Pewter button awesome fine condition

[williedigit]

 

[RelicHunter97]

Great old button! Love finding those! But for future reference that material is actually called tombac! It's an alloy of copper and zinc, similar to brass, except there is a higher concentration of the zinc. Zinc by itself is very susceptible to corrosion but in copper it makes the metal so much more resistant! Funny how those things work!

 

[ajaj]

I do love those tombac buttons. Some have beautiful designs.

aj

 

[CRUSADER]

Tombacs nearly always come out good, although many missing the loop.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a nice button

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Loco-Digger]

I'm not much of a button guy, since I dig in Ohio, but I'd like to dig one of those. Congrats on the sweet find.