Got out for a hunt yesterday but couldnt go far storm was heading in, went to a area I have pounded and decided to work slow over an area that is loaded with trash and old burn pits, dug the normal trash ( a lot ) but managed 3 buttons in total, one a four holes button reads Hobson brothers 53 Piccadilly , last was a screaming high tone I was expecting a mason jar lid but out popped this infantry eagle cuff button I knew that wasn’t the signal and pinpointed another infantry eagle coat button, both are in good shape but have a black patina from the burn pit it came from, I am sure the rest of the buttons are around, im thinking they burned the entire uniform but it was near impossible to isolate another signal ( machine was jumping all around from all the signals) and its a public park so I can’t just dig and screen it all out, I am thinking this place had an encampment of some kind , Before these buttons I’ve dug a general service cuff button, a navy coat button, a cavalier saber hat pin and a a burnside carbine with cartridge attached ( the cartridge has since dissolved) the 2 button are back marked Horstmann & Allien Ny dates are 1850-1877. I reached out to the town historian and they have no information on the property prior to 1880 although I have located colonial items here. I guess it’s also possible that this was just a large military family that believed in the union? Curious non the less.
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Originally Posted by Oneil1979
That's OK. You are still making some nice finds. Three nice buttons!
