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[EARTHWORKS]

Hey guys: Found at a colonial site. There someone served as a colonel in the revolution. On the back: "LEWIS & TOMES - EXTRA RICH"
Thanks,
Earthworks...

 

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[PBK]

Great find, Earthworks! It's an early 1800's U.S. Navy button. Backmark is "LEWIS & TOMES." Button makers Edward Lewis and Francis Tomes were active in New York as early as 1819, and in Birmingham, England at least three years prior to that.

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Thanks PBK. I knew you could do it!!
earthworks...

 

[Don in SJ]

Looks like a NA67 in Albert's book, and appears a general date range of 1816-1833, but more likely 1819-1826. Tice has that particular backmark as 1820's.

Nice military button to find.

Don

 

[PBK]

I agree— NA 67. The sort of "boat-like" field beneath the eagle is perhaps the best diagnostic feature in this attribution. The eagle's wing tip well between two stars on the left side is another.

 

[hollowpointred]

great find earthworks!

 

[funkman]

great find earthworks. You guys must have still been in the detecting mood after you left my place.

Congrats on a great button.

Funkman

 

[GoingDown]

awesome!

 

[nhbenz]

Great find!