The big mystery on this button is still out there.
Also the story above say's the the two brothers in charge was using the money for there own good. But also say's that the 10th did recieve more than the other nine.So you would think even if the 10th was a rag tag group but recieved more then the rest that they should of had button's if the rest did.
Don't make much since but that's war I guess.Just looks like some bottom line answers would be out there on our own country's history.
I mean they kept up with other things less meaningful but not if the N.C. Reg.was issued button's.
I did find out that the one piece is a
Cast Neck Stock Hasps, Ca. 1750-1790
These heavy cast brass adjustable hasps fastened the cravats or neck stocks of linen (or, more rarely, leather) that encircled Spanish soldiers' necks during the mid-to-late eighteenth century. Secured to the ends of their neck stocks by the raised studs shown, these examples almost certainly (and uncomfortably) adorned the necks of enlisted men. Officers' examples had articulated chapes (hinged hasp and tines/tongues) or were more delicately constructed.
Silver Neck Stock Hasp, Ca. 1760-1780
Recovered in Athens, Texas, this female portion of an officer's or gentleman's neck stock hasp was fashioned from sheet silver and engraved with decorative designs that have a distinctly Spanish Colonial/Mexican character. The cast silver fastening studs were peened into prepared holes in the upper, scalloped edge of the hasp section; two of these studs' reverse faces are engraved with the initials "C S".
Although I don't think it is spanish it is the same thing.If it is spanish then now it means that at this site there was a British navy button,a continental Reg.Button,and spanish too all in the same area?But it could be I guess as this button is called a fring pan type dating 1650-1700' not even talking about the danish 2 skilling found near by and the spoon mold 16th century.
I must say I'm about ready to hit this baby again!
Also the handle above dates to 1600's as well and was a surgical knife.
Recessed Buttons
Flat, "frying pan" shaped buttons with skirted edges both with and without protruding outer rims as shown at left, right, and bottom comprise other frequently encountered military button subtypes of the ca. 1650-1700 period.
http://www.artifacts.org/Mission.htm
http://www.artifacts.org/Bucklepage.htm
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