Button Mystery

[farmdump]

Found these in a nearby field today but I haven't been able to figure out what they are. I was thinking that maybe they were buttons but I couldn't find any that had that flat metal backing. Any ideas?

 

[farmdump]

Here are some more photos

 

[1942 merc]

Looks like old suspender / overall buttons .

 

[Carolina Tom]

Rust indicates iron...

Blue jean button.

 

[farmdump]

Alright so would you say that they're most likely from the 1940's-1950's?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

That type of button is called a rivet-button or "tack-button." They are used mostly on work-clothes such as coveralls, and blue jeans waist closure, because due to their "rivet" structure they can withstand much more strain than a sewn-on button.

Although most have a plain front, some have a design (such as stas) or lettering on the front.

They are mostly from the 20th Century to the present, but a few "Railroad logo" coverall rivet-buttons seem to date back to the 1890s. None are from the civil war era.

 

[bill_wabo]

Overall button. I found a few with still some leather around the rivet, was detecting an old forge