found 13 buttons so far from one field and 4 coins

[button king]

 

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[hamiddetecting]

Good start, congratulation!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Sweet, but I am the button king. This year I have over 150. I would like to see the coins.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice way to break into the 1700s with that KG copper! Great stuff. Buttons are a great sign, and some of them can be valuable.

 

[button king]

how can u find out if your buttons r valuable because i have have few hundred flat buttons with gold on them

 

[CKaufman]

nice finds

 

[Briz06]

Would love to see the detail of the one on the far left side of your hand....

 

[button king]

 

[Marinehunter]

Nice coins, can you read what is on the pin?

 

[button king]

B.V.S

 

[Briz06]

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Cool!! .. Thanks for the pic!! .. I think its for the Brethren Volunteer Service

 

[button king]

really? how old is that

 

[Briz06]

They had congregations in that area back in the 1700's... could be that old.. hard to tell...

 

[button king]

oh ok thanks found it by a house that was built 1789

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

how can u find out if your buttons r valuable because i have have few hundred flat buttons with gold on them

BK, the gold remaining on buttons was a plating known as gilt. There is such a small amount of gold that it would not affect the value. What can affect the button is the rarity of the button. Usually plain front buttons have no real value, but one with designs can have value. Early campaign buttons or inauguration buttons, and many military buttons can command hundreds of dollars. There are a few good books available as reference including Albert's Record of American Uniform and Historic Buttons and Tice's Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865.

Here is a rare War of 1812 Sheffield Plated infantry 15th Regiment officer's button I found lastmonth. I love finding buttons!