Can anyone please help me identify these items?

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The bullets are modern rifle ammo. Deer hunting rounds most likely.

The Masons logo on the spoon is what makes It a nice find. IMHO.

Great Seal button 1902 to present. Not sure on the anchor button.

Well done.
 

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Modern rifle bullets there forsure, other finds look great! The buttons if I had to guess would be early 1900's.. But ill let the experts chime in...
 

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The anchor button is from a US Navy officer.
 

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Sorry, but the brass 2-piece button showing an anchor with a rope (and nothing else) is not a US Navy button... because it has one of the classic civilian Fashion button self-shank backs. The US Navy did have a similar-looking button in the early-1800s, but it was a ONE-PIECE button, and its anchor is on a lined field with a "rope border" encircling the emblem. (Albert button #NA-15.)

Clean the dirt off the "Great Seal" US Army button (which has a raised rim), to see if it has "black finish" on its front. If so, it dates from 1910 to 1923. If there's no black finish, the button was made after 1923. If you can make out a backmark on it, we might be able to narrow down it's manufacturing date range.

The large brass disc which seems to have grey-ish corroded solder filling its back and its front showing a Greek god/goddess with a winged helmet appears to be a horse-bridle rosette.
 

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