Colonial cuff links with Masonic pattern! Im on a Masonic roll lately!

[Steve in PA]

Colonial cuff links with Masonic pattern! I'm on a Masonic roll lately!

I got out this weekend with my brother who was visiting from Colorado. After striking out at two new places, we went to one of my old reliable spots to see if we could eek out something worthwhile. The first thing I dug was a set of cufflinks. It was giving me low number on the F75 (18-22). Usually this is a hot rock on this site but I dug it anyway thinking it might be a small button. I was surprised to see a linked pair of cufflinks considering that this is a field that's been plowed. I also dug a keg spigot cover, an oval leather ornament with two prongs on the back, a couple buttons and a few musket balls. My brother found a toasted copper with a hole in the middle, a couple musket balls and a button. Nothing earth shattering, but when I cleaned the cufflinks, I was happy to see what looked like a Masonic pattern. I posted a picture on Facebook, and Don in SJ replied that it was a known Masonic pattern and was pictured in Warren Tice's "Dating Buttons" book. I have attached a picture from the book as well as negative image that shows the detail a little better.

This is my second Masonic piece in less than a month. Three weeks ago I dug a masonic suspender clip. Prior to that, I had never dug a Masonic related relic in 25 years of digging! I added a pic of the suspender clip. I AM ON A MASONIC ROLL!!!

 

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[johnnyblaze]

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[Steve in PA]

Those masonic cufflinks are a terrific find. Plow damage all comes down to chance. I've had some amazing cufflink finds that came out of the ground without a scratch, while the same fields produced spur buckles busted up three different ways. I've been lucky; my best finds have been usually spared damage.

Yes I also love cufflinks and have found a nice variety over the years including ones made from real Spanish silver, Spanish silver facsimile, octagonal ones with rosette designs, oval ones with anchors, running foxes, birds of paradise, other abstract designs, and now a masonic motif. But even a gold cufflink couldn't compare to my best cufflink find - this G. Washington portrait cufflink

 

[Greylock]

Yes I also love cufflinks and have found a nice variety over the years including ones made from real Spanish silver, Spanish silver facsimile, octagonal ones with rosette designs, oval ones with anchors, running foxes, birds of paradise, other abstract designs, and now a masonic motif. But even a gold cufflink couldn't compare to my best cufflink find - this G. Washington portrait cufflink

Wow that GW cuff link is amazing. You're right I thought those these mason ones were cool but that one is now very high on my wish list. The condition on that is very great too.

 

[Steve in PA]

Wow that GW cuff link is amazing. You're right I thought those these mason ones were cool but that one is now very high on my wish list. The condition on that is very great too.

I dug that on a Rev War fort in western PA. It is the most well made cufflink I have ever dug. It looks like they used copper instead of thin brass like most and it was cast instead of stamped. I have seen two dug in South Carolina and one in Maryland. All had the same face, except one from South Carolina was a larger "button size" and it sold for $11,000 at Heritage Auctions a few years ago. Mine is in the nicest condition of the three smaller ones I have seen, in fact the other two were eaten up pretty good, and look like they may have been brass.

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool!!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

A linked pair, ..sweet !

 

[Mach1Pilot]

You told me on the phone the cufflinks were nice, and I'm glad I now get to see pictures of them! We will have to get together to hit that new spot real soon.