Beautiful CT Seal Button

sniffy

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Did the family thing this weekend so I didn't get to spend hours upon hours in the mosquito infested Connecticut woods. However, I did slip out this evening for a couple hours to a site I haven't been to in a year or so. This place is completely briar infested and very hard to hunt. I took some time to smash down some of the undergrowth and make holes to swing the coil in. I figured my attempts of hunting this site again was a flop until I got a very nice screwcap/penny signal at the base of a large briar patch. I assumed it was a button but I didn't know it would be this beauty. This CT seal button has the Canfield & Bro/Baltimore backmark with the shank completely intact and upright. I can't find this paticular button with this backmark....can anyone help? Thanks for lookin!!
 

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HEAVYMETALNUT link=topic=7116.msg82562#msg82562 date=1316391626 said:
nice CT civil war button Jess! looks amazing! scovills backmark?
Read carefully Dave... :poke: Canfield & Bro/ Baltimore
 
HEAVYMETALNUT link=topic=7116.msg82577#msg82577 date=1316395684 said:
smacks myself in forehead 8/ got ahead of myself i guess :embarrassed:
It's okay Dave....I understand how Copper poisoning impares your vision.
 
HEAVYMETALNUT link=topic=7116.msg82577#msg82577 date=1316395684 said:
smacks myself in forehead 8/ got ahead of myself i guess :embarrassed:

sniffy link=topic=7116.msg82580#msg82580 date=1316396166 said:
It's okay Dave....I understand how Copper poisoning impares your vision.

lol you guys are funny- very nice button!!! I can't believe how well it cleaned up... :shocked04:stretcher:
 
So that CT button was made in Baltimore? Seems like every button ever made came from CT...except CT buttons. :confused: :) nice find and cleaning job.
 
charlives link=topic=7116.msg82753#msg82753 date=1316556785 said:
So that CT button was made in Baltimore? Seems like every button ever made came from CT...except CT buttons. :confused: :) nice find and cleaning job.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.....Benedict & Burnham...SCOVILLS SCOVILLS......However I believe this button was made before the war.
 
&quot:beerbuddy:eautiful CT Seal Button You got that right!
What a beauty!! :drool: :drool:
Sweet find!
Congrats !! :grin:
 
wow :shocked04:stretcher: what a great button Jesse and your cleaning skills are getting very impressive :yes: sharp details on that one .

the Canfield Bros. (Ira ,Jared and William ) were active in Baltimore in the 1830's to about 1870's , button makers and silver smiths just to name a couple of their endevors . i believe the button does date to about the civil war or just prior . a great find in that condition. :cheering: :cheering:
 
del link=topic=7116.msg82850#msg82850 date=1316679153 said:
wow :shocked04:stretcher: what a great button Jesse and your cleaning skills are getting very impressive :yes: sharp details on that one .

the Canfield Bros. (Ira ,Jared and William ) were active in Baltimore in the 1830's to about 1870's , button makers and silver smiths just to name a couple of their endevors . i believe the button does date to about the civil war or just prior . a great find in that condition. :cheering: :cheering:
Thanks alot! Actually most of my cleaning skills I learned from You, George? (where in carmen sandiego is he anyways?) and even old CountryMusicNut. Once I hit this ole girl with the CLR after the peroxide bath, she GLEAMED LIKE A GOLD TOOTH IN THE GHETTO.
 

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