Another Button ID please? And bullet question

[Kapidr]

This button was found detecting NE Florida beaches recently. Could someone help me ID it?

I'd also like some information about the bullet. I've never found one before with what appears to be hard plastic on the bottom of it?

And in case anyone is wondering, no the stones in that diamond ring are not real

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

I can't find an exact match but I am guessing it is the bullet from a modern sabot ("Sa-bo") shotgun slug or muzzleloader round.

 

[DCMatt]

I looked for the button but didn't find a match.

I'm guessing early 19th C civilian. Cool dig!

DCMatt

 

[Tedyoh]

Nice rings as well.......

 

[BARKER]

Hi; I don't know about the bullet but the button is a one piece button with a Federal Eagle on the reverse. That tells me it dates to before 1820. One piece buttons were basically extinct by that time and the stylev of the Eagle on the reverse tells me it dates from 1790 - 1820. The Eagle design changed after that time period ok. Happy Hunting. PEACE:RONB

 

[DownNDirty]

Cool button!

 

[CoilyGirl]

That's a really nice looking button,congrats!

 

[Kapidr]

Hi; I don't know about the bullet but the button is a one piece button with a Federal Eagle on the reverse. That tells me it dates to before 1820. One piece buttons were basically extinct by that time and the stylev of the Eagle on the reverse tells me it dates from 1790 - 1820. The Eagle design changed after that time period ok. Happy Hunting. PEACE:RONB

Are you serious? WOW! THANK YOU!!! That is amazing!!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Additional info on the 1-piece brass button:
On buttons from the early-through-mid-1800s, the word "Plated" always meant silver plating. The word "Gilt" meant gold plating. Being silver plated instead of plain brass indicates your button was purchased by a person who had enough income to afford fancier fashion.

The presence of the Federal (American) eagle in the button's backmark indicates the button was made in the US. In the very early 1800s the great majority of brass buttons were imported here from Britain, because the button manufacturing industry in the newly-independent US was not capable of mass-producing them until the 1820s. So your button most likely was made sometime in the 1820s through 1830s.

 

[Kapidr]

Additional info on the 1-piece brass button:
On buttons from the early-through-mid-1800s, the word "Plated" always meant silver plating. The word "Gilt" meant gold plating. Being silver plated instead of plain brass indicates your button was purchased by a person who had enough income to afford fancier fashion.

The presence of the Federal (American) eagle in the button's backmark indicates the button was made in the US. In the very early 1800s the great majority of brass buttons were imported here from Britain, because the button manufacturing industry in the newly-independent US was not capable of mass-producing them until the 1820s. So your button most likely was made sometime in the 1820s through 1830s.

Thank you!