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C.W. NAVY BUTTON...MY BEST FIND TO DATE!

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Neil in West Jersey

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BUTTON EXPERTS PLEASE HELP!

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I checked out a new site on my way home from work this evening. It is near the spot that I found numerous flat buttons from the early 1800's. I got a good hit with my ACE a few minutes after getting out of my car and when I looked down I saw this button on the surface! Only the edges were buried! It looks just like I found it, with only some brushing with a soft toothbrush. The soil is sandy and (if this is real) it has been preserved amazingly! It measures 23mm, and appears to be a two piece button with a square shank. The only back mark is the initials B.S. and it still has a cotter pin to fasten it. I hope a button expert can tell me more about this button.

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A few minutes later I found this ring. It appears to be copper. This is the second piece of copper jewelry I have found in the area. Was copper jewelry popular in the 19th century?

I only could hunt for about 20 minutes tonight, but you can bet I will get back as soon as I can!
 
the button im not real sure of never seen a cw one with that type fastener but the ring may not be copper or brass. it most likely rose gold.............soak it in viniger for 24 hours and brush it with a soft brass brush

fieldboy se va
 
Neil, nice finds. My advice is to go back and hunt this site, and don't just hunt it 1 or 2 times but hunt it over and over. I mean the same ground over and over. There is a small patch of land outside of town that I have found most of my civil war items, and I hunt the same ground over and over and I'm still finding things. I've hunted this ground with my Explorer and the T2 over and over and I still find things that I missed. I'll go back to this site and figure I won't find anything because I've cover this ground over and over and I still find something, and I will think how did I miss this. I'm not digging the iron readings but after I think I have gotten everything I'll start digging all the iron. I'm not going to stop hunting this area until there are no signals left. I've just started hunting in all metal mode and this mode will really clean out and area. Good luck and happy hunting.
 
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