Found Good Military Button This Afternoon! UPDATE:Cleaned Pics-100%Silver Plated

[mudslideslim]

After my household duties were done, I got out for a couple hours at one of my small colonial sites. Worked real slow in some really trashy (aluminum scraps) ground and pulled these little gems out! The flower button came first and the early 1800s Eagle Militia came last. Great feeling when you flip a flattie over and see that eagle staring back at you. The backmark is Best Plated London. Pics are fresh out of the dirt, and toothpick dry cleaning. Not pictured is a pound of scrap aluminum. YeeHaw!!!

Update: It cleaned up nice - almost 100% silver plating still intact! The pic doesn't even do this one justice. Found it in Albert's Button Book as GI 57 "Militia 1-piece, 13 stars with border" 20 MM, RV 20. You gotta love this hobby!
HH
slim


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[Old River]

Re: Found a Good Military Button This Afternoon!

Nice button. Congrats.....

 

[HISPAN]

Re: Found a Good Military Button This Afternoon!

Nice finds,congrats!

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: Found a Good Military Button This Afternoon!

Fantastic!!!!!
Congratulations!

 

[civilman1]

Re: Found a Good Military Button This Afternoon!

Good one Slim....Congrat's

 

[birdman]

Re: Found a Good Military Button This Afternoon!

Awesome button Slim!

 

[hogge]

WOW....That is a beauty! Congrats....Hogge

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Nice! Banner!

 

[Narthoniel]

That is one beautiful button. Congrats on a great recovery and a cleaning job well done.
Anthony

 

[pepperj]

Very nice condition

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Found Good Military Button This Afternoon! UPDATE:Cleaned Pics-100%Silver Pl

That is a real beauty of a button! One of the best I have seen!

 

[johnnyi]

mudslideslim, great button! I was looking at the other one also, which at first glance reminded my of a thistle, but now I'm not sure what it is. Although it is probably civilian, I wouldn't write it off as non-military too soon until you can identify it positively. The thistle was used by some Scottish troops and this could perhaps be a variant. What kind of flower do you suppose it is?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Excellent button! Great photos, and top notch cleaning and preservation of your finds.


I enjoyed reading this post.



-Buck

 

[mudslideslim]

mudslideslim, great button! I was looking at the other one also, which at first glance reminded my of a thistle, but now I'm not sure what it is. Although it is probably civilian, I wouldn't write it off as non-military too soon until you can identify it positively. The thistle was used by some Scottish troops and this could perhaps be a variant. What kind of flower do you suppose it is?

thanks bud. not sure about the weird flower on that button - you make a good point - i've got to do some research on it.
hh
slim

 

[mudslideslim]

Thank Y'all!

Thanks for all the comments.
hh
slim

 

[spartacus53]

Nice finds

 

[allen]

good job on those sweet finds !