1880s button in Seattle

[USCGD]

Hunting today, I thought I got skunked. Went to the same spot I found the two mercs a week ago, and all I found was a 1940 wheat. Got home and started cleaning my finds, and out of a muddy mass this beauty emerges!
Button backmarks, W H Horstmann and Sons.

The back is broken, but the front looks much better than the example on the website.
Gotta wonder how a military button from the 1880s ended up in a spot that dates to the 1910s!
Thanks for looking.

 

[RVRoamer76]

Cool find on the button. Congrats!

 

[fyrffytr1]

Cool find. I like finding buttons almost more than anything else.

 

[xcopperstax]

It looks like it has retained about 95% of the gilt! Very nice button find! Congrats!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Excellent button find !

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Sweet button!

 

[A2coins]

Pretty cool I see many posts about curb strips seems like they can be honey holes. Well done

 

[Tuberale]

Looks like the button dropped yesterday.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful button, congrats!