1884 IH button

[RonnieAZ]

Hello everyone, I thought I found a civil war era button at first I saw the back of it first when I dug it then turned it over and saw it was actually a 1884 IH penny, one of the soldiers must have made this ive never seen one before but I really havent hunted old military camps before maybe its more common than I know, found this 2 days ago at fort whipple in prescott az wish I knew the history behind this button I will have to hunt this site alot more when it warms up a little we had a pretty good snow storm yesterday and lastnight, good hunting to all and stay warm. - Ronnie

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[Tattooguy67]

That is a really cool find you made! nice work and HH.


Chuck.

 

[jrsherman]

That is a cool find, congrats!!!

 

[TommNJ]

That's a neat find and the condition is great !!

TommNJ

 

[garthbfan169]

WTG Ronnie very kool!!

 

[MarkinIa]

WOW, now that's a COOL find, Congrats

 

[WhiteHunter]

nice peice of history

 

[allen]

definetily dont see buttons like that every day !!

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is one Very Cool find. Some fine craftsmanship went into making that item.

Cheers,


Buckleboy

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

I like that button

 

[Don in SJ]

Nice find, I have one they made into a posssible cufflink; the down side of those finds are, they don't fit into a Mylar 2x2!

Don

 

[capndan151]

Thats something you dont see everyday. Way to go

 

[Tattooguy67]

I still think that button is just outstanding work scout! RonnieAZ do you have any of the history of that fort Whipple you found that at? was it an outpost for the Indian wars or? and any info on the units that were stationed there?, it would be interesting to try and build some provanace for the button, let me know what you think, and any info you have would be good, thanks.

Chuck.

 

[tymcmurray]

Very nice.

 

[RonnieAZ]

Hi Tattooguy, there is alot of history on fort whipple I did a little research and here's the info you can probably find more online but I think this covers the most of it, Established in 1863 in Chino Vally AZ and served as Arizona Territory Capital prior to the founding of Prescott AZ and was moved to its present day location in 1864. Cavalry and Infantry soldiers stationed there participated in many Indian engagements. The Whipple barracks became Headquarters for the Military department of Arizona on april 15 1870. Centrally located in the state the fort had a major influence on all Indian affairs in the region. The post was torn down and rebuilt in 1869 it was discontinued in 1898 and re-garrisoned in 1902, New officers quarters were built in 1904. During the spanish war it was headquarters for the Rough Riders. (I didnt get a date for the spanish war) The fort was closed in 1913 but is still military operated by the veterans administration hospital, and in my opinion is in beautiful preserved condition there must be 20 maybe more old buildings ive looked at photo's from the 1800's and the place looks almost unchanged today if you get a chance you can go to sharlot.org its the web site for the Sharlot hall museum look up fort whipple in the photo section this site has some great old pictures its a fun site, lol hope i didnt ramble on too long, thanks for looking and HH - RonnieAZ

 

[Cal_Cobra]

That's a neat find

 

[FatCat]

WTG. That's a good find. Man I think its gonna be a good year. Bummer you got so much snow but at least it doesn't usually stick long in town. Ill holler at you later.

 

[RonnieAZ]

Thanks fatcat, I hope your right i,m looking forward to 2010, the snow is almost melted off I might get out in the next couple days, good luck out there bro HH - Ronnie