Found this button in an unusual place. I live in central Kentucky, and found this little gem way back on a Ridge where there was nothing evident of a home site except where an old well used to be. It even had a tree growing out of it. Researched, and it is off of a conductors coat, from a Memphis Tenn. Street car! Company started around 1895 and ended about 1960. How the heck did it get there?
Train button
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DiggerMD
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Sometimes our hobby is so fun because we have no idea how" it got there" 
all I can say is that's a nice find.
all I can say is that's a nice find.
GroundSweeper
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That’s way cool, congrats!
Chipk
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A few months ago I was driving past an old home in Amelia Island, Fl and I saw the driveway had been demolished. I asked permission to scan it and was given permission.
Found two buttons about a foot apart. One was a Union soldier’s coat button. The second was marked SAL which stood for Seaboard Air Lines which was a conglomerate of small railroads in the 1880s and became Seaboard Coast Line and then CSX raillines. Believe it was a conductor’s button since it has traces of gild on it.
They poured a new driveway the next day.
Found two buttons about a foot apart. One was a Union soldier’s coat button. The second was marked SAL which stood for Seaboard Air Lines which was a conglomerate of small railroads in the 1880s and became Seaboard Coast Line and then CSX raillines. Believe it was a conductor’s button since it has traces of gild on it.
They poured a new driveway the next day.
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firewxman
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Running the rails
I love Railroad items. Nice piece of history you have there. Congrats!
I love Railroad items. Nice piece of history you have there. Congrats!
