House Hunt Yields Indian Heads and Silver - Need Button ID

[Dman]

Vol1266-x and I hunted an old house site in his home town. He was testing out his new Fisher-F75 detector. I believe the F75 is almost as good as my Minelab SE . All the coins we found were between 6 and 11 inches deep. I dug two Indian Head pennies, one dated 1890 and the other dated 1892. Two Wheat pennies 1937 and 1942 as well as one Mercury dime - 1943D were also dug. I found a button that I need help identifying. It has a capital P over H with crossed rifles. Any help would be appreciated.
Dman

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like a collar stud, I'm guessing WWI era.

 

[silverfreak]

Those injuns are sweet D. I love the greenies

 

[Finman]

Great finds, Dman Congrats!!

HH Joe

 

[VOL1266-X]

That was fun hunting yesterday. It was odd that both of us dug a 1943 Merc dime in that yard. The home dates to around 1880. I did not realize that you DUG that button-I thought it fell of your shirt yesterday and the PH was for "Possum Head". WTG and you can't have the ladies or child's brass heel plate I found.

 

[dfxmatt]

good hunt good hunt

 

[Montana Jim]

The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers.  The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.  

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds Dman. Can't help on the button ID. Someone will make an appearance and ID it for ya

 

[CRUSADER]

The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers. The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1

Nice job

I'm getting pretty close with these US 'guessed' items.

 

[Montana Jim]

The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers. The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1

Nice job

I'm getting pretty close with these US 'guessed' items.

Much better than I am at the UK insignia!

 

[hikermike]

Nice finds!!!

hh
mike

 

[STH69]

wow great finds

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[allen]

way to go on those nice looking finds...

 

[Dman]

The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers. The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1

Thanks for the information

 

[tsgman]

Nice finds for sure!

 

[John (Ma)]

Very nice finds.

 

[BuckleBoy]

A great batch of finds, Dman. 


and a great ID, Jim!



Best Wishes,



Buckles