Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

[jhenry]

Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

Found at same site with silver tray that had "8" monogram.
This site spans 1817 large cent to 1908 Indianhead coins.
Better view of button, it's an "8" , then "76".
Possibly Rev War
This button is the size of a dime.
Any help would be appreciated! I just moved this to what is it with hopes of confirming if its rev war thank you for any help

 

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[allen]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

this story is getting really intersting now.
Have you looked for a previous owner(s)
to see if their last names began with an "S"?

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

Sure it's lead? It looks like lead in pic3 but not the first two.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

Sure it's lead? It looks like lead in pic3 but not the first two.

Possible brass button with heavy mineralization

 

[ivan salis]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

pewter is very similar in many ways to lead ( since lead was the major base metal in pewter) and pewter was quite commonly used for many things as well as button making material.

 

[jhenry]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

Im prety sure its lead found handle to a fork and broken stien handle made of pewter all grey manny lead artifacts most have a white patina am researching old plot maps to figure out who what and where will keep posted

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

DUH! I just seen the second pic it's on a dime! The edge of the dime is what confused me. I have no problem thinking lead button now. (even if pewter it would make little difference)

 

[JerV3]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

That's a nice old button. Looks pre civil war to me.

HH Jer

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

Hard to tell from the photo, but its way before CW. Late 18th looks most likely.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

DUH! I just seen the second pic it's on a dime! The edge of the dime is what confused me. I have no problem thinking lead button now. (even if pewter it would make little difference)

Hah... Got me too!

 

[jrsherman]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

DUH! I just seen the second pic it's on a dime! The edge of the dime is what confused me. I have no problem thinking lead button now. (even if pewter it would make little difference)

Hah... Got me too!

Okay give me the "fool me thrice" award lol. Neat find!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

I agree with others who have said that this button is pre-CW by many years. It looks 1700s to me, but I have no clue as to what the letter and numbers represent. Perhaps Don in SJ might have some contacts that would be willing to take a look at it for you...


Best Wishes,


Buckles

 

[capndan151]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

nice looking old button!

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: Hand carved lead button "S" "76"

Could you dress up the button a bit, try to do more of a head on shot looking down on the button, when I played with the photo, I could not see the S or the 7 for sure..........(possibly a 3?)

Don

 

[jhenry]

Re: Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

Found the original owner he was muster ed out of rev war as a captin in Mass then aquired a 1500 acre plot heavily timbered land in the western reserve this is the site of original cabin he went back to mass his son returned in 1817 built another cabin then house in 1840 done first detecting on these 3 sites and have 2 more brothers cabins to do in spring when ground thaws and fields are turned Im verry happy with finds so far and cant wait till spring

 

[Skrimpy]

Re: Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

The way i see it you have a pre civil war pewter button with a reg, or bat number on it. The way I understand is that if it's a button, is that old and has a number on it, you got yourself a nice piece of military history. It's probably rev war or war of 1812. Pull the guy's pension record and you will know if it's his. I bet his regiment number was either 8 or 76.

 

[jhenry]

Re: Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

now Im trying to move it to today this should do it

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

Having looked at the Lead 'Button' again, I'm beginning to think its not a button at all but a kinda cap/bung. Doesn't seem to have the usual shank shape. Is there a loop as such?

 

[Breezie]

Re: Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

Instead of a button, it looks like a lead bag/bail seal with the connecting shank in the back middle instead of the top.
http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallery/bagseals
Breezie

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Hand carved lead button "8" "76"

It looks like a lead bag/bail seal instead of a button. Breezie

could be, the no.s would then make more sense