Two old buttons from central PA house site

[rhedden]

Yesterday I got outside to dig for the first time in a long while, and hit an old house site. The family who lived there in the 1800s operated a tannery at a nearby creek. This was one of those nice sites that had no 20th century trash, aside from the occasional shotgun shell or rifle cartridge. Although I did nt find any coins, I did get these two nicer buttons. The one on the right has "Scoville Waterbury" backmark, and the other seems not to have a readable backmark. I would guess they date from the 1850s, but please share if you know anything about them.

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[Digginman]

Really nice. Appear to be from the Civil War Era or thereabouts.

DM

 

[TeddyB1967]

Those are pretty cool buttons. Where abouts in Central Pa? Im from McElhattan, we have a lot of places around here that would be interesting to MD.

 

[KenPa]

Wow Nice looking buttons

 

[Burdie]

Congrats on the buttons.
Burdie

 

[nhbenz]

Great finds! Those must have been fun to dig up.

 

[Gribnitz]

nice, civil war general service buttons. Good finds !

 

[Montana Jim]

Awesome finds! I love the buttons!

Not knowing exactly what the back mark says - I offer these dates as a reference:

SCOVILL Mg. Co. / WATURBURY CT. 1850-1865
SCOVILL Mf''g Co. WATURBURY CT. 1850-1865
SCOVILL Mf''g Co. WATURBURY 1850-1865
SCOVILL Mfg Co. WATURBURY CT. 1850-1865

Hopefully it's one of these... referencing the backmrks only as they are all the same dates.

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

Nice. The coins are on the way. They always are. GL and HH

 

[trk5capt]

Nice CW Era Buttons, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[twister]

Great looking buttons, Congrats!!

HH Twister