War of 1812 Navy Button

[romeo-1]

I found this button tonight on one of my active fields...the hay was just cut so I got a couple weeks of solid hunting. I am only guessing war of 1812 period but it is an educated guess. It is a one piece and the back is corroded but I should be able to clean it enough for a look at the backmark. Thanks for looking.

 

[Ed-NH]

Nice find, I wonder if there is more military relics out there. Keep us posted.

 

[goldencoin]

wow- SA-WEET

HH
-GC

 

[mikewaz]

Great Find!

Still such nice detail there and beautiful patina. I'm looking forward to what you find out on it.

Go Get Some More!
Mike

 

[civilman1]

That is Sweet Romeo....Best of Luck in the field next time out.

 

[Digginman]

That's a really nice button.

Congrats.

DM

 

[Iron Patch]

Nice one! Any old Navy makes my day.

 

[tymcmurray]

Great Find!

Still such nice detail there and beautiful patina. I'm looking forward to what you find out on it.

Go Get Some More!
Mike

Same same here!!!

 

[Golden1]

Sweet find for sure
Hope you find more good stuff there

 

[BuckleBoy]

That's a SOLID find. Bravo!

 

[cwdigger]

very nice, button looks like it came out of the ocean not a field

 

[Goldiver]

Man, that is a great button! Thanks for sharing with us!

Steve

 

[CRUSADER]

Seems the right sort of period, I think it could be as early as 1795. I have a few & I think this ones an Officers type.

 

[duggap]

I found one in Albert's button book. Take a look at page 88, button 11B. It says they are from 1761 - 1807. A fairly rare find. Nice going.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job on the nice button! In good detail too!

 

[sndman60]

Very nice find. I'm sure you will be able to find some 411 on the backmark and research it. Gl and HH

 

[CRUSADER]

I found one in Albert's button book. Take a look at page 88, button 11B. It says they are from 1761 - 1807. A fairly rare find. Nice going.

My answer earlier was from the top of my head & I thought it from the 1790s

Updated:
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/navy buttons.htm

Here they are thought to be late 1780s. NB. The rope on yours is going left but the ones on the site are going right. I checked the 8 or so in my collection & they all go right other than some smaller types which are going left but don't have the boarder around the edge. Don't know what this means?

 

[dgaughan]

sweet find congrats

 

[Don in SJ]

Looking in Albert's book and look at the photo of the reverse, see part of a backmark that makes the button appear more to be a 1790's button or later. The fouled anchor rope starts on the left side, being closer to Albert's 13A button which has a backmark of Hammond Turner & Dickinson. It is more possible of it being that button than any other one I have seen in the book, of course there are always variants not listed.

If it is a Hammond Turner & Dickinson, the dates could be as early as the 1790's or up to 1820, but with the style of the button, I will lean towards the middle of 1790's after the Navy was authorized again to start up after being disbanded after the Rev War(approx 1785), and the authorization was given in 1794, so most likely the earliest the button could be is 1795 at best.

Old Navy buttons are great to have in your collection..

Don

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

You and your buddy, Iron Patch, are GREAT at locating those long-forgotten military buttons. I would love to add a few of those little buggards to my collection.

Keep on hunting with that Colonial fever, buddy!

Kyle