✅ SOLVED bullet and button

[jrwill56]

found these today a huge bullet that mushroomd to nearly the size of a quarter, has three rings.
the button is brass 1 1/8" across has two dotted lines across it and arrows running down the side of both lines.

anybody know?

 

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[HutSiteDigger]

That flat button more of less was just a Tombac looking type button (flat button that has decoration on it) the flat button you have with no back-mark on it (manufactures name on back) is typical for 18th to early 19th century.

 

[RelicHunter97]

Well, that's not the /exact/ definition of a tombac button.
Tombac buttons get their name from the material they are made from, tombac, which is a combination of zinc and copper, like brass, except with more zinc.
This is what is commonly referred to as a "dandy" button, which just means a large coat button from the mid to late 1700s. It is not uncommon to find designs on them, ranging from simplistic like this one to remarkably detailed.
Nice button!

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Thanks for the correction RelicHunter97.. here are some example of flat buttons we dig all the time in the Northern Neck of Virginia http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/345678-pile-flat-civilian-buttons.html lot of flats we dig have decorations on it but have not found that GW inaugural flat button yet

 

[RelicHunter97]

If I could duplicate mine for you to find, I would!
Yes, those buttons are great, I just love buttons haha

 

[jrwill56]

how about the bullet it is large enough to kill any beast in this country

 

[HutSiteDigger]

At first I thought it was a shot bullet like this one I dug the other day but I do not think it is shot? the bullet almost looks like it has a base to it on the top there! See if you can get better picture of it exactly like you have in the last photo but without the darkness on the bottom covering it up.

 

[jrwill56]

bullet looks shot

looks shot