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Found this button down by the river tonight...it appears to be silver. It says w.b. co. on the back. Can anyone tell me when this thing was made and what vintage it is?
 
Waterbury company made buttons during the civil war, not sure if that carries over to anything else. Not too familiar with buttons other than the ones I found. The eagle looks about the same as the ones on an eagle button, but the ones I know don't have the round item above them. Silver stays pretty in the ground..old brass would have petina.
So, all in all, I didn't help! lol
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/WB-CO-GOLD-MILITARY-EAGLE-E-PLURIBUS-UNUM-JACKET-BUTTON-/220756245249
 
It doesn't even have a hint of a gold tint to it...i didnt even clean it when i pulled it out of the ground....it came out just like you see it....I am wondering if this may be a modern button for a military uniform? anybody know anybody in the military that would have had a button like this on their uniform? :detecting:
 
ya, looks more modern than CW.. but not sure how old. Heck, send the ebay guy a message and ask him the history of such buttons
 
found some crazy stuff by the river....still trying to get the V3i to cooperate, but day by day....slowly I am understanding more and more. I found another 1965 quarter tonight....and still the silver eludes me....dadgummit!
 
take a pic of the back. I'm just curious to see. I've found a WWI collar pin and a WWII collar pin and a few CW buttons. Those kind of things are good finds. Congrats no matter how old it is. :thumbup:
 
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Ok here is a pic of the back scanned on my scanner....
 
someone was telling me this weekend that a square loop shows newer than CW. The buttons that old were supposedly all round loop. For whatever that info is worth.
 
That button has the modern Great Seal of the United States on it, used from about WW1 to date.
 
Sure looks like jacket button from Vietnam-era Army class-A green uniform -- but those were gold-tone. Maybe from the less-worn (and much more rare) US Army dress blue uniforms of the same era?

Gil
 
The Air Force uses Sliver Buttons, its our Class A's. Sorry for the post. I just kind of want a V3i to try. I had the DFX and should have kept it.
 
Thanks for the informative post Ken and welcome to the forum.
 
Thanks Larry
 
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