button spill

[dburch6]

found in my parents yard. I assume button spills are more common than coin spills?. found 5 altogether

 

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[tabman]

Nice find!

Button spill? I've been thinking about how so many buttons got lost in the civil war. I did think that many buttons got lost by them falling off. I think most of them came from old clothing getting lost or thrown away. The wool or cotton decayed and left nothing but a pile of buttons.

tabman

 

[Carolina Tom]

Those look like Great Seal buttons... WW1 or WW2. Like Tabman said, I would assume that the garment disintegrated and "left" the buttons. Congrats!

 

[dburch6]

im sure the whole jacket/shirt was just thrown out. a lot of trash in the ground there. its old property. a lot of nice finds there so far.