Need some help IDing a couple items ( lead pipe and possble militay cuff button)

rbcumbee74 · May 24, 2014

Went detecting today with my dad at an old home site, we managed to recover a few good relics today but there's a few items that have us stumped. The first item is a button of some sort, it has an anchor with a rope around it on the front. It's a little smaller than a dime, which makes me think it's a cuff button of some sort. The next item is pure lead and is round like a pipe.

Silver Searcher · May 24, 2014

I noticed your button doesn't look to have a loop? which I think makes it a press stud fitting. The lead item :dontknow:

we find a lot like that over here, and I have no idea what it might have been used for.

SS

nhbenz · May 24, 2014

Rivet: PoohBang - Vintage Gear for Guys: EARLY TO RISE LA HORSEHIDE VINTAGE COPPER RIVET BELTS

rbcumbee74 · May 24, 2014

Thanks guys! Very helpful.

yakker · May 24, 2014

nhbenz said:
Rivet: PoohBang - Vintage Gear for Guys: EARLY TO RISE LA HORSEHIDE VINTAGE COPPER RIVET BELTS

Note that this guy says he found a use for the studs he found... so not necessarily their origin. Looks Navy. A button/cufflink guy would know, I bet. I've found the exact same lead pipe- same size and everything, and I have no idea what it's for. But I live in a fishing-heavy area, and I find a lot of weird lead scrap and stuff. Have no idea what it's for. Yakker

NOLA_Ken · May 24, 2014

The lead tube may be a weight for a fishing net. I've seen similar years ago fishing with my grandfather

Tony in SC · May 25, 2014

When I was a kid my Dad used a seine(sp) alot. Had weights just like that along the bottom. Tony

TheCannonballGuy · May 25, 2014

Nhbenz, thank you very much for finding and posting that link.
PoohBang - Vintage Gear for Guys: EARLY TO RISE LA HORSEHIDE VINTAGE COPPER RIVET BELTS
It firmly settles any question about the star-or-anchor marked rivets' manufacturer, and their purpose. (The original antique box is factory-labeled "belt rivets.") I did a websearch for the maker's name, Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Company, which led to solid documentation that it was in business from 1869 into the late-1950s/early-1960s.