Button, 2 piece, with crown, is it military?

[Almy]

Found at New Brunswick, Canada, home and farm site where 1853 large US cent and 1861 New Brunswick penny was found. 5/8" diameter and 1/8" thick. Is it familiar to anyone?

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

I see a crown and horn. Ironpatch is good with Canadian stuff.

 

[RelicHunter97]

It appears to be a rifleman's button of sorts, but I can't find one like it. I will look more into it

 

[Iron Patch]

I would say military but more modern, so not really that interesting if you like the old stuff. I always like to find them though.

 

[Almy]

This site was apparently occupied until late 1800s or early 1900s. A local 80-yr-old remembers his mother telling the name of the people who lived there. I also found a King George VI 1950 small cent there. So the possible age of the button is wide and a later rather than earlier date certainly is possible. Thanks for your help and do please keep looking. There are no good written records for the area and I am trying to get an idea of what kind of people were there and for how long.

 

[Iron Patch]

This site was apparently occupied until late 1800s or early 1900s. A local 80-yr-old remembers his mother telling the name of the people who lived there. I also found a King George VI 1950 small cent there. So the possible age of the button is wide and a later rather than earlier date certainly is possible. Thanks for your help and do please keep looking. There are no good written records for the area and I am trying to get an idea of what kind of people were there and for how long.

The Crown I think looks more Victorian than anything else so that indicates a time line of the last half of the 19th century... which makes sense being a two piece button. If you hunt where there is Loyalist and early French settlements there's no question you have some killer stuff waiting to be found. That's why I downplayed this button a little, because you have much better to come.