Old button?

[Digger92]

Hello all! Been a long time since I last logged on, glad to be back however. I just found this on an old mine camp site. I can’t find anything on google that matches up really. My question is, some type of button or something else?

 

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[smokeythecat]

I can't tell from the picture. Does it have a back and backmark? A backmark will tell the age.

 

[Digger92]

It doesn’t have a back at all. It almost looked as if it were hollowed out and the back fell off. I’ll take another picture as soon as I’m back at the house

 

[CRUSADER]

Tough one its in the British Navy style, but I can't make my mine up if it is!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Based on the style, I'm thinking it's a civilian clothing button as opposed to an actual Naval button Cru.
It looks to have a symbol above the anchor. At first I was thinking it was a crown, but it's not centered.

Date wise... 1880 - 1910.
Dave

 

[Digger92]

Thanks for the replies. I posted a photo of the back as well in the original post. As for the years the mining camp remained open and used was 1901-1920

 

[A2coins]

Pretty cool find hope you post some more cool stuff