Today was a Button Affair!!!

VaMark · Mar 16, 2013

Went out today to a new spot with my buddy after the rain finally stopped.
It turned out to be worth the wait. I never thought I would see the day I dug more buttons than bullets :shock:

I ended up with 28 buttons today although 2 fell apart, 1 was a nice Eagle "I" coat, 1 Eagle "I" cuff sized, the rest were general service Eagles cuff sized. Also found a few nice bullets, 3 Burnsides, 2 Gardners, a ringtail Sharps, a couple unsures, and 3 ringers.
I don't know what the rectangular brass thing is, it has a spring in the back of it, I found 2 and my buddy found a couple.
The 1 picture is from yesterday and has what looks to be a mess kit fork, bullets, button, and lead sabot chunk.

Thanks for looking!
HH

mattnmacy · Mar 16, 2013

how do you clean old army buttons

VaMark · Mar 16, 2013

Soaking in ammonia for 5 minutes or so, followed by Light brushing, seems to work the best at removing the green crust.

BtnsnBkls · Mar 16, 2013

Sweet Eagle I button...CONGRATS on a great hunt!!!

Bud999 · Mar 16, 2013

Wow! Got buttons? That Eagle "I" looks pretty awesome!

61chip · Mar 16, 2013

Great finds! Must have been a fun hunt. Was it a skirmish site or campsite?

VaMark · Mar 16, 2013

61chip said:
Great finds! Must have been a fun hunt. Was it a skirmish site or campsite?

Thanks! It was a battle site.

OZARKS · Mar 16, 2013

wow...drooling over here!

Digger70pa · Mar 17, 2013

You had a heck of a day. Great saves, those button are cool. I have dug some & watched them fall apart in the hole. We don't have to wory about those rotting. Great job Mark. HH

Curbdog · Mar 17, 2013

Wow! No wonder you guys actually have annual CW digging events about this time! So much back and forth in Virginia.

Congrat's on a stellar outing, for sure!

ScubaDetective · Mar 17, 2013

The rectangular brass thing I believe is a stripper clip for bullets.

The bullets were stored on it and you use an adapter to push them into the rifle magazine. The spring held the bullets tight in it.

Nice button collection. Looks like a lot of cleaning!

VaMark · Mar 17, 2013

ScubaDetector said:
The rectangular brass thing I believe is a stripper clip for bullets.

The bullets were stored on it and you use an adapter to push them into the rifle magazine. The spring held the bullets tight in it.

Nice button collection. Looks like a lot of cleaning!

Thanks, I thought thats what it was but wasn't sure.

collector · Mar 17, 2013

Wow, awesome stuff. We won't find anything like that I'm my neck of the woods. Nice to see though, thanks for posting.

Pacivilwarluke · Mar 17, 2013

Holy cow! Now that's a good day! Sweet huge eagle I, love the gilt! :shock:

The Wolf · Mar 17, 2013

Man that's an awesome day brotha. Congrads! That coat button cleaned up really nice. Gonna try to clean it up some more and make that gold shine? Try the Naval Jelly on that one.

VaMark · Mar 17, 2013

The Wolf said:
Man that's an awesome day brotha. Congrads! That coat button cleaned up really nice. Gonna try to clean it up some more and make that gold shine? Try the Naval Jelly on that one.

Did a little more cleaning with tooth pick and Naval jelly, WOW! :bling:

lawdog1 · Mar 17, 2013

...and how! Simply amazing! Congrats to you for a great hunt!

HighTone · Mar 17, 2013

HOLY SMOKE!! Nice work

mattnmacy · Mar 17, 2013

That button is amazing. That white still pops out at you after all this time very nice.

docbars · Mar 17, 2013

Sweet buttons.

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