Civil War naval button....maybe

[McCDig]

Another hunt, another Indian....and much more. Some showers during this morning's park detecting, and the finds were slow to come in the first couple hours, but I finished with three deep finds in a row: 1904 V-nickel, 1916S Barber dime, and what looks like a Civil War naval button. Items were diverse, again, with a jewelry piece and a watch winder.

 

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[diggingthe1]

Cool finds, its always nice to get out!!!! I hope the button is Cival War I found one in Colorado too. Love the watch winder!!!

 

[against the wind]

Very nice hunt.
All keepers

 

[CRUSADER]

Button Back Marks
According to the above site (& I know its wrong in some places) the backmark isn't going to help much; 1849-1965
waterbury button co.
To me it has that post-CW look, but its not that clear to me if its Military or one of the Civvy Blazer type. I look forward to someone with a book pinning down the type & year.....

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling those quality finds from a park. What was the average depth of those finds? I have hit all parks and old school grounds in my area in a 30 mile radius of my house. Only one has produced anything close to the turn of the century. Heck I am lucky to pull a wheat from them in a hunt.

 

[McCDig]

L-D, The park I've been hitting is about 30 miles from home. Due to it's age, it is a "time warp" experience hunting there. The indian, the button and the V-nickel were all about 11 inches deep and no pinpointer signal once the initial 7-inch plug is out, so I've had to get more soil out to even hear the target. Exciting prospect hunting there!

 

[McCDig]

Crusader, thanks for your research. The button diameter is 18 mm. I'll let you know if more details surface. There were many varieties to this type of button.

 

[McCDig]

ATW, I agree. I did not throw any back.

 

[McCDig]

Diggingthe1, You're right. It was great to get out and even better when the rain stopped. Big park and it was as if I had the whole place to myself...no other detectorists, just folks walking through and some conversations with passers-by curious of how the hunt was going.