Mis-backed button

[Dug]

Hi;

I consider my relic digging hobby as having at least four points of pleasure: researching a dig area/hunting it/finding a relic/researching the find.

This weekend I dug a Connecticut cuff button (my first) in an area where I have dug four (CT-13A) Connecticut coat buttons. The coat buttons all had a Scovill MFG Co Waterbury back mark so I assumed the cuff would have some variation of that. To my surprise it has a "Palanzuelos V. CA" bm. Researching this bm I discovered that in 1850 Scovill had made buttons for a Cuban firm and they were backmarked with "Palanzuelos Menendez V. CA" at some later time some of the surplus button backs made their way onto some northern buttons. This button being one of them.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find Dug.

 

[monsterrack]

Cool button and good find

 

[CRUSADER]

Interesting story.

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose.....always nice to see some one take pleasure in the hobby from any angle. Nice scoff!

 

[pepperj]

Nice button, and the information regarding the history.

 

[diggervet]

great story, gotta check my backmarks!

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is a rare button find there! Backmarks make all the difference. I found that out when a buddy of mine dug a normal general service eagle with a rare backmark back in 2009 or so.

Congrats on a neat piece of history. I don't see many CT cuffs posted in general.

Cheers,

Buck

 

[RelicDude]

That button is awesome nice find and interesting history behind it