bcbirdman
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Crops are being harvested here in Indiana, and I went back out to try out an old spot with my new Manticore. Used a small coil slowly over a dense iron bed that I'd been over with my 14" coil last year. Found several civilian buttons, one military button that I'll explain, a civil war era Minie ball, an 1843 large cent, 1869 Indian head cent, and an 1894 barber quarter. The barber quarter would've been my favorite find of the day, but to me, this old military button takes the cake because of the interesting history behind it.
I spent a long time online trying to find a match to this button and finally came across someone's discussion about one exactly like it here on TNet back in 2016 or something like that. I included an article describing the button published in 1876 that was also included in their original post. My button says "Republica de Colombia" above a soldier with a staff/spear with a liberty cap on top. The soldier's left arm rests on an anchor. Under the soldier it says "Marina." Turns out this button was made somewhere in between 1819-1829 for the Republic of Colombia, which was a short-lived merger of Colombia and Venezuela. The article describes that they didn't get along and the republic was disbanded after 10 years. This button was for their Navy. haha It is fascinating to me how this could've gotten all the way up here in Indiana! Backmark reads "Superior Gold Colour."
I'm thinking maybe a civil war soldier used this button during the war, after acquiring it cheaply since it was 30 years old at the time and military surplus from a foreign country. Hard to say, but I like to imagine the possibilities.
I spent a long time online trying to find a match to this button and finally came across someone's discussion about one exactly like it here on TNet back in 2016 or something like that. I included an article describing the button published in 1876 that was also included in their original post. My button says "Republica de Colombia" above a soldier with a staff/spear with a liberty cap on top. The soldier's left arm rests on an anchor. Under the soldier it says "Marina." Turns out this button was made somewhere in between 1819-1829 for the Republic of Colombia, which was a short-lived merger of Colombia and Venezuela. The article describes that they didn't get along and the republic was disbanded after 10 years. This button was for their Navy. haha It is fascinating to me how this could've gotten all the way up here in Indiana! Backmark reads "Superior Gold Colour."
I'm thinking maybe a civil war soldier used this button during the war, after acquiring it cheaply since it was 30 years old at the time and military surplus from a foreign country. Hard to say, but I like to imagine the possibilities.
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