Blowhole button
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thrifty76now
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That button is an old one for sure.
Trezurehunter
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Nice job on the button Toasted.
xcopperstax
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Great find I've been wanting to find one of those for awhile. I know there's one or two out there waiting for me!
Professor of Engineering
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Very nice find! 
These were most popular ca 1750's. I found a scant few on the Brandywine PA battlefield of 1777, they must have been on old coats. Great find. I haven't found one in quite a while.
Had to look that one up....Congrats on the rare very old button dig.
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Awesome button! 
I've only ever found one of those.
I've only ever found one of those.
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Great button and, yes, it is such a good feeling to find a first in colonial relics.
Steve in PA
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Amazing! Not the button, but the fact that it is your first considering all the 18th C stuff you find.
Hey, I'll trade you blowhole buttons for cobs
Hey, I'll trade you blowhole buttons for cobs
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Amazing! Not the button, but the fact that it is your first considering all the 18th C stuff you find.
Hey, I'll trade you blowhole buttons for cobs
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Looks to be a much more common colonial find North of the Mason Dixon line for whatever reason. Im sure I would have found more if this was not the case. Id rather be in cob country then blowhole button country lol
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Steve in PA
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Yeah, cob country definitely has a better ring to it. All these came from various sites that saw French & Indian War activity in the 1750s.
