Civil War, Colonial, and a button that I've NEVER SEEN BEFORE! -1762

[TKinVA]

My friend Redbeard Mike and I went to a spot by the shenandoah river. We had a blast! First signal of the day was a parrott fuse! We found about 50 bullets. Mike got into a colonial area. He started digging buttons like they were going out of style. He also dug a KII and a cut KGII. There was one button that I'm hoping someone could help us out with... 1762 Can't find any info on it. I hope somebody knows what it is....

 

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Some nice items there. Spanish real “facsimile” buttons were popular and a lot of varieties exist but they are not a common find. Nice colonial strap guide backplate too

 

[smokeythecat]

That button was made to look similar to a Spanish coin of the day. More great finds.

 

[TKinVA]

Smokey meet Sylvester. Thanks so much for the info! If you want to travel to the Shenandoah Valley someday, let me know. -TK

 

[smokeythecat]

I was there Tuesday and am coming back Tuesday! I was on the Eastern Shore yesterday. We did good. Is Sylvester in the midst of a food coma? Looks like he's got his head in his supper dish.

 

[JeffInMass]

Some great stuff there- Congrats!

 

[TKinVA]

Little catnip for my buddy! Let me know when you're going to be around. PM me if you want to go hunt.

 

[smokeythecat]

My other cat Smoke, well, he gets high on catnip! His eyes glaze over! It's hysterical. Sylvester looks like he was in a food coma.

 

[xcopperstax]

Wow great finds that reale button is really a cool find I'd like to run into one of those! I bet it had silver wash or plating on it in it's heyday.

 

[CRUSADER]

Most of these 'coin copy' Buttons are 1 half of a Cuff-link (or linked-button), only a small proportion were actual buttons.

 

[Tommybuckets]

Nice work! I made it into the Shenandoah river for a hunt this summer near Luray Caverns. I didn't get anything good. There was a battle site nearby but it seemed protected. I would have loved to spend some time there but didn't know the lay of the land.