help needed! colonial & fossils

[ATpro5]

Hey everyone! This is the 6th flat button I've pulled from this site. Between me and three others over 50 have been found. Even a GW button. This one is around the size of a quarter and says rich orange on the back. The reason I'm posting is because it has some kind of symbol on the bottom like a star or sun burst. Hard to explain. Is this a makers mark? Ooh and also found these fossils today! Can anyone tell me what they are?

 

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[ATpro5]

Heres the other fossil!

 

[ATpro5]

Is the fossil wood or bone... That's what I'm wondering. The other looks like some kind of bark to me. What y'all think

 

[Roger Mn.]

Your second pic at the top looks like a broken clay tile.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your brass 1-piece flatbutton has one of the typical British generic "Quality-rating" backmarks. Because your British-made brass flatbutton's backmark is written in indented lettering, and was dug in the USA, it dates from sometime between 1810 and the 1830s. (Importation of British-made flatbuttons into the US had ended by about 1840, because American button-makers had become capable of mass-producing that type of button.)

The meaning of the little "sunburst" design at the bottom of the backmark is unknown -- it may simply be decorative, like other non-letter/non-number "characters" (stars, asterisks, dashes) in backmarks.

 

[ATpro5]

Thanks TCG. I really appreciate the long reply. I learned a lot.