✅ SOLVED At First I Thought a Button

[Thebigd81]

Found this in area where Revolutionary troops went through and house dates to 1789. I thought it was pewter but after cleaning it up it isn't pewter and it's magnetic. It says something but I can't make it out. Probably just junk. Any ideas?

 

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[Mud Hut]

looks like an old metal electrical box knockout.

 

[invent4hir]

It may just be my eyes, but I think I see some sort of pattern as shown in the close-up pic below...

 

[Red-Coat]

It may just be my eyes, but I think I see some sort of pattern as shown in the close-up pic below...

Yes, I thought I could see a design too. That way round it looks a bit like a dog or bear head, in profile facing right with open mouth:



Turn it another way and it looks a bit like a tiger head or other big cat, facing right in three-quarter profile:



I think I've gone-a-bit-pareidolic. I'm sure it's not Elvis though.

 

[Fossils]

Could be a sporting jacket button, brass alloy front and iron back. That would explain the design on the front (common for those buttons) and if it gave a “pewter” reading (copper and iron together sometimes rings up as mid-range). The age would be late 1800s to early 1900s.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Maybe something along these lines of overall/work clothes buttons.It could be a rivet style from looking at the back.

 

[GoldieLocks]

An old British coin? Maybe, "GreatSSCoin 1803 UK British Crown Old Coin -United Kingdom Old Coins- Great Commemorative England..."
From image in site page
https://www.amazon.com/GreatSSCoin-British-Replica-Kingdom-Commemorative/dp/B084G2NMFD

 

[runningmanredo]

Incredible rare item. Woow!

 

[Thebigd81]

It's a Lee button