18th Century Gold Button?

[cannonball]

I found this button on my USA site. It's one of my favorite sites. It's not just because it gave me 2 beautiful USA buttons, it's given me Jerseys, Connecticuts, Georges and many 18th century buttons and sleeve buttons. This button was completely covered in iron. The more I cleaned off the more it looked like gold. I gave it an acid test and it came up as gold. It's 22mm. It's I'm not sure what to make of it.

 

[JMac48]

That’s sweet.

 

[toasted]

Not so sure its solid gold but openwork buttons like that were sometimes used in the late 18th century. I have only found a few though. Why was it covered in iron

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[RussM]

The intricate detail yet unbroken links leads my gut to say gold... but what do I know.

I do know to trust my gut more than most other parts of me....

 

[Wildcat1750]

Maybe it is a gold button that was in a container that rusted?

 

[Bible]

My old gold sometimes gets red tarnish i remember a old diamond ring that was 10k but had some red coating on it sometimes slightly blackish coating

 

[Erik in NJ]

Good chance it had an iron back. How did you clean it?

 

[ecmjamsit]

I think it was a broach on a hat. A rich persons hat. Sewn on.

 

[HIGHSTRUNG]

Very nice! Congrats!

 

[Florida Finder]

Cannonball that’s super awesomeness!

 

[GoldieLocks]

I think it was a broach.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

beautiful find!