Second Old Button From High School

[wolcottdigger]

I go into work for 5pm, I was a little early so I stopped at the local high school
to detect for a half hour and my first target was a small flat button.
I cleaned the crud off the back and could very clearly see the words "Rich Gold Color"
and possibly a floral design opposite the words but its hard to tell.
The front seems to be blank I found the button about five feet from one of the many
old stone walls in our town. I also found a hand full of clad.
Anyone have an idea how old it might be.

 

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[Indyfan73]

looks like it is some type of uniform button still cool looking

 

[spartacus53]

Try tracing over the letters with a pencil and paper, you may be able to read it better. Too bad the face is so damaged.

 

[briankb70]

nice button

 

[allen]

possibly an old school uniform button ?

 

[BuckleBoy]

What you have there is a typical "flat button" from the first half of the 1800s. Any place you find those you should do some more searching. The "Rich Gold Color" is the quality mark.

Here's a thread I've been working on about buttons:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,165857.0.html


Regards,


Buckleboy