🔎 UNIDENTIFIED I'd Love to Identify this Early Fouled Anchor Button

[cannonball]

I found an18th Century site here in New Jersey. I did a little detecting and sifting and found this 17 mm 1 piece fouled anchor button with a back mark that I cant make out. Feel free to chime in if you think you can identify it. It seems like it's pre War of 1812. Also found was a amber gun flint and a nice coat button and pipe pieces. In the 18th century, amber flint primarily refers to French gun flints, known for their honey-light brown or amber translucent color. These "Silex blond de Berry" flints were highly prized for their use in flintlock firearms, which relied on the flint striking steel to create a spark that ignited gunpowder. They were widely used by French, British, and American forces, especially before the mid-1700s, and were crafted using specific techniques that modern craftsmen have revived to create historically accurate replicas.

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[invent4hir]

Rotating the anchor 180 degrees I think I see AT followed by a possible I.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Rotating the anchor 180 degrees I think I see AT followed by a possible I.

Could the AT be part of WATERBURY.....They've been around since 1812.

 

[Fredneck]

Don't see the anchor, am I missing something ?

 

[invent4hir]

Could the AT be part of WATERBURY.....They've been around since 1812.

Sarge, you could be onto something. Maybe doing a rubbing and/or holding it at a low angle would expose more details...