Old find needs identification

[Backwoodsbob]

Wondering if it's a button or?

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[vhs07]

Looks like a type of clover button kinda like this newer one here

 

[stefen]

Looks like a nickel with an old button for scale...

 

[Backwoodsbob]

I have looked at buttons. Just couldn't find any that I matched. Hopefully you guys help to determine the age. Thanks Bob

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[Ant]

It is what I would call a modern day junk corduroy coat or a snap button, the style and rusted out back is a clear indication of that.

 

[Backwoodsbob]

It's made of copper not steel

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[bill from lachine]

Backwoodsbob,

Yep it's a civilian button I've dug lots of copper and brass ones with the rusted out steel back.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Backwoodsbob]

Thanks guys. It was found next to an old camp site about a feet down. I thought it may have been older.

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[Anduril]

I wonder if it would be worthwhile to have a little "mini-class" on techniques to improve close-up photography when using inexpensive cameras, cell phones and accessories?

 

[Backwoodsbob]

Do you know any tips. My s5 has a problem focusing in close

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[Backwoodsbob]

the best I can do

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[steelheadwill]

Hey Bob,
your button doesn't look anything like the examples posted.
It seems to display some imperfect gravure work quite unlike 'modern day junk corduroy coat or a snap buttons' regardless of some of the back being missing.
Rather than posting an off topic comment about 'Mini classes' ('Macro classes' would have been a more appropriate description) on close-up photography using phone cameras,
S. FL could have been a lot more helpful sharing some of the skills evident in his photo of that (almost) 75 year old War Nickel.
Bob, try backing off a foot or two, brace your phone against a solid object, then use the zoom to frame your subject, the autofocus is more precise when it has a little distance to work with.
You might pick up a clothespin type macro lens that clips over your phones lens, I got one for ten bucks and it does an outstanding job.
(when I'm at home I still pull out the primes cause to me a phone is just a phone and a camera is really a camera, but Dang that S6 takes some good freakin snapshots)
Thanks for showing and HH to Ya, Herbie.

 

[Backwoodsbob]

Thanks Herbie, I didn't know that.

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[Ant]

I dont 'see much difference in the symmetry other than what can be attributed to damage, the button is cracked and tweaked. Now that I take a closer look it seems to be a design used in the early 60's, latter they made similar style buttons in plastic, commonly used on corduroy coats.

 

[Backwoodsbob]

Then it should be easy to find for reference. Right ant?

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[Anduril]

I'm not really a "button guy", so didn't really have much to offer -- and didn't want to suggest an "ID" of a nickel just to be a smartazz.

I also have a Samsung Galaxy (S5). Decent camera, (decent phone too!) but like SteelHead, I much prefer to use a "real" camera whenever I can.
That said, photography is all about light. Use good light and the camera won't have to work as hard, even the S5.
For something small like a button, you really want to make sure the lighting is nice and even - ideally lighted from all sides.

It's important to remember that with light, the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
If you light from above (i.e., the LED on the S5 phone), the light is just going to bounce back up into the lens and mess things up.
You want to position your light(s) so that their reflections are not in a direct line with the lens. (By the way, this is the same root cause for "red-eye" images of people!)
Side-lighting also helps with contrast.
There's more to it, (such as backing off a bit as SteelHead suggests), but getting the light right helps the focus; getting the focus right makes the image!

Wish I could help you out on the button...

 

[Backwoodsbob]

I'm not really a "button guy", so didn't really have much to offer -- and didn't want to suggest an "ID" of a nickel just to be a smartazz.

I also have a Samsung Galaxy (S5). Decent camera, (decent phone too!) but like SteelHead, I much prefer to use a "real" camera whenever I can.
That said, photography is all about light. Use good light and the camera won't have to work as hard, even the S5.
For something small like a button, you really want to make sure the lighting is nice and even - ideally lighted from all sides.

It's important to remember that with light, the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
If you light from above (i.e., the LED on the S5 phone), the light is just going to bounce back up into the lens and mess things up.
You want to position your light(s) so that their reflections are not in a direct line with the lens. (By the way, this is the same root cause for "red-eye" images of people!)
Side-lighting also helps with contrast.
There's more to it, (such as backing off a bit as SteelHead suggests), but getting the light right helps the focus; getting the focus right makes the image!

Wish I could help you out on the button...

Thanks a lot ,I'm use to it . The smart ones that is. Most of my pictures are of stones that need low light to see the shadows and raised lines. Most of my pictures get me in to trouble on here. But I do have some items that have never been solved. I need to repost thanks again for the help. You have a good one.

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[astralea1692]

ok people, my mother was a seamstress..it looks like some button covers I have. They used to have fancy covers that snapped over buttons to change the looks, etc.

 

[4x4x4]

Looks like a nickel with an old button for scale...

Stefan....I've seen your posts before with no ID info.....Why ?
Mark.

 

[Older The Better]

sometimes I would use a magnifying glass and shoot the pic from my phone through the glass and it helped a lot, also holding the camera back a little way and using the zoom helps, but the zoom can get fuzzy if used too much