Chipped this tiny button out of frozen ground

royn2751 · Jan 22, 2018

Got out briefly today and found this button. I'm stumped as to it's age and origin. It's half the size of any I've dug.

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DoctorWhy · Jan 22, 2018

Nice find! Great perseverance, digging it out of frozen ground -- and not damaging it!

What is the material its made of?

If it is pewter (lead-like) it could be early/mid-1700's!

Happy Hunting!
--Bert

royn2751 · Jan 22, 2018

DoctorWhy said:
Nice find! Great perseverance, digging it out of frozen ground -- and not damaging it!

What is the material its made of?

If it is pewter (lead-like) it could be early/mid-1700's!

Happy Hunting!
--Bert

It seems to be copper. It may have had silver plating or wash on it.

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Boostnbuds · Jan 23, 2018

I'd guess it's from a toy. Not much more to offer than that.

matmit · Jan 29, 2018

Perhaps it is like the head of a rivet, from jeans?
Welcome to the "chipping it out of the frozen ground club"

ThatGuy · Jan 31, 2018

That looks very similar to a button I dug up a couple of weeks back which was manufactured by Wadhams & Co

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