Button and Buckle dug near Smithfield, Virginia

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

button, shank visible and words SUPER FINE STRONG, any idea about date? I am thinking circa 1840?


buckle, no idea about age. thinking mid 1800s to early 1900s. any ideas?

[BTV Digger]

Nice finds. Those are common back mark words for your button. Those one piecers were made by the millions, often in Britain up until the mid-1800s or so. Early to mid-1800s is a fair guess. As for the iron buckle I haven't a clue, but 1800s to early 1900s would sound reasonable to me. HH!

John

[calabash digger]

congrats!

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

Nice finds. Those are common back mark words for your button. Those one piecers were made by the millions, often in Britain up until the mid-1800s or so. Early to mid-1800s is a fair guess. As for the iron buckle I haven't a clue, but 1800s to early 1900s would sound reasonable to me. HH!

John

thanks John. appreciate the information and feedback.

[Ill Digger]

Your on some old ground.
Who knows what else might be laying around. Love finding old flat buttons!
Congrats!

[OxShoeDrew]

Let Dan and the others chime in but I think you're in the ball park with that button date. That iron buckle looks 1900s to me.

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

Let Dan and the others chime in but I think you're in the ball park with that button date. That iron buckle looks 1900s to me.

you think a pants buckle? looks large for horse tack, but i am no buckle expert.

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

Your on some old ground.
Who knows what else might be laying around. Love finding old flat buttons!
Congrats!

in the cotton field, i find more buttons than anything else (besides trash). love to find a really old coin out there.

[OxShoeDrew]

you think a pants buckle? looks large for horse tack, but i am no buckle expert.

I'd guess tack, but I'm no authority.

[del]

The plain front flat buttons and are usually the size of an indian head or nickel , they are very common and popular throughout the 1820 to 30's and the buckle is definitely a "tack" or harness type one .

Dan

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

The plain front flat buttons and are usually the size of an indian head or nickel , they are very common and popular throughout the 1820 to 30's and the buckle is definitely a "tack" or harness type one .

Dan

my friend asked me, why did these people lose so many buttons? i told her, they had cheap thread back then and she replied, "OH!"

[aloldstuff]

Always love to dig a button and you seem to be getting quite a few....congrats