Help please on button and token

[McCDig]

Unknown button and token vintage

I got back to Riverside Park in Baltimore today. Very difficult hunting conditions.
Two deep targets that I need help identifying are the button and token shown here.

The reverse of the button may have some iron but I'm not certain. I did not want to procede with any electrolysis out of concern of damage and removal of the patina.

The token has wording on the obverse, but is blank on the back. It reads "Approximate running points when warm 1 point".
Thanks for your time and advice.

 

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[duggap]

I'm not sure about your coin, but your button is a fashion/blazer button. Your rusty back is the giveaway.

 

[sutphin]

NEAT DIGS THERE MCDIG .

 

[cudamark]

Looks like your "coin" was probably a tag attached to a valve or throttle speed control.

 

[money malcolm]

I can't find anything on that tag.

 

[SkaBa]

I found one on a German site. It's tag said 3/4 turn, but I could not read anything else in German.

 

[McCDig]

Hey MM, thank you for checking into this!

 

[McCDig]

That's my take on it.... an equipment tag.

 

[money malcolm]

It seems like it would be something to do involving plumbing or pipes.

 

[McCDig]

Hope to find the answer someday. Right now it's even more obscure in that it is definitely not a token. But we know it's not a 'one of' either.

 

[cambria09]

Hello McCDig. The coin/token thing may have been an adjustment indicator for a lantern. I remember gas lanterns having a similar indication, something like "1/2 Turn After 1 Minute".

Thanks for the post and nice finds. C9

 

[cambria09]

Hello McCDig. The coin/token thing may have been an adjustment indicator for a lantern. I remember gas lanterns having a similar indication, something like "1/2 Turn After 1 Minute".

Thanks for the post and nice finds. C9

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Cambria09, I'll follow-up on your lead.