~~ CALLING ALL BUTTON EXPERTS ~~

[artzstuff1]

This was dug today by my brother and his cibola,,,,kind of a strange button for southern il. area.

It was about 5-6 inces deep on an open lot that had debris from a construction site.,,, possible civil war era

any help on this one?

thanks

art
wayne co
il.

 

[Mackaydon]

Looks like a Union eagle "I" button. The ‘I’ stood for Infantry. Other eagle buttons have an ‘A’ in the centre for artillery or ‘D’ for dragoon or ‘C’ for cavalry.
Don...

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice Art!

And it's a beautiful CW Infantry button that looks like it will clean up nice

 

[artzstuff1]

Nice Art!

And it's a beautiful CW Infantry button that looks like it will clean up nice

Thanks my brother is proud of that one ,,we thought it was CW but was not sure,,,, thanks for the info.

whats the best way to clean a button of this type

 

[artzstuff1]

Looks like a Union eagle "I" button. The ‘I’ stood for Infantry. Other eagle buttons have an ‘A’ in the centre for artillery or ‘D’ for dragoon or ‘C’ for cavalry.
Don...

Thanks for the i.d don!!! you were right on it!!

art

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I honestly feel it will clean up nicely Art with a tooth pic. With the button completely dry, gently pic at the back and the crud will flake off, revealing the backmark. Great button my friend. I'll bet there is more at the site.

 

[steelheadwill]

Congrats on the great Button Find

 

[treasurehound]

Congrats on your CW eagle "I" button. The best thing I found to clean buttons is aluminum jelly. Use a toothpick to clean it. It will remove the gunk and leave the patina. I included a before and after picture on how well it works.

 

[FooserPaul]

Not sure you need experts for that one... Lots of those are dug by the CW hunters... :-)

Grads !!

 

[artzstuff1]

Not sure you need experts for that one... Lots of those are dug by the CW hunters... :-)

Grads !!

I realize there are lots of them dug , but have never seen or heard of very many dug here in my part of the state.

Thanks for the reply.

art

 

[Nana40]

Terrific find! I had to see what part Illinois played in the CW so I looked it up. Here's a quick read on some of the details...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_in_the_American_Civil_War

Get out there and find those CW relics!

Nana

 

[birdman]

Very nice button . Big congrats.

 

[artzstuff1]

Terrific find! I had to see what part Illinois played in the CW so I looked it up. Here's a quick read on some of the details...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_in_the_American_Civil_War

Get out there and find those CW relics!

Nana

Thanks for the link nana,,!!! good stuff.

have a good day

art

 

[artzstuff1]

Congrats on your CW eagle "I" button. The best thing I found to clean buttons is aluminum jelly. Use a toothpick to clean it. It will remove the gunk and leave the patina. I included a before and after picture on how well it works.

Thanks for the advice about cleaning!!

arthur

 

[underdogger]

Yes nice find I found a button this spring and had no idea it was a pre civil war NYS militia button intact . That is awesome .

 

[naturephotoz]

I would be willing to bet that you definitely have a CW infantry button. The backmark on this button is very distinctive (inner ring of rays) and I would not be surprised if as you cleaned it you saw

HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / (dot) NY (dot)

This is a depressed mark between two solid rings and an inner ring of rays. Made by Steele & Johnson produced ca 1860.

Congratulations on the find

Jason

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[artzstuff1]

I would be willing to bet that you definitely have a CW infantry button. The backmark on this button is very distinctive (inner ring of rays) and I would not be surprised if as you cleaned it you saw

HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / (dot) NY (dot)

This is a depressed mark between two solid rings and an inner ring of rays. Made by Steele & Johnson produced ca 1860.

Congratulations on the find

Jason

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Thanks for all the info on the button

art