How old is this button?

[hbru123]

I found this button at a early 1800’s-1920’s homestead. Civil war troops camped there, the Mormon battalion camped there, and so did Mexican American troops. It looks to have a star design or a gear like design, could someone tell me the date range on this button, it is made of iron.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Added info.

Sorry to have to tell you... lacking any maker's mark or other markings which can be time-dated, your iron "pressed-birdcage shank" button is impossible to time-date, other than saying it could be as old as the mid-1800s and as new as this year. Taking into consideration the history of the place you dug it, we can still only say mid-1800s to early-1900s... and most likely, late-1800s/early-1900s, because the specific version of button you found does not seem to get found at civil war sites nor Indian-Wars era sites.

 

[hbru123]

Sorry to have to tell you... lacking any maker's mark or other markings which can be time-dated, your iron "pressed-birdcage shank" button is impossible to time-date, other than saying it could be as old as the mid-1800s and as new as this year. Taking into consideration the history of the place you dug it, we can still only say mid-1800s to early-1900s... and most likely, late-1800s/early-1900s, because the specific version of button you found does not seem to get found at civil war sites nor Indian-Wars era sites.

Thanks!