SC Navy, Pewter Block I

[Palmetto]

Made a quick trip down to the Low Country with my Dad for a day and came away with two great buttons.
Pewter Block I is in so-so shape and appears to have been burnt. Shank still in tact and first pewter of these that I have dug.
SC Navy is my second of that variety and this one in much better shape. Not too much known about these and even though there are a decent number of examples out there, still considered rare. Found most exclusively in the Charleston area.
Rounded the hunt out with flats, shield nickel, nice butt plate and a small, ornate silver buckle.

Thanks for looking.

 

[smokeythecat]

That was one awesome dig.

 

[DetectorMoe]

Wow, Awesome buttons. . Nice digs!

 

[DirtStalker]

Russ great dig with your Dad. Amazing Rare Navy button and now you have 2. I have to say button deserves to be on banner row. I can only remember another like it dug and posted years ago. I believe it was found in same area of SC this one came from

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Is that butt plate steel or brass?

 

[BLK HOLE]

Very cool buttons congratulations

 

[devldog]

Palmetto, Great hunt along with some very nice CW relics. I really like the pewter cast I and the S.C. Naval button along with the butt plate. Well Done.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!

 

[Palmetto]

Is that butt plate steel or brass?

Joe-Dirt, it is brass. Small US stamped near lower screw hole. Think it is to a Springfield?

 

[OZARKS]

LOVE the patina on that SC Navy...great hunt!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Joe-Dirt, it is brass. Small US stamped near lower screw hole. Think it is to a Springfield?

Possibly from a brass mounted m1855 Springfield, m1863 Remington, m1841 or even a Richmond, hard to tell from that angle, nice find though!

 

[Relicific]

Excellent hunt

 

[CRUSADER]

That button must be fairly rare just based on the fact its the only one I remember being posted on here - congrats, it's patina looks great!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer hunt, congratulations!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on a couple of great military buttons.

 

[etex]

Awesome

 

[Yak1366]

Great Finds, Congrats!!!

 

[DirtStalker]

That button must be fairly rare just based on the fact its the only one I remember being posted on here - congrats, it's patina looks great!

Cru the last button like this that was posted was in 2007 if I remember correctly.So it's definitely a button that you don't see often.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Great finds! Thanks for posting them.

 

[CRUSADER]

Cru the last button like this that was posted was in 2007 if I remember correctly.So it's definitely a button that you don't see often.

Seeing as thats the year I joined Tnet, makes sense!