Only a few buttons today

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Today I spent a few hours at a new spot. This place gave me an 1819 LC on Monday. The field is still a little frozen in places. The metal detecting gods were not with me today I did manage a few buttons, a couple pieces of pewter, a fat copper rivet..........
One of the buttons is a little different than the others that I dug. Smooth and almost clean right out of the ground. Some one put a hole through it with a square nail. Fancy wreath design arround the edge, London Gilt, and an eagle on the inside. Any significance? The round button looks much newer to me. Still neat. Oh, cant forget the spent Wheat Cent and a really nice cuff size tombac button.


VPR

 

[RPG]

I'd take those finds any day. Nice finds VPR.

 

[Sniffy]

Always nice to pull buttons....even if no coins pop up...even one button (to me) makes a hunt a success.

 

[Iron Patch]

What ya need is a Rev pewter that held up like that spoon!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

A day similar to mine.
Chris

 

[vayank54]

Some cool stuff. The eagle on the back of the button is just part of the backmark. I'm not sure if a specific maker used them or not and have no idea why a British mker would use an eagle on a backmark. I've seen quite a few over the years though. The round button is modern. The shank on the back is called a self shank and was not in use until 1900 or later.