First find of the year

johnnyi · Mar 9, 2010

It was a beautiful day here in N.J. so I took my first walk in the woods, intending to go as far as the marsh which I'd been working hard last fall. It turned out to be a short and happy half hour hunt which began and ended with this little button. It's another war of 1812 artillery button, similar to several I found in the fall, but with some differences. Most of the 1812 artiullery period buttons I've dug in this area have had slight differences despite beig of the same age, which pretty much confirm the presense of the artillery on this spot during the war rather than these being lost by locals. The presense of the military is consistrent with local lore, and it makes sense it would be mostly artillery, as land based artillery would be the best weapon to use against the harrassment from the British military vessels which cruised the bay. It seems to be an unlisted sub variety of Albert AY 51 or 52, but the back mark matches neither, and this may be an unlisted variety. Thanks for looking.

p.s. yikes, sorry about the huge pictures! I just got a new computer and am relearning the photoshop. sorry!

mainer · Mar 9, 2010

Sweet button. In great shape. :icon_thumright:

Congrats.

Silver Searcher · Mar 9, 2010

Cool looking button johnnyi

Glad to see you posting again :notworthy:

SS

Don in SJ · Mar 9, 2010

WTG John on starting out with a very nice War of 1812 button! It does seem that a lot of buttons in the time frame are not listed with all the manufacturers and companies that put their name on the back of buttons manufactured elsewhere. I seem to find Naval buttons like that but come to think about it, it has been a while since I have found any older military buttons, other than the Union Greens button. Congrats on getting out on a beautiful day, i was not able to hunt today due to health reasons but did get out yesterday and got a few things and a 1817 Large Cent.

Don

timekiller · Mar 9, 2010

There he is, Great button Jonny,I'm glad your back and what a way to get started! :icon_thumleft:

That's gotta get you back in the mood again for sure! :headbang:

Take Care,
Pete! :hello:

Kirk PA · Mar 9, 2010

When I see that johnnyi posted, I can't help but to think there is something good. Good is what I saw in this post. Killer button, Johnny!

Kirk

vayank54 · Mar 9, 2010

A nice button. I love the early stuff. Like someone said, a lot of the backmarks aren't listed. In case you didn't know the word with the big script looking letters is EXTRA and with colour having a u in it the button was made in England as a lot of early US buttons were.