button id needed

[fmerg]

went back to the farm field that has been giving up some good stuff from the early 1700's through the 1870's
i dug my first silver button but without any marks i am having trouble dating it
it looks like it maybe a hussars button or a dragoon officers button?
it is almost a half inch long and round
the metal is 800 silver and hollow
any button experts want to chime in?

 

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[Iron Patch]

Non military but unlike the usual ball buttons from well into the 1800s I think that blowhole one dates 1700s. Maybe 1760s or 70s.... see what others think. Not a very common type find and why you are having a hard time dating it.. but probably some online somewhere. Maybe on the UK detecting data base.


I actually have dug Dragoons officer ball button.... single hole, and it dates later than what I am guessing for your button.

 

[fmerg]

doing a little more research show that we had the 16TH (queens) light Dragoons just a few miles from were this was found
in the 1750's
Thanks Iron Patch and crusader