully you will find enough there to confirm your suspicions. Good luck

HH RN

Thanks Relic Nut. Digging these finds is only half the fun. The other part is the research and learning about what we discover.

Great button,,, you defiantly saved it. It does look like some type of rifle site or swivel for what I do not know. Also looks like you dug two crushed brass match safes or keepers. You sir had a nice hunt!
HH

Thanks TN. I was thinking folding rifle site, but it is a little big. The match keepers idea never crossed my mind. Thanks again...

 

[DirtStalker]

Killer finds BP Sweet

 

[montcalm]

Nice find a great piece of history. Button are cool because they give info and there often info why we find them.

 

[bonepicker]

Killer finds BP Sweet

Thanks DS. Glad you enjoyed.

Nice find a great piece of history. Button are cool because they give info and there often info why we find them.

Thanks Mont. It is just as fun learning about what you found, as it is the actual dig.

 

[Tommy G]

CW buttons are always a nice find, but WOW - you really got my attention with this one! I had no idea ROT had a navy - another learning moment for me on TNet. Congratulations on a fantastic dig!

 

[Scrappy]

1840 Republic of Texas Navy Button Alberts TX4 ~Rarity 150..!!~ Southern H...

A banner find again. Much rarer than many gold coins.

 

[bonepicker]

CW buttons are always a nice find, but WOW - you really got my attention with this one! I had no idea ROT had a navy - another learning moment for me on TNet. Congratulations on a fantastic dig!

Thanks Tommy. It was a learning moment for me as well. Pretty excited about this one.

A banner find again. Much rarer than many gold coins.

Thanks for the kind comment Scrappy. So far this site has produced 2 rare pre war southern buttons.
I appreciate your taking an interest.

 

[Bass]

Excellent recovery. Thanks for rescuing it from the elements