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Thank you all for the thoughts and kind words. :thumbsup01:
Thanks Rebel! :thumbsup01:
That looks like it! Thanks! :thumbsup01:
How it the world would something like this make it to the fields of Central Virginia!!
Thank you, Digger!
I found it and a gold-gilded Virginia button within 10 feet of each other.
I'm still kicking .. Fell off the grid for a while. Nice button, Lew!
It is a buckle cover off of a horse harness, originally patented in 1879.
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Wonderful post! I have an affinity for old graveyards and buttons myself! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
below 50 is too cold and above 75 is too hot for this old man. :shocked03:
I was digging a waterline trench today and turned up this thin brass plate. Looks like there may have been some plating on it originally. It measures 2" x 3". ... Any idea how old it is?
Those look like great fun!
Welcome aboard, Artie.. good to see another familiar name pop up.
Very cool! I never did any reenacting myself, but have been to numerous reenactments. By the way.. Your Charger is awesome. I had a 1968 Dodge R/T with a souped up 440 in it. Like a fool, I sold it.
I have often wondered about that myself :confused:. Here is another look down a smooth bore:
I have an affinity for looking down the barrel of cannons.
Beautiful coins!
Welcome iceman! Good to see you here. Thanks for coming aboard!
Nothing wrong with that batch of goodies! You had a good hunt!
As his 3rd great grandson, I am envious of that find to say the least.
I believe that is a glove button rather that a shoe button, which were even smaller than that one.
This might help some:
A little background history:
1. King Charles I (1600 – 1649)
2. was executed for high treason following the English Civil War, when the country briefly fell under the rule of Oliver...