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fyrffytr1
03-07-2012, 11:33 PM
Since I don't have any sites to hunt yet I have been going through some older finds and wanted to share this one.
I found this button about 20 years ago in the Hagerstown, Md. area. I have seen carved bullets and even have a few crude ones but this is the only carved button I know of.
It looks like a soldier may have had some idle time while in camp and decided to remove the eagle from a coat button.
It would have been nice to find the eagle
Ill Digger
03-07-2012, 11:42 PM
Yeah :thinkingabout: That defiantly unique :yes: thumbsup01
Makes ya wonder what he did with the eagle part..... :confused: :daydream:
Cool find, Congrats :grin:
Thanks for sharing that :cool:
Civil War Nut
03-08-2012, 12:27 AM
This is all I got to say about that old man , SHOW-OFF ! Ha. Now what you got to say ?
JTGOLD
03-08-2012, 06:25 PM
neat find.
skrapman
03-08-2012, 08:54 PM
that is a very unique find. I would be happy to have that in my collection. thanks for showing. :perfect10:
CODY
03-08-2012, 09:01 PM
Nice! Where you get the plastic container its in? Could use some of those.
Civil War Nut
03-08-2012, 09:37 PM
Hidy f1 . You thank that same man was down here too . found this in Nov . I thank .
HEAVYMETALNUT
03-08-2012, 10:14 PM
weird! wonder why someone would do that? wouldn't that be an unpatriotic thing for a soldier to do? ya sure it just didn't corrode off being that the eagle was the high part of the button? :thinkingabout:
those gem containers are nice for buttons,I have a bunch of them
Fire Fighter 43
03-08-2012, 10:52 PM
Nice find! Thanks for sharing.
fyrffytr1
03-08-2012, 10:52 PM
Nice! Where you get the plastic container its in? Could use some of those.


Cody,
One of my brothers gave me this tray many years ago. Here is a link that you may want to check out:
http://www.novelbox.com/gem-jars-and-trays-gem-jars.html
fyrffytr1
03-08-2012, 10:55 PM
Hidy f1 . You thank that same man was down here too . found this in Nov . I thank .


Yours looks to be better cut than mine. How long did it take you? :peace:
OxShoeDrew
03-09-2012, 05:15 AM
Thanks for sharing the tray link, I'm going to check it out.
del
03-09-2012, 06:47 AM
very cool an unique button , i imagine the down time in between the battles took its toll on every man and one had to find something to occupy his time . its a very interesting piece and a great conversation piece . |:cheering: thanks for showing it .

Dan
Civil War Nut
03-10-2012, 12:47 AM
Yours looks to be better cut than mine. How long did it take you? :peace:
Took me so long to do half of it , the other half just fell out . Ha . Then the back came off .