BBsGal
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This one has me stumped... any ideas? It's just about the size of a dime and has a lip and concave back, kind of like a cap for something but no threads.
"Big 4" but for what?... Update... Solved, Overall Button c. 1910 or earlier
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Dakotademon7
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Looks like it may be the front part of a cheap pin.
BBsGal
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My best guess is either copper or brass, and I'm leaning toward the brass side, it's hard, no give to it. It's about 1/64" thick.
If it was a pin of some sort it would not be Brass , brass would have only been used on a belt buckle or such not for pins or jewelry as such, it would sound to me like it was part of some kind of advertisement which would have been made of such material as you have stated copper in its not fully refined state would give the effect of brass , and was widely used in the turn of the century . Putting it in the late 1800s . I recently found similar in the same material ....in town here Saint Joseph , Michigan in an area with similar dated materials from 1856- 1898 .....I owned an antique shop in Boston , and I'm an appraiser .
What area are you digging , if you don't mind me asking ....I'm looking for a good partner in Michigan to run with . Jim
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What area are you digging , if you don't mind me asking ....I'm looking for a good partner in Michigan to run with . Jim
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BBsGal
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Ya know, I think it very well could be, it's about button size... How did I not see that before? Maybe off some men's clothing or something?
BBsGal
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Well I'll be a son of a gun, VA-Reb, you hit the nail square on the head. Found this old notation about "Big 4" overalls registered "prior to 1910" ! Nice ID, Thank you!
https://books.google.com/books?id=9...Aw#v=onepage&q="big 4" brand overalls&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=9...Aw#v=onepage&q="big 4" brand overalls&f=false
Now that is pretty cool!
BBsGal
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Yessir, it is!
