Help Dating Buttons?

[milco]

These buttons are from a site my uncle and I are pursuing to MDetect. These buttons were dug out of the ground at two excavation sites on this property.

Please help me with a date if you can from what is pictured. This site had possible military activity as early as the 1820's.

Thanks!

 

[del]

Darren do any of these buttons have back mark names on them ?? (sorry my eyes aren't what they use to be :yes the two outside ones look like 1-piece buttons which suggest older types and the middle one looks like a smashed two piece.

1-piece with brazed or soldered shanks were used from very early on to "about" 1830's to 50's , that is when the two piece thin brass backs started showing up here in America , they were a bit earlier on the scene in England.

 

[Bell-Two]

Nice buttons I think that spot will give you more!

 

[giant056]

If I was diggin buttons like that I'd definitely be going back to that spot :grin: