Buttons

[RedGinger]

Anyone want to show the buttons you've found? I know there are some very pretty and intricate buttons out there. I always put them in my pocket and save them.
Laur

 

[Gunsmoke47]

Hey Laur, I have found more buttons than you can shake a stick at....... [] But this is about my most prized. This was a US military button that was made between the years of 1816-1821. Found it in a camp that the earliest known establishment was 1852. Go figure? Kelley

 

[RedGinger]

No matter how it got there, that's one nice button![] Were you digging or metal detecting?

 

[Gunsmoke47]

I was metal detecting. That is how I found all of my bottle pits. I have never used a probe. Of coarse, I have never searched for a privy either. I am in a rural area and those things are HARD to find in the country![] Especially when 1870 is old for the area, and it was not a very populated area either. Metal detecting is how I got started bottle digging/collecting. Kelley

 

[GuntherHess]

Buttons were saved and reused quite often back then. I found several war of 1812 buttons in civil war camps.

 

[rlo]

that is a beauty! I love treasure hunting!

 

[RedGinger]

Me too! Even the white ones made of shell are so cute.

 

[RedGinger]

Thanks homie. Got buttons? Come on, you must.

 

[rlo]

I have loads of antique buttons, but can't get good close ups, any hints?

 

[GuntherHess]

Try holding a magnifying glass in front of the camera lense, it works like a cheap macro lense. Works pretty well for me.