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mali843
10-25-2012, 10:09 PM
hey i'm new here, i been hunting for around a year i have a whites 3Vi. i found a button i can't find anywhere on the net was wondering if someone could help me identify it, any help is appreciated.
SeabeeRon
10-26-2012, 01:55 PM
Can't help with the button, but there are some amazing guys on here who can!
Welcome from California! :cool:
OxShoeDrew
10-26-2012, 04:07 PM
Can't help with the button, but there are some amazing guys on here who can!
Welcome from California! :cool:
yep....they will chime in....never saw an anchor with paris on the back. Looks like 1850s though. Are you near a civil war area? Maybe a southern/french connection? lol ....french connection.
aloldstuff
10-26-2012, 04:13 PM
Welcome to the forum from western MA. Someone will definately chime in about your button. Are you a coinshooter or relic hunter?
Lowjiber
10-27-2012, 07:23 AM
Welcome to the forum from southern Nevada.

I'm no expert on buttons, and the Paris on the back certainly is strange. A fouled anchor is the symbol of a US Navy Chief and is found on just about everything on their uniforms.

I suggest you post the pictures and question in our What Is It? forum. Many more folks will see it there, as opposed to this introduction forum.
CODY
10-27-2012, 08:09 AM
Wecome from Mississippi, welcome to AD. Looking forward to you posting more items in the future. HH
del
10-27-2012, 09:08 AM
hello Mali843 , welcome to American Detectorist :waving: , your button is an interesting one and obviously made in Paris , the fouled anchor with rope border is an older design . can you confirm the backmark , to me it looks like W P H Paris is that correct??

Dan
beawader
10-27-2012, 12:43 PM
:confused: There was a L.R. Paris around 1840 that was a button maker and or a dealer :huh:
Also it could be a Massachusetts Nautical School uniform button ? and the Navy had a one piece with border rope edging (24mm )
Both button look very much like yours but the backs don't match up ??
Maybe this will help?
Good Luck!
L.D.
Fire Fighter 43
10-28-2012, 10:26 PM
Welcome to the forum from SE Wisconsi. It is good to have you with us, happy hunting.
Tony Two-Cent
10-29-2012, 06:52 PM
Very cool button! I hope you are able to find more information on it.

Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you here!
jkress
10-31-2012, 12:08 AM
Welcome to American Detectorist from Iowa mali843.

Very nice looking button. :clapping: I'd like to see a few of your other favorite keepers. :->