ANOTHER DIG IN ASHEVILLE,N.C. MORE BUTTONS,METAL

[Mtn.treasure]

ANOTHER DIG IN ASHEVILLE,N.C. FINDING LOTS OF METAL NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH ANY OF IT. CAN SOME ONE TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH ALL THIS METAL I'M FINDING, REALLY LIKE TO NO WHAT THESE BUTTONS ARE AGAIN NOT SURE, SAME PLACE I FOUND OTHER CIVIL WAR BUTTONS AND INDIAN HEAD PENNIES. HOPE TO GET BACK TO SPOT AGAIN ,LOTS OF METAL FOR LITTLE GOOD FINES. THANKS TO ALL WHO CAN HELP ME ON THESE BUTTON'S AND METAL.WHAT WOULD YOU DO BESIDES TAKING TO DUMP ..

 

[Mark1985]

Very nice script I an artillery button even with the back missing

 

[kuger]

Are you for real?Do you honestly not know what buttons you have there?Dont throw anything away,and I will let others fill you in if your indeed not pulling our leg......that A is a very special button
I see a trace and chain,also part of a harness,bunch of partial horse shoes..........

 

[Breezie]

Are you for real?Do you honestly not know what buttons you have there?Dont throw anything away,and I will let others fill you in if your indeed not pulling our leg......that A is a very special button
I see a trace and chain,also part of a harness,bunch of partial horse shoes..........

Kuger, he's for real. Check out his other finds in his other post. MtnTreasure you've dug some really good relics, and like Kuger said, don't throw away anything. Breezie

 

[kuger]

well,then,CONGRATS TO YOU BUD!!!!!As said,I will let the button folks fill ya in more,on top of Marks Info.I am not versed well enough aside from knowing that is a GOOD one and the other seems like it is too?Well done!!!!!

 

[Paleopilot]

I recognize the horse shoes and the cow tie chain, rest looks familiar.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Both buttons are Confederate. The A is Artillery and the Script I is Infantry. If you want to throw them or any other "junk" away I will send you my address. I have been detetcting for over 35 years and have yet to find a Confederate button. Congratulations and good providence in future hunts.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The button with a "serifed" Roman letter A on it is a civil war Confederate Artilleryman's button. It was manufactured in the Confederacy. Relic diggers call it simply a "block" A. (The button-book by Alphaeus H. Albert calls Confederate-made military buttons "CS Local" buttons -- meaning they were made "locally" instead of made by a Northern-state manufacturer or imported from Europe. Yours is the type which had a thin tinplated sheetiron back. Sheetiron was used because brass was a semi-scarce metal in the wartime South. As you might expect, the thin sheetiron backs are often partially or totally rusted out of the button.

If your "CS Local" Confederate Artilleryman's Block-A button had an intact iron back, it would be worth about $120. With the back almost entirely rusted out, it would sell for about $35 at a civil war relic show.

The button with an English Script letter "I" on it is a civil war Confederate Infantryman's button. It ws manufactured in Britain and run through the yankee navy blockade into the Confederacy. It is more rare than a Confederate-made Block-I button. If it wasn't dented, it would sell for about $150 at a civil war relic show. As you already know, damage (and/or incompleteness) significantly diminishes the value of any relic. Because of the fairly large dent on your "Script-I" button, it is worth about half of what an undamaged one would bring.

You seem to be digging an relatively un-hunted civil war spot of ground. Please pardon me for giving you some unasked-for advice. Because civil war Military buttons have considerable value, please dig very carefully, lest you damage them.

Edit: I see that Fyrfftyr1 and I were typing at the same time. He finsihed first because he isn't as long-winded as I tend to be.

 

[kuger]

"you seem to be digging an relatively un-hunted civil war spot of ground. Please pardon me for giving you some unasked-for advice. Because civil war Military buttons have considerable value, please dig very carefully, lest you damage them."

.....and why I advised,"dont throw anything away"

 

[Mtn.treasure]

Thanks for all your info ,Great site,back to dig in asheville sat,and not throwing any thing away,Still have all buttons and metal..

 

[fyrffytr1]

I finished first because I didn't have all the excellent information that you provided! You are the go to guy!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Wow,you've got yourself a honey hole there,,keep digging!

 

[Mtn.treasure]

THANKS SO MUCH,ANOTHER QUICK DIG TODAY BEFORE RAIN...ASHEVILLE SITE