British 32nd Regiment of foot officers button. Colonial broad axe, few other relics.

[Aureus]

Didn't have much time to hunt in the last couple of weeks. Managed to get out and explore 2 different spot for a few hours each.
The first one had a nice surprise for me as I managed to get my very first pre 1812 British officers button. The 32nd regiment didn't fight in War of 1812 as they left Canada just before the outbreak and were later busy fighting Napoleon Bonaparte in Europe (they were one of the regiments defeating his forces at Waterloo). The condition of the button isn't the best but being my first officers I'm pretty happy with it.



Than, I got a little bonus. The enlisted men's version of the same button. Again, not in the best condition but still a very cool find.



Managed to find a few coppers (George III halfpenny and an early Matron) and ''not so sure what is it'' relics.



On an other hunt went to a very early site where I previously found some Fur Trade relics. That spot previously produced some deep Trade Axes so I tried not to ignore deep iron targets. Spent the whole day pulling square nails and other deep iron. Towards the end got a deep breaking signal on my Deus and deep it was....took me an hour to pull it out. I was very careful as I knew pretty soon it was an old axe but had no idea how wide the blade was. That thing is huge! Never seen a similar axe in the past and it sure doesn't look like the Trade Axes I got from this site. Have no doubts it's very old. Really happy with it, looks great on display.



Thanks for the comments!

 

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[Patriot Relics]

Officer or not a pair of buttons from the same regiment is quite a hunt. Outstanding early coat buttons

 

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[Aureus]

Congrats on some very nice finds

Thank you.

 

[Aureus]

Cool button, also like the axe head...

Thank you.I'm very happy with both.

 

[Aureus]

I'm curious about this because I have seen both silver plate and gilt dug for the 7th Royal Fusiliers.

Myself 2 gilt
Kiddo's wife gilt
Romeo gilt
Ironhorse silver
The Patriot Silver
An old friend the Cladman 2 silver

Same here. I hope to be able to find the info on it.

 

[Aureus]

I'll say your buttons are in pretty good shape, button candy for these eyes. Killer axe head, liking the size and style. Well done once again.

Thank you. Really liking this axe as well.

 

[Aureus]

Officer or not a pair of buttons from the same regiment is quite a hunt. Outstanding early coat buttons

Thank you. I agree, pulling two different types of the same regiment was pretty cool.

 

[Aureus]

I'm curious about this because I have seen both silver plate and gilt dug for the 7th Royal Fusiliers.

Myself 2 gilt
Kiddo's wife gilt
Romeo gilt
Ironhorse silver
The Patriot Silver
An old friend the Cladman 2 silver

I believe you might be right about the Sergeant button. Also I'm not sure anymore it's 1808 Could be 1830 instead. Oh well... Maybe one day I'll find pre 1812 officers. Who knows.

 

[Scrappy]

Crazy nice find Anton. Hell yes!!!

 

[btjbtj]

Aureus--wow--great buttons! And the condition could be worse. Pretty good detail left. Congrats. -Lisa & John

 

[Iron Patch]

I believe you might be right about the Sergeant button. Also I'm not sure anymore it's 1808 Could be 1830 instead. Oh well... Maybe one day I'll find pre 1812 officers. Who knows.

If there is a different pattern early 32nd I'd say it probably is later. That's actually what I thought, but seeing it on the militia webpage I figured I had it wrong. You'll likely skip over the step of an officer button and find the beltplate.

 

[Aureus]

Crazy nice find Anton. Hell yes!!!

Thanks man.

 

[Aureus]

Aureus--wow--great buttons! And the condition could be worse. Pretty good detail left. Congrats. -Lisa & John

Thank you.

 

[Aureus]

If there is a different pattern early 32nd I'd say it probably is later. That's actually what I thought, but seeing it on the militia webpage I figured I had it wrong. You'll likely skip over the step of an officer button and find the beltplate.

I believe it's 1800 pattern. Was adopted about 10 years before the War of 1812. I got a confirmation on that but no extra information.


Yes, officers belt plate