I know what it is- but what kind? thanks....

[Manzshark]

A friend of mine found these buttons on a place that only he hunts so I can tell you much more than that but here are two buttons he found that I took some pics of
that we can't find in any of the books we have with respect to buttons
thanks again in advance for any help you can give- the one button has an anchor on it . and the other is self explanatory - its covered in silver and very heavy...
thanks and keep well..... MM

 

[Gunny71]

I have know Idea what this Item is, and I am sure that someone will come along shortly to help you resize the pics, they are absofreakinlutely Gigantic.

That said, great detail in those pics. What kid of camera are you using?

 

[Manzshark]

its a canon powershot SX120 IS 10.0 megapixels
how do I resize the photos?
MM

 

[taz42o]

Resized them for you.

 

[IronSpike]

The eagle looks like a Militia button (Alberts GI59). That's in nice dug condition, sweet button

The anchor may be a cuff link button?

 

[fmerg]

http://www.civilwarbuttons.com/uc1041.JPG
militia from 179? till 1820 or so
worth about $75 usd

 

[CRUSADER]

The eagle looks like a Militia button (Alberts GI59). That's in nice dug condition, sweet button

The anchor may be a cuff link button?

agreed its a cufflink, early 19th C

 

[mcmich]

try photoscape if you don't hav a picture editor. Its free, just google the name. It's really easy tu use too.

 

[hogge]

Really nice militia button. Congrats! Hogge

 

[vayank54]

Wow that militia button is nice. It dates 1812 to 14. The other button dates about 1820. They are supposed to be buttons but I'm not sure of their use.

 

[Manzshark]

thank you from everyone...
MM

 

[Ramitt]

its a canon powershot SX120 IS 10.0 megapixels
how do I resize the photos?
MM

my favorite program for simple editing is infranview a free program for windows.
http://www.irfanview.com/

here us a quick tutorial using it to resize a pic, also on cropping.
http://www.somewhere-in-time.net/tutorial/irfanview/