A Great Civil War Button Hunt

[JBnNC]

Yesterday afternoon I went back to the camp where I've had some luck and pulled out four great buttons. The first to come out has always been on my bucket list, a CSA coat button. A nice I coat button, a North Carolina Sunburst, and a convex Eagle I followed the CSA.
I have never found many buttons, so I'm very excited and I hope the luck continues. I was back at the spot this morning at first light and spent a couple of hours detecting before work. I didn't find any buttons but I did find a nice piece of a spur.
--JB

 

[FoxHound0985]

Wow, great hunt!

 

[Carolina Tom]

What an exceptional set of button. Congrats on an enviable hunt sir.

WOW.

 

[vpnavy]

Dang - super finds!

 

[trapperart]

Great stuff congrats

 

[detectahead]

Wow! Nice!

 

[Fullstock]

Amazing day!

 

[crabstang44]

nice buttons

 

[fyrffytr1]

My hat is off to you. Great finds!

 

[relic nut]

That's an outstanding hunt!! And will be hard to beat. I just love the CSA button. Congrats on a great site. Mop it hard!

HH RN

 

[alabama11]

I hope you find many more. Preserving rare CSA relics are a noble deed. Great work.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Cletus]

Beautiful Finds !!!!

 

[ivan salis]

clearly your onto a confederate infantry camp site along with a bit of cavalry as well ...the eagle I could be union or early confederate (many early confederate troops had state militia issued pre war USA supplied uniforms with union buttons on them)

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on 4 great buttons.

 

[fredbug 67]

Going to the Civil War show in Charleston SC today-your buttons would look great there! Great hunt results! Keep it , maybe a CSA buckle will show up. Good luck!

 

[Valley Ranger]

Epic. Great saves!

 

[JBnNC]

clearly your onto a confederate infantry camp site along with a bit of cavalry as well ...the eagle I could be union or early confederate (many early confederate troops had state militia issued pre war USA supplied uniforms with union buttons on them)

I think that you are exactly right, there have been I and C buttons found here. The eagle I is a Horstmann 19.3mm convex button, it looks like the same button found on Harry Ridgeway's site and is in the infantry 1820's-1840's section....so you are right again on the pre-war uniforms possibility. Thanks, JB

 

[JBnNC]

Going to the Civil War show in Charleston SC today-your buttons would look great there! Great hunt results! Keep it , maybe a CSA buckle will show up. Good luck!

Thanks Fred, I hope you have a great time at the Charleston show....and I hope you're right on the CSA buckle.--JB

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the beautiful buttons!