22 more cruddy old buttons and another counter-stamp coin

[creskol]

The coin is in the center of the photo.

Nothing of great value but this place is loaded.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Lost Signal]

Is the upper-left button British military of some kind?

 

[creskol]

Is the upper-left button British military of some kind?

I am not sure .. I will have to check that idea.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I also saw the top left button and wondered about it. And, there at least two backmarked buttons but I can't read them. Top row 4th from left and second row 2nd from left.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great looking finds creskol, they almost look like they were found in water due to their colour?

I agree, this definitely looks to be Revolutionary War related.

Dave

 

[ticndig]

you're right ,the place is loaded. great recovery .

 

[creskol]

Great looking finds creskol, they almost look like they were found in water due to their colour?

I agree, this definitely looks to be Revolutionary War related.

Dave

All came from an old mill site, Dave, and everything was so cruddy and basically worthless, so I took the liberty to tumble them to see if I could garner any detail.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

All came from an old mill site, Dave, and everything was so cruddy and basically worthless, so I took the liberty to tumble them to see if I could garner any detail.

I think they look great now creskol.
Over time with exposure to the air, the patina will darken again over time.

 

[pepperj]

I'm not sure what the totals are up to now from the site. Getting any details off the buttons is really cool.
Well done on the recoveries, I am really starting to like the counterstamped coinage. A real personal addige to the history.

 

[smallfoot]

It would be of great value to me to have a spot with so many finds! Ya done good!

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Those are some great finds! That mill site is certainly producing for you!!

What kind of mill do you think it was?

 

[creskol]

Those are some great finds! That mill site is certainly producing for you!!

What kind of mill do you think it was?

I know it started off as a grist mill, but other than that, I am not real sure. The old fellow who told me about the said said he remembered a "bank of rollers" there when he was a kid. I don't know if grist mills used rollers for anything or if it might be textile related.

 

[ironhorse]

Great looking finds creskol, they almost look like they were found in water due to their colour?

I agree, this definitely looks to be Revolutionary War related.

Dave

I don't think this button is a Rev War button, post war possibly 1812 era; we find oddball militia buttons from the UK on a regular basis and this one fits that category
Script is possibly I V I.... Inverness Volunteer Infantry?? could be one possibility but that's just a guess, it could be anything
The mill could have produced rag paper and the buttons were simply cast away in the process

a decent find for your efforts

 

[creskol]

I don't think this button is a Rev War button, post war possibly 1812 era; we find oddball militia buttons from the UK on a regular basis and this one fits that category
Script is possibly I V I.... Inverness Volunteer Infantry?? could be one possibility but that's just a guess, it could be anything
The mill could have produced rag paper and the buttons were simply cast away in the process

a decent find for your efforts

Thank you ironhorse! Never thought of the rag paper possibility, but that makes sense to me!

 

[JamieD]

On a similar vein to ironhorse it could have been be a shoddy mill recycling wool from uniforms etc.

Mills & Village Histories ? Historical Commission ? Town of Norfolk

I’ve detected sites in the U.K. with lots of buttons (esp military) from where shoddy was used on the fields as fertiliser.

Jamie

 

[ironhorse]

On a similar vein to ironhorse it could have been be a shoddy mill recycling wool from uniforms etc.

Mills & Village Histories ? Historical Commission ? Town of Norfolk

I’ve detected sites in the U.K. with lots of buttons (esp military) from where shoddy was used on the fields as fertiliser.

Jamie

good link Jamie
I like the connection

 

[Lost Signal]

I think this is it...



https://asahelena.wixsite.com/militarybuttons/volunteer-militia-buttons-g-i

 

[Calabash Digger]

Congrtats!

 

[creskol]

I think this is it...
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https://asahelena.wixsite.com/militarybuttons/volunteer-militia-buttons-g-i

Thank you very much .. That's neat history!