Found my first silver button today!!

[Carlitosway2]

Got 5 buttons all together today and my first silver one !! Along with a crusty IH 1874 broken thimble and what looks to be a bullet shell but never found one like that before? Can anyone help date these please

 

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[HIGHSTRUNG]

Congrats!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds!

 

[against the wind]

Hitting some old dirt,
Congrats on the Silver button.

 

[smokeythecat]

Great stuff. The silver "blow hole" button goes back to about the French and Indian War, although they were used later.

 

[Truth]

That’s awesome never seen that button before. Congratulations

 

[smokeythecat]

Truth, the button was made by soldering the front to the back. The "blow holes" let the gasses escape when the button was soldered together. Mainly on pre 1770 sites, I have found a few on the 1777 Brandywine Battlefield, although a long time ago.

 

[Inspector]

Nice hunt and cool button, congratulations on all

 

[Kona Koma]

Nice.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Congrats! All your finds are nice, especially the silver unit...I thought it might be an old blow-hole button but saw that Smokey did indeed verify it. Great stuff, thx for sharing, Ddf.

 

[Doc Arey]

Sweet!

 

[CRUSADER]

18th C Silver - Nice!

 

[Whyme]

Nice buttons! Congrats!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice batch of buttons. I like your silver one.