War of Secession ornamental clothing fastener with our national bird of Jove

[chopper]

War of Secession ornamental clothing fastener with our national bird of Jove

O.K. so it's a Civil War eagle button.
Seems like I've been hitting the same acre for the past year and a half and it's because these keep popping up in places I swear I've been over 20 times.
Then I found this Skoal can size iron chunk, it's about an inch thick. Any ideas?

 

[DD-777]

Re: War of Secession ornamental clothing fastener with our national bird of Jov

It's a Pre-Historic PAC MAN!!!

Actually, I believe that to be a weight for a scale. Nice button by the way...

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: War of Secession ornamental clothing fastener with our national bird of Jove

O.K. so it's a Civil War eagle button.
Seems like I've been hitting the same acre for the past year and a half and it's because these keep popping up in places I swear I've been over 20 times.
Then I found this Skoal can size iron chunk, it's about an inch thick. Any ideas?

You would have thought that when they lost that one, they would have noticed it land on their toe

 

[dnewbury2]

Re: War of Secession ornamental clothing fastener with our national bird of Jove

I believe DD is right. It's a scale counterwieght.

 

[d2]

Re: War of Secession ornamental clothing fastener with our national bird of Jove

Great button, but I would have refered to it as a "War of Northern Agression" clothes fastne r. That does look like a weight for a set of scales. I bet you thought it was gonna be a plate. I know I would have. I hope to find me a plate someday...d2

 

[JRich98150]

Re: War of Secession ornamental clothing fastener with our national bird of Jov

Keep digging those nice buttons. The big iron piece is a scale weight.

JRich