FoundInNC
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Hello yall, I wanted to share a neat find from today. I am currently hunting a turn of the 18th century cabin site and keep pulling good stuff from there. It seems that the things I dig are either pre civil war or 1981 or newer. I have been told that there have been several homes on the site but not much is known other than that. The current house on the site was built in 81'.
The button I dug today is a convex "flat"
button. It is roughly a half inch in diameter. The front is a flower, and it is gilted. I found that on the rear, the manufacturers mark is still legible. In fact, much of the gilt remains. The button is a "B & Burnham Extra." This stands for BENEDICT AND BURNHAM, which was a merger of brass and copper manufacturing companies beginning 1834 and ending 1843. The company later shot a branch out as Waterbury Button company in 1849, the same company that lots of our Civil War buttons are made by. This was considered the "golden age for gold gilding" so I guess it is no wonder the gilt remains. An interesting side note is that this is the 6th pre civil war button that I have dug on the site. One of the others was a "Leavenworth & Co" and this was the predecessor to "Scovill MFG Co." So, now two buttons have been pulled that eventually became great button companies. I love finding an item that I am able to find out so much information on, because so often I never find any documented records for my oldest finds.
The only other significant find was a bit of a colonial barrel tap, barely enough to identify. It was just a laid back 26th Birthday hunt with a brand new detector!
Thanks for looking, FOUNDINNC
The button I dug today is a convex "flat"
button. It is roughly a half inch in diameter. The front is a flower, and it is gilted. I found that on the rear, the manufacturers mark is still legible. In fact, much of the gilt remains. The button is a "B & Burnham Extra." This stands for BENEDICT AND BURNHAM, which was a merger of brass and copper manufacturing companies beginning 1834 and ending 1843. The company later shot a branch out as Waterbury Button company in 1849, the same company that lots of our Civil War buttons are made by. This was considered the "golden age for gold gilding" so I guess it is no wonder the gilt remains. An interesting side note is that this is the 6th pre civil war button that I have dug on the site. One of the others was a "Leavenworth & Co" and this was the predecessor to "Scovill MFG Co." So, now two buttons have been pulled that eventually became great button companies. I love finding an item that I am able to find out so much information on, because so often I never find any documented records for my oldest finds.The only other significant find was a bit of a colonial barrel tap, barely enough to identify. It was just a laid back 26th Birthday hunt with a brand new detector!
Thanks for looking, FOUNDINNC
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