Republican Blues Button w/ Rare Backmark

[Bharpring]

This evening I decided to stop by one of the sites in Savannah, GA that has produced many Civil War relics. I only had 30 minutes to hunt with my XP Deus HF Elliptical Coil, but I figured that I may be able to find something that had washed up from the torrential rain that had passed less than an hour previous. After about 15 minutes of finding almost nothing I decided to just start digging. Then this Republican Blues Button with a Ives Kendrick backmark (rare 1820ish) flew out of the ground. Check out the YouTube video of the find as well below.




Cleaned and Preserved

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Gene Mean]

Great find! That looks like some very tough digging.

 

[vpnavy]

OUT·STAND·ING find Bharpring. Thanks for sharing...

 

[CRUSADER]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Blues
Interesting history, I had never heard of them & this is the first one I remember being posted on here.

 

[Bharpring]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Blues
Interesting history, I had never heard of them & this is the first one I remember being posted on here.

Yes, rare confederate button with much history.

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[fyrffytr1]

Awesome find. A friend has told me about these buttons but I have never seen one.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find and preservation!

 

[Bharpring]

Thanks

 

[Bharpring]

Thanks. Yes, the dirt at this site is very hard. It had just rained so it was actually softer than normal. The hot summer months makes it like concrete.

 

[Bharpring]

Thanks!

 

[Bharpring]

Awesome find. A friend has told me about these buttons but I have never seen one.

Thanks! The Republican Blues were even admired by the Yankees- check out this article

https://nyti.ms/1OUr2Em

 

[Bharpring]

Thanks

 

[Hawks88]

Very nice find and in nice condition. Big congrats.

 

[Bharpring]

Thanks!

 

[Calabash Digger]

very nice!

 

[Bharpring]

very nice!

Thanks!

 

[JBnNC]

Great button!!

 

[Bharpring]

Great button!!

Thanks!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Beautiful button.