MY FIRST BUTTON I'VE FOUND AND ITS A BANNER FIND FOR ME. I'M STILL ON CLOUD NINE.

Truth · Apr 1, 2017

Thank you to Trapperart for educating me on what I found toda. I was getting a crazy,it was all over the place,on the ATP. I was on an old property and it was hidden between 7-8 inches and with my new parana I said no problem and then I out pop this. The button was in full tack in the moist Louisiana clay. I went to clean it with water and there was a pesky clump that wouldn't move so I use my finger in the back disintegrated. Rookie mistake hey this is the first button I have a found. New or old. Lol

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SultansOfSwing · Apr 1, 2017

Its very nice despite the damage. Itd look great in one of those 50 state quarter display cases.

Truth · Apr 1, 2017

SultansOfSwing said:
Its very nice despite the damage. Itd look great in one of those 50 state quarter display cases.

I'll look into that thanks for the tip

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verbious · Apr 2, 2017

Awesome find!!!

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Tom_in_CA · Apr 2, 2017

Congratz on the button, and good job on the ID Trapperart !

Dug · Apr 2, 2017

I would date that Marine Corps anywhere from 1870-1920. Although there has been little change in the design of the Marine Corps 2 piece button I have noticed that the droop wing design started around the Indian Wars period. Notice the difference in the way the wings are on the image you included and your button? I love digging Marine Corps buttons, probably because I served in the Marines from 1973-2003.

Don't feel bad about it bursting, Louisiana mud/clay is very hard on relics from my experience. Back in the late 90s I was digging in a construction site in downtown New Orleans and dug a green blob of dirt up that was ringing like a button on my machine. Rookie mistake I bounced the blob off the back of my shovel to shake the dirt off and it burst open. From the inside of the button I could make out a Pelican. I was heart broken, but later figured out that it was so ate up from the elements that it would have been a small miracle to save it anyway. I don't bounce anything off my shovel now except tree roots.