Button from 1814 Louisiana Plantation

[omickeyooo]

Found this flat button with no back marks. Does the square shank give a clue to age range? Should I be excited or do they sell them at Wally World?
I would really appreciate some feed back on age. Thanks!

 

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[DCMatt]

It is likely turn of the 19th C. Nice find. Buttons usually lead to more goodies in the ground. Keep digging!

 

[omickeyooo]

Thanks DCMatt for the info and encouragement...

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The button's body does look like a late-1700s/early-1800s brass 1-piece "flatbutton." But in the only photo, that square shank looks like a 20th-Century shank. Please clean the dirt (or whatever) out of the hole through the shank, and post at least two well-focused closeup photos showing the shank from different angles. That will help us determine with certainty whether it''s a 200-year-old button or a modern era one.