Found a CW camp

[cornspike]

You know finding a camp is great but finding several melted buttons can bring a tear to your eye... Found over 30 Union buttons melted and good in two days. Notice the Great coat buttons are different. I will be pounding this spot for a while!!! Thanks for looking....

 

[creskol]

That's some good stuff right there!!! Hope those tears were tears of joy! Good luck on your return visits!

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

wow great find ...keep them comming!!!

 

[Lookn4Seated]

Beautiful buttons.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Those buttons are still in pretty decent shape!
Do you think that maybe their uniforms were burned?

 

[kuger]

Those Great Coat buttons are unreal!!!To find one is something!!Something happened there.Either the coats were burned or the guys were in them!!Wasnt an Indian camp was it!

 

[KRAZYHORSES]

AWESOME FIND!!!! the site looks like a lot of hunting melted were they all in one spot like they burned uniforms in a fire? good luck on the site hh enjoy the hobby scott

 

[teleman 2525]

some very nice cival war finds dont get that up here in northern vt

 

[Discrimination Dave]

You are in Arizona, right?
Wow! great buttons.
Id say those are Indian Wars related.
Do you know of any history in that area.
Beautiful, awesome, Great Finds!

 

[kuger]

You might want to check your button backmarks,I know the Great Coat buttons pre date the Civil war.

 

[Steve in PA]

Ouch! How did you clean those buttons? Acid?

Those finds look to be 1850's to me based on similar stuff from an 1850's post I hunted in West Texas. Does the blank shield General Service button have a Horstmann & Allien backmark? See Tices GEN223B1 & GEN223Bs1. I found these at the site I hunted in Texas and Tice says they date to the 1840's and 1850's.

 

[SGVALLEYMAN]

Awesome finds...Nice to see some good stuff out west.
Congrats.

 

[Tnmountains]

This is so cool. I want to know more about them. Congratulations on your discovery!

 

[darkwing_66]

wow cool finds

 

[trixie charger]

Nice buttons HH

 

[trixie charger]

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Great button finds Looks like all have been exposed to heat . Seems to me , odd and mysterious , the different types found , burnt # , and location . Maybe , Indian ambush loot from a doomed wagon train , used to start a campfire never will be solved .... very interesting and Congrats CMD

 

[jamesbibb]

They looked to be tumbled please tell me they are not

 

[romeo-1]

Good stuff!!

 

[kuger]

Ouch! How did you clean those buttons? Acid?

Those finds look to be 1850's to me based on similar stuff from an 1850's post I hunted in West Texas. Does the blank shield General Service button have a Horstmann & Allien backmark? See Tices GEN223B1 & GEN223Bs1. I found these at the site I hunted in Texas and Tice says they date to the 1840's and 1850's.

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