I was detecting the yard of an old house this evening and got a great signal. Dug up this US button. It appears to be a right hand collar tab from the World War 1 era. Used from 1910-1924. Just thought it was a pretty cool find. Don't think I ever found anything before from WW1.
Kind of a cool find today....
- Thread starter Elbie
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Very cool, but how can you tell the right hand tab from the left????
I actually wondered the same thing till I found this page. The left hand one was a completely different button. This is where I found it: http://hglanham.tripod.com/metalinsignia/collardisk1.html
Well I'll be hornswaggled!
cellrdwellr
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Great find! I've only found one in five years, came from a park actually. Happy hunting!
GeneralQuarters
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Great find Elbie!
foreverRich
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That certainly is a neat find. Did it still have the retainer on the back? I found one (Virginia National Guard) last week. First one ever for me. Love those old relic type finds. Congratulations.
Ron 71
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Very cool find, Congrats!
That certainly is a neat find. Did it still have the retainer on the back? I found one (Virginia National Guard) last week. First one ever for me. Love those old relic type finds. Congratulations.
Unfortunately no. The back was brokeN off.
Florida Tabdigger
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Military finds are really cool. Nice score!
SKMKSMetalHead
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Kinda of a cool find you say? That sir rings up as a kick ass find in my book congrats!!
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gseuser
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cool piece of history
