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Rogue Relic Hunter
12-21-2017, 07:35 PM
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button, shank visible and words SUPER FINE STRONG, any idea about date? I am thinking circa 1840?

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buckle, no idea about age. thinking mid 1800s to early 1900s. any ideas?
BTV Digger
12-21-2017, 07:52 PM
Nice finds. Those are common back mark words for your button. Those one piecers were made by the millions, often in Britain up until the mid-1800s or so. Early to mid-1800s is a fair guess. As for the iron buckle I haven't a clue, but 1800s to early 1900s would sound reasonable to me. HH!

John
calabash digger
12-21-2017, 08:05 PM
congrats!
Rogue Relic Hunter
12-21-2017, 08:06 PM
Nice finds. Those are common back mark words for your button. Those one piecers were made by the millions, often in Britain up until the mid-1800s or so. Early to mid-1800s is a fair guess. As for the iron buckle I haven't a clue, but 1800s to early 1900s would sound reasonable to me. HH!

John

thanks John. appreciate the information and feedback.
Ill Digger
12-22-2017, 09:23 AM
Your on some old ground. :yes:
Who knows what else might be laying around. Love finding old flat buttons!
Congrats! :grin:
OxShoeDrew
12-22-2017, 04:30 PM
Let Dan and the others chime in but I think you're in the ball park with that button date. That iron buckle looks 1900s to me. :thumbsup02:
Rogue Relic Hunter
12-23-2017, 08:12 AM
Let Dan and the others chime in but I think you're in the ball park with that button date. That iron buckle looks 1900s to me. :thumbsup02:

you think a pants buckle? looks large for horse tack, but i am no buckle expert.
Rogue Relic Hunter
12-23-2017, 08:13 AM
Your on some old ground. :yes:
Who knows what else might be laying around. Love finding old flat buttons!
Congrats! :grin:

in the cotton field, i find more buttons than anything else (besides trash). love to find a really old coin out there.
OxShoeDrew
12-23-2017, 11:07 AM
you think a pants buckle? looks large for horse tack, but i am no buckle expert. I'd guess tack, but I'm no authority.
del
12-23-2017, 01:36 PM
The plain front flat buttons and are usually the size of an indian head or nickel , they are very common and popular throughout the 1820 to 30's and the buckle is definitely a "tack" or harness type one .

Dan
Rogue Relic Hunter
12-23-2017, 03:22 PM
The plain front flat buttons and are usually the size of an indian head or nickel , they are very common and popular throughout the 1820 to 30's and the buckle is definitely a "tack" or harness type one .

Dan

my friend asked me, why did these people lose so many buttons? i told her, they had cheap thread back then and she replied, "OH!" :hystericallaugh:
aloldstuff
12-30-2017, 12:13 PM
Always love to dig a button and you seem to be getting quite a few....congrats