Best Gilted Button Ever,Oldie Pen Knife and more.....Lots of Pics!!

[civilman1]

Best Gilted Button Ever,Oldie Pen Knife and more.....Lot's of Pic's!!

Trying to stay out of this heat and hunting early,yesterday 101 degree's today 96... I spent around 8 hr.'s total and felt it.I pulled this button out from around 5" and at first thought it was a "blazer" button until I got home and started checking out Backmark's.....Turn's out this puppy read's Benedict & Burnham.....1834-1843,a Waterbury Co....Did the naval jelly and lemon juice trick and this is what I got.....Beautiful....Any info would be appreciated?




Next one is the pen knife,pretty rough shape but when I ran it under water this popped out.....The Eagle is awesome and the other side has a Woman in the Colonial garb,up close you can see the sash buckle and all......Any idea on the age would again be appreciated.It's a really cool knife,trying to preserve it without ruining it,any idea's??



More pic's to follow.....Hang on....

 

[Chug And Red]

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The knife with the woman on it Is great more pics she looks like red!!!!

 

[cntrydncr1]

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both finds are fantastic! I'd love to find a button like that.

 

[civilman1]

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An old wedding band stamped 18?,it's definetly brass but must've been plated at one time....Probably my 5th one but the first one stamped...



Flat button's and two baby Tombac's....


Thimble,pistol ball's,clay pipe piece,brass and iron strap buckle's....


Pewter "spoon" piece's and iron.....


Old Key....


Couple More......

 

[Chug And Red]

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Now i know i live in the wrong part of the country!!! HH chug

 

[civilman1]

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Last one's.....This piece is kinda odd,look's a "fire" heated broach or something,no clue,would have thrown it away if it wasn't for the other piece in it....


This little piece is I guess "slag" but it reminded me of a little rifle.....sorry just me...


Any info on the knife or age would be greatly appreciated....Thank's for looking and HH!!

 

[umrgolf]

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dang nice button Joe.. too bad that wasnt a virginia w/ that backmark cuz they go for a few thousand.. thats the first button w/ that mark ive ever seen great hunt all around and way to brave the heat

 

[The Patriot]

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you sure pulled out some goodies there...keep up the great work... waiting for future posts from that site...

 

[civilman1]

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Thank's Jeff....I wanted it to be a Va. too

 

[Dman]

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I like the button and knife. the button may be a musicians button.
Dman

 

[teleman 2525]

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nice finds

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

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Those finds are what this hobby is all about. The button is amazing, but that pen knife is a remarkable find!

I hope you are able to find out more about it. I will be watching this post for info!

 

[VOL1266-X]

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Great recoveries Joe!!! That is a very nice button and I like the knife also. I found one brass ring like yours stamped "18k" very near a U.S. CW Cavalry camp a few years ago. That's the only stamped ring I've dug. I doubted it was CW period but was told it could be. Great job detecting especially in that heat. HH, Quindy.

 

[Skelly607]

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Sweet knife! Looks like a good site.

 

[cwdigger]

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Nice finds joe that knife is AWSOME You have probably already read this but this is what I found for your button besides its a Civilian Button:

Benedict & Burnham was a partnership of Aaron Benedict, Gordon Burnham, Bennet Bronson, Alfred Platt, Henry Bronson, Samuel S. DeForest, and John DeForest they produced buttons between 1834 and 1843. Benedict & Burnham Manufactoring company was formed from the partnership in 1843. The firm was incorperated at Waterbury between the years of 1843-1849, the Benedict & Burnham button department later split off as the Waterbury Button Company.

Also Aaron Benedict made Ivory, Bone and Pewter Buttons in 1812, the partnership added Gilt buttons to the line in 1823-1829, Benedict and Coe was the 1st company to roll brass in Waterbury 1829-1834 Benedict and Burnham Salesman Gordon Burnham joined the button firm as said above in 1834-1843, Benedict and Burnham Mfg. Company split off button department in 1849, the firm then became Waterbury Button Co. the major maker of military buttons 1849-1944, Then Waterbury just continued to make buttons to present day, so your button is basically one of the 1st early buttons before Waterbury became Waterbury.

Abit more reading if anyone is intrested below:

I will see what I can find on the knife.

 

[civilman1]

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Thank's for the info Matt,what book is that?I've been going crazy trying to research that knife but it alway's come's to a dead end I got a new place on the "Valley" road just leading into Harper's Ferry,used to be the stable's for the railroad during the war.The owner does alot of haying for some of the farm's up on the mountain toward's Maryland Height's,should be pretty good hunting especially in the fall.Talk to you later

 

[Woodland Detectors]

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Now those are some great finds.
I can relate to the heat my friend.
The button is fantastic, resembling marks on a musicians button.

It sure is good to see your post's again.

mike

 

[Michiganne]

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Wow, that's a beauty of a button civilman! That knife is an enviable find as well. WTG!

Keep digging!

 

[Hutch911]

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Greast finds Joe that button and knife is great! By the way 9 more you know what I mean!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

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Fantastic finds I'm really jealous of that knife too!
I look forward to hearing more about it.