Different place same results but saved by a nice button

[WHADIFIND]

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The weather around here is slated to go sour after today so,
even though I hunted yesterday I thought I'd give another place
a try today. Pretty much another clad day but I did manage some interesting
items again:



Bird band?


This was a strange find. I thought it was
just a cloth button from an old chair. But,
it's actually an earring!




I found a penny the same way back a while ago.
Maybe I can find the whole set? LOL


This button was my saving grace today. It's a solid button
but I almost never find these with any design on them.

This is as far as I'm going to clean it right now. I didn't even know
it had a design or that it still had some remnants of gilt on it until
I got home. I want to give the button experts a chance to identify
it if they can before I attempt any more cleaning.


The back is in poor shape but I can see some information there, just
can't quite decipher it yet.

If anyone recognizes the pattern, please feel free to share. Even a possible date range
for the type. If there are any suggestions as to further cleaning, I could use some.

Anyway, after two long walks in a row, I think I can tolerate sitting for
a few days. LOL

Thanks for peeking!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Very nice flower button WAF!!! WTG, Q.

 

[hbeaton]

Looks to be a 1 pc golden age gilt flower button (roughly 1810-1840ish), back mark could be kind of vague and say something like "superfine extra gilt/rich, etc" or may have a makers mark such as Benedict, Burnham, Coe, Evans, Robinson...to name of few. Its possible its British made before Americans had perfected copying the British method of gilding buttons but the back mark would help in narrowing it. Don't recognize the exact pattern but saw a few that are similar which constituted some vines intertwined in the center of the button with flower heads popping out toward the edges of the button...other experts may nail the exact pattern.

Cool find. I'm sure fishy liked it.

Best,
H

 

[Old Dude]

That's a nice old button. Might be a winter project to clean that one.

 

[Brian W]

Sweet button...That would make my hunt..Congrats

 

[Michiganne]

Nice digs and congrats on a cool button.

HH

 

[WHADIFIND]

Looks to be a 1 pc golden age gilt flower button (roughly 1810-1840ish), back mark could be kind of vague and say something like "superfine extra gilt/rich, etc" or may have a makers mark such as Benedict, Burnham, Coe, Evans, Robinson...to name of few. Its possible its British made before Americans had perfected copying the British method of gilding buttons but the back mark would help in narrowing it. Don't recognize the exact pattern but saw a few that are similar which constituted some vines intertwined in the center of the button with flower heads popping out toward the edges of the button...other experts may nail the exact pattern.

Cool find. I'm sure fishy liked it.

Best,
H

That's an awful lot of information with soooo little help from me! LOL I really appreciate it!

I kind of figured it might be a fairly early button. Afraid that buttons are not my forte'.

Any ideas on how I should go about trying to clean this? If at all? It looks as if the front might
be a good candidate for some cleaning. It just looks like the surface will stand the process. The
back?

One of these days, I'm going to post something and somebody's going to shout,
"HEY!!! WIF!!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GOT THERE!?!?!?!?!" LOL

 

[Subterranean]

Nice hunt with lots of goodies, Whadi. I really like the old button too. Is the flower a carnation? I found a "Cross Penny" last week too! Sub

 

[hbeaton]

Afraid I can't help you further on cleaning, however, others on TNET have well trod the cleaning process and I post below a post and thread that BuckleBoy put together regarding cleaning buttons. I believe there are a few shots of golden age gilt buttons. Perhaps that may help you a bit.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/89045-how-clean-buttons.html

Best,
H

 

[WHADIFIND]

This is about as far as I'll go.

Thought you guys would like to see:




I believe I can make out "EXTRA" at about 6-o-clock.



Fair sized button.



Fascinating how they could make a button last that long in the ground
and we can't even make a decent penny.

Anyway, thanks for peeking, again!

 

[jeff of pa]

again nice button

I don't think the aluminum band is a bird band.
plant maybe. but looks to big for bird.

in any event What all does it say ? I see HAB-NAB S

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Nice button, looks like it really cleaned up well. Congrats.
ZDD

 

[dig kzoo]

Good finds, button is sweet!

 

[WHADIFIND]

again nice button

I don't think the aluminum band is a bird band.
plant maybe. but looks to big for bird.

in any event What all does it say ? I see HAB-NAB S

I think you're probably right on the band. All I see is "HAB-NAB S"
then stamped "A 11 " & "511". It is a band of some sort rather than a
plate like on a telephone pole. It is formed with a linking mechanism
to complete the circle.

No biggie, just curious. Thanks!

 

[sutphin]

AWESOME BUTTON AND BLINGIE SEEMS TO THINK HE HAS HIS EYE ON A LADY BUG FOR LUNCH OR FREINDSHIP AND FISHY DONE LATCHED ONTO HIS SAVIOUR.

 

[jeff of pa]

maybe even a Bag Tag .... successor to Lead Seals
like the wrap around seal on a loaf of bread.
only heavier for large bags of Soybeans

was it found anywhere near Federalsburg , md ?

There is or was a Habnab Farms located at 27499 Bloomery Rd in Federalsburg, 21632. is categorized under Agricultural Production - Crops code 116 is (Soybeans).

so if it was on a plant.....

CODE 511 may have something to do with machine harvested forage crops . just saying that because
it's all I could find

aerial to me suggests maybe chicken coops though ? so perhaps even chicken band



do they use buildings like that for soybeans ?

 

[WHADIFIND]

maybe even a Bag Tag .... successor to Lead Seals
like the wrap around seal on a loaf of bread.
only heavier for large bags of Soybeans

was it found anywhere near Federalsburg , md ?

There is or was a Habnab Farms located at 27499 Bloomery Rd in Federalsburg, 21632. is categorized under Agricultural Production - Crops code 116 is (Soybeans).

so if it was on a plant.....

CODE 511 may have something to do with machine harvested forage crops . just saying that because
it's all I could find

aerial to me suggests maybe chicken coops though ? so perhaps even chicken band

do they use buildings like that for soybeans ?
]

Nope, this was at a reasonably modern school, a very long way north of Federalsburg.
On the plus side, the area was a large farm a long time ago. The button did come from here
too.

Interesting info though!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Fishy can see the light, and Blingie is seeing spots!
Excellent cleaning job on the button! That looks great!
Congrats on an excellent foray into the fresh air and treasure realm.
Looks like the winter wear will be a must in future forays, looking for the cold gold.

 

[Jason H.]

I like the gilded flower button, you did a great job cleaning it!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Looks like the winter wear will be a must in future forays, looking for the cold gold.

Your line reminds me of a thought I've long been pondering. Your "cold gold" reminded me of the
aspect that I almost never see, "OLD gold".

I don't mean gold coins. I mean like, old gold rings. Sure, we do see one or two on here, every now and then.
But, most of them are no earlier than the early 1900's. Why don't we see more of the gold bands, engraved with a date,
from very early on?

There might not have been as much gold available back then, commercially. But, heck! The indians used it in there jewelry.
And there've been marriages even back then! Gotta be a few wedding bands lost in the 15-16-1700's. Why don't we see
more of that sort of find?

Sorry, just an inquiring mind. LOL