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[JimBru]

Decided to go out and get some time in before we get the snow / freezing rain. I think the large item is a broken axe (it has a hole through the thicker portion); small light bulb looking thing, not exactly sure. Maybe the head of a cane or pommel? It has screw threads on it. And my 2nd button with an eagle, so Union I reckon.

 

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[Kona Koma]

Nice finds. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Whyme]

Nice button! Congrats!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice button save!

 

[Steve in PA]

Yep, Civil War era eagle button

 

[A2coins]

Good job I hate the cold and Mi weather glad you got out and got some cool stuff

 

[A2coins]

Welcome also. Tommy

 

[andygold]

If the lightbulb-looking thing has a hole through the large spherical area (or a slot at the top, or flat sides), it's most likely a Jaw Screw or cockscrew for a flintlock. The jaw screw puts pressure on the top jaw which holds the flint in place.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice. I like that Civil War button.

 

[Inspector]

Nice hunt, very nice button, congratulations on the saves

Welcome to the forum, from upstate NY

 

[Hawks88]

Nice button save. Congrats. Glad you could get out in this unpredictable weather we’ve been having lately. Welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on your finds and welcome to the forum from Port Allegheny, Pennsylvania

 

[JimBru]

Thanks all. Definitely glad to be doing well this year. Found two Civil War buttons in the span of a month or month and a half. Other was a Script "I" Local Confederate Button.

andygold - no hole or flat sides. added some more pictures to help with the ID.