Button hole: 88th and elk

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Finally had a day off! Navy Davy and I tackled one muddy button hole. Luckily neither one of us got stuck in the knee deep quagmire.
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After an hour and a half both of us were done out and called it a day. ND found a nice complete thimble and a Royal Regimental Artillery button. My finds included an 88th regiment and nice sporting button with the shank intact.
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[del]

Les you have quite the gold mine with that button site ,some great examples of military and civilian type button . can you explain just waht the site is , I'm assuming somekind of a button factory or woolen linen mill or paper mill.

Dan

[coinnut]

Kind of reminds me of our button hole Dan, except Leslie's site gives out great buttons lol What a gift to have a site that gives up quality buttons like that. :clapping:

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Les you have quite the gold mine with that button site ,some great examples of military and civilian type button . can you explain just waht the site is , I'm assuming somekind of a button factory or woolen linen mill or paper mill.

Dan


Paper Mill Lake is man mad. In the mid 1800s a paper mill was infact located in the lake but burnt down in the 1880s. Dam is being repaired so lake is drained...too our good fortune and talking to the workers will possible remain that way till late Nov.

[del]

if it was like most of the paper mills back then Les , they recycled clothing to make the paper and the buttons were cast aside or dumped right out into pond . congrats on that little gold mine of buttons . :clapping: :clapping:

[giant056]

Great bunch of finds you got there leslie thumbsup01
:congrats:

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on a nice bunch of buttons, WTG. |:cheering: