BUST MY BUTTONS!

[Sniffy]

Here's my 2nd design button. My first was a floral button. I found this today in a new but "old" location. Loggers buried the cellar with a dozer or skidder in the 1970's. These guys thought they would be clever and try to make a new rock wall. Sloppy and obvious with tree stumps flying all over the place. I was happy to pull it outof this spot today.

 

[cwdigger]

Nice button she is a beauty, congrats

Cw

 

[pteal]

Nice button. I've found a few foundations recently that have been clearcut by loggers, and they have destroyed the area by leaving deep piles of slash all around the foundations. For some reason, they like to put their logging headers right next to the foundations as well. It's very frustrating!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice button Sniffy............I like it

 

[allen]

neat looking button.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I found one or two just like that. The site I found them at gave up coins from 1699-1839, with nothing newer!



Get back there and start digging!

 

[STH69]

Nice one

 

[Sniffy]

I found one or two just like that. The site I found them at gave up coins from 1699-1839, with nothing newer!




Get back there and start digging!

Mine has no makers mark, just the nice design. So when do you think this button was made?

 

[kdismuke1]

NICE BUTTON.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I found one or two just like that. The site I found them at gave up coins from 1699-1839, with nothing newer!




Get back there and start digging!

Mine has no makers mark, just the nice design. So when do you think this button was made?

Almost all of the buttons I found at this site (more than 50 of them!) date between the 1780's and the 1830's. I will take a look at mine later on to see if mine has a back mark. If my memory serves me correctly, there is no back mark or shank on mine.

If you have a picture of the back, it may be helpful narrowing it down for you.

 

[Sniffy]

I found one or two just like that. The site I found them at gave up coins from 1699-1839, with nothing newer!




Get back there and start digging!

Mine has no makers mark, just the nice design. So when do you think this button was made?

Almost all of the buttons I found at this site (more than 50 of them!) date between the 1780's and the 1830's. I will take a look at mine later on to see if mine has a back mark. If my memory serves me correctly, there is no back mark or shank on mine.

If you have a picture of the back, it may be helpful narrowing it down for you.

Definitely, take a look at yours. Oddly, this button has paint on it. I"ve found 6 buttons at old sites that have been painted. At first I thought the dark stuff was part of some sort of corrosion. So I cleaned it and most of the paint came off. I read that alot of the fashionable buttons in the early 1800's were actually painted. Perhaps the makers mark is covered with paint. I'll examine it closer.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Upon closer examination, the buttons we have are similar, but distinctly different. Mine is a cast eye button, which you can see the mold seam. These range from the 1750's to the 1850's. Your's appears to be an "omega" shank, which have "feet" at the base of the shank. This would place it as sometime after 1800.

 

[CRUSADER]

Upon closer examination, the buttons we have are similar, but distinctly different. Mine is a cast eye button, which you can see the mold seam. These range from the 1750's to the 1850's. Your's appears to be an "omega" shank, which have "feet" at the base of the shank. This would place it as sometime after 1800.

Agreed post 1800 - 1830

 

[Finman]

Nice button Sniffy, regardless of it's age!! Congrats!!

HH Joe

 

[civilman1]

Nice save Sniffy.......I too have one very similar to your's. Congrat's

 

[Sniffy]

Thanks for everyones help and comments.