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    Unknown item

    Hi, anyone got an idea? Found this the other day. Put the penny in just for scale. Back is smooth, appears to be made of copper. Small, was hard to find. At first I thought it was a head off a nail till I made out the tree. Thanks
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    Re: Unknown item

    Hmmm It kinda looks like a button
    Any chance we can get a look at the back?
    Maybe it's part of a 2 piece button?
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    Re: Unknown item

    Back is smooth. No sign of anything being attached.
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    Re: Unknown item

    Cody, I found a gilt glove button that was that size...but had a shank (until I broke it off). 8/
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    Re: Unknown item

    I know you think it might be copper, but am curious if it's magnetic.
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    Re: Unknown item

    Hi
    Here is a picture of the back. It is not magnetic.
    Thanks.
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    Re: Unknown item

    Could be a desert road sign for a post indicating where a tree was planted thumbsup01
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    Re: Unknown item

    I can't be of any real help but that design reminds me of the early MA coins, oak tree, pine tree. Hope someone will chime in with the answer.
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    Re: Unknown item

    Cody it is a stumper , it looks like its made frome cast brass and maybe used as an insert of some kind but it doesn't look to terribley old though . what was the area you found it in and how old were the other finds in the immediate area

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    Re: Unknown item

    I found it in a yard of an early 1900 house. Only other finds were a buffalo, no date. And a 1957 wheat.
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    Re: Unknown item

    It looks like a cuff button to me, it may have had another piece somehow applied to the back.
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