I have 4 buttons or button like items for ID.

[Ant]

I think the button marked #1 is a button from a corduroy jacket, circa 1960's. The pictures with the pointers are before I cleaned them.

 

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[Montana Jim]

Just wanted to say... holy CRAP what a great job cleaning them!

 

[potsy]

How did you clean them?

 

[trk5capt]

Ant, # 2 Looks Alot Like An Early 1800's British Pattern, But I Can Not Find An Exact Match For It. Maybe PPK Will Have Better Luck. One Word Of Caution When You Clean Off All The Patina From A Dug Relic You Are Devaluing The Item. Best Of Luck. trk5capt...

 

[PBK]

Re the #2 button...

Although as Trk5capt points out, there are early 19th century naval buttons of similar design, there are also many modern civilian blazer/fashion buttons displaying a fouled anchor within an oval, with a rope border, and I'm pretty sure that's what you've found. Here's one from the Waterbury Button Co.:

 

[trk5capt]

Re the #2 button...

Although as Trk5capt points out, there are early 19th century naval buttons of similar design, there are also many modern civilian blazer/fashion buttons displaying a fouled anchor within an oval, with a rope border, and I'm pretty sure that's what you've found. Here's one from the Waterbury Button Co.:

You Nailed That One PPK, I Guess The Before Cleaning Pic Had Me Thinking It Was Older, Those Darn Blazer Buttons Anyway! There Ought To Be A Law!! trk5capt...

 

[Ant]

I used a rock tumbler from Harbor Fright to tumble them. You can see the formula I used over in the Cleaning and Preservation Room.

Here’s the links.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,60777.0.html

Yeah, I sort of knew they weren’t old. Thanks for the tip on not tumbling key buttons trk5capt. I think the goes for anything we find in the ground. You can see that I mentioned that in this topic in the link below. It’s over in the same Cleaning and Preservation Room. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,66108.0.html

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