Found my first Silver!

[ffighter559]

I think that I'm starting to get the hang of my new (to me) explorer xs. I found my first silver , 1919 merc, and my first button,(dunno what it is), along with a really rough wheatie and some bullets. I think if I keep working with this machine I'm going to love it. I hope the pics come through OK![attachment 18128 IM001875Small.JPG][attachment 18129 IM001873Small.JPG]

 

[ThatCannonballGuy]

ffighter559 wrote:
"I think that I'm starting to get the hang of my new (to me) explorer xs. I found my first silver , 1919 merc, and my first button (dunno what it is),"

Your button is a civil-war period yankee enlisted man's uniform button. It is commonly referred to by diggers and civil-war collectors as an "eagle button." By official US Army Regulations of that time-period, an enlisted man's uniform buttons were to be made of ordinary brass (meaning, not gilded), and the shield on the eagle's chest contains no letter. (The shield on Officer's buttons showed the initial of their branch of service, such as an A for artillery, I for infantry, etc.

Regards,
TheCannonballGuy
(who remembers needing to have his first eagle button explained to him, back in 1974)

 

[mdholedigger]

great finds......love them relics....love that lead.....