Need Help ID'ing this Item/Button

[MNetrac]

Hi Everyone,

Got out for a couple hours today and was trying to dig a lot of nickel signals. Found this today about 5 inches down. It rang up like a nickel, which was surprising until I got home and cleaned off the back and it looks like possibly gilded. I don't know what the front says of what this is from.

If anyone knows anything about this - what it is from, age, etc. I would really appreciate the info. I am always lost when it comes to ID'ing buttons.

Thanks!

 

[banditicey]

REALLY COOL

I will be looking forward to the ID also!

 

[Ringo853]

go to Google

type in words. Click search. Then click images on left hand side of screen. Would do it for you but can't quite read the writing

 

[MNetrac]

LOL, thanks Ringo853. I did try that but nothing came up for me. Was hoping that someone would recognize the image.

 

[CT Todd]

I don't know what it is but I'm pretty sure it's half of a two piece button. Should be old. Nice find.

 

[rogerrelics]

reallly nice button find

 

[spudkin100]

hello
the button says "Ne Obliviscaris sanspeur meaning lest we forget without fear.its the argyll and sutherland highlanders regiment in the british army motto.they were over there fighting against you.The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) here are the places they were stationed in america.hope this helps you.and here is another picture of the button you found

'Sans Peur' 'Ne Obliviscaris'


History - 1777 to 1784
74th Regiment of Foot (Argyleshire Highlanders)

MAJOR EVENTS IN HISTORY

1777 25 December Scotland raised in Argyllshire and Glasgow
1778 August Scotland Greenock at sea - bound for Canada and the American War of Independence
1778 November Canada Halifax, Nova Scotia
1779 America New York acting as flank Companies
1779 America Charlestown, South Carolina acting as flank Companies
1779 June-August America Maine siege of Castine, (then called Bagaduce), Fort George garrison.
Maine was a district of Massachusetts until 1820
1780 America New York acting as flank Companies
1781 America Virginia acting as flank Companies
1781 October America Virginia flank Companies, under the command of Lord Cornwallis, captured at siege of Yorktown
1784 America Maine the whole Regiment at Penobscot
1784 America at sea - bound for Portsmouth, England
1784 Scotland Stirling Regiment disbanded

 

[MNetrac]

That's really helpful! I have no idea how it got to be 5 inches down in Minnesota soil, but it is a really cool history! Thanks for passing that information along!

 

[Sailorman]

Don't you just love the head scratchers in this hobby? If only some of these things could talk!

 

[MNetrac]

Don't you just love the head scratchers in this hobby? If only some of these things could talk!

No kidding - it's really amazing what turns up sometimes. I love this hobby!

 

[banditicey]

AMAZING

And SOOOO COOL

A 1700 Button!

 

[Ringo853]

Wow! Nice one Spudkin for the ID!