Civil War U.S. Marine Button--BEFORE AND AFTER PICS plus finds from short hunt

[{Sentinel}]

As promised,

Here are the before and after pics of the U.S. "Navy" button that I found. It actually, upon viewing it more, turned out to be a U.S. Marine button......which is all the better with me because they are abit more harder to find Thanks for looking!

Here is the before pics:



Here is the middle point of cleaning:




Heres the After:




Also, here are the finds from a short and hard but not very fruitful dig today:


-Late 1700s to Early 1800s Bone Handle for a Knive or Fork

-Early 1800s Brass Pants Button

-1800s Latern Piece

-.44 Caliber Musket Ball

 

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[MonkeyBoy]

Re: Civil War U.S. Marine Button--BEFORE AND AFTER PICS plus finds from short h

As promised,

Here are the before and after pics of the U.S. "Navy" button that turned out to be a U.S. Marine button which is all the better because its more rare:

..and.. ahh.. because it is a Marine button!! ;-)

MonkeyBoy.. yes... former USMC..

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: Civil War U.S. Marine Button--BEFORE AND AFTER PICS plus finds from short h

As promised,

Here are the before and after pics of the U.S. "Navy" button that turned out to be a U.S. Marine button which is all the better because its more rare:

..and.. ahh.. because it is a Marine button!! ;-)

MonkeyBoy.. yes... former USMC..

LMAO.....Yeah, I get that favoritism alot from my Ex-Marine buddy whos a police officer Thank you for serving my friend!

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

Hey, buddy, you are not only the king of finding Civil War artifacts, but also the king of cleaning suuuuuuuuper historic buttons. You are due for handfuls more, my good buddy!

Keep that fever higher than ever!

Kyle

 

[crazyjarhead]

WTG OORAH!! That button was probably lost at Tuns Tavern. Tuns Tavern was the founding place of the Marine Corps. Imagin that

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Civil War U.S. Marine Button--BEFORE AND AFTER PICS plus finds from short h

Nice job

 

[Nana40]

FANTASTIC job cleaning that AMAZING button, Senti!

Love that button! Congrats!! Nana

 

[Goldiver]

Nice job on that button! It is a nice one.

 

[christ-first]

awesome button !

 

[goldgrubber]

Re: Civil War U.S. Marine Button--BEFORE AND AFTER PICS plus finds from short h

Great button!!! Semper Fi! '73-77

 

[civilman1]

No doubt in my military mind that this piece would come out as good as it did......Great job Brother and one Beautiful find

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Re: Civil War U.S. Marine Button--BEFORE AND AFTER PICS plus finds from short h

Great job on finding and then being able to clean that button so well, it looks great
Glenn

 

[Montana Jim]

Fantasitc button... fantastic pics... Thanks!

 

[Merf]

Awesome find
That sure cleaned up well.
What did you do to clean it? TIA Merf

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

Nothing against anyone else, but from one Jarhead to another, glad one of our own found it.

Semper Fi 89-94 -- 2000-2005

 

[{Sentinel}]

Awesome find
That sure cleaned up well.
What did you do to clean it? TIA Merf

Hey Merf, I used the peroxide method, a touch of electrolysis, and some aluminum jelly to finish it off

 

[{Sentinel}]

No doubt in my military mind that this piece would come out as good as it did......Great job Brother and one Beautiful find

Thanks CivilMan, this button is one of the better gilted buttons that I have found in awhile......Hope you have been tearin it up..up there in Boonsboro

 

[{Sentinel}]

Fantasitc button... fantastic pics... Thanks!

Thanks Jim! I hope you have been doing alright. I actually could have cleaned up the rest of the crust but I thought that the little left on the face of the button helped accentuate the eagle and anchor.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Hey, buddy, you are not only the king of finding Civil War artifacts, but also the king of cleaning suuuuuuuuper historic buttons. You are due for handfuls more, my good buddy!

Keep that fever higher than ever!

Kyle

Thanks my good bud Kyle!! Again, this find was about 400 yards from water.... Ole John was on to something HAHA