Confederate button in New Jersey?? Say What???

fir469

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So this is how it happened... I was scouting a favorite spot to see if the weeds have died off yet so we can detect it... Well the weeds are 3 ft high still ARG. So I hit a spot along the roadway I have hit a dozen times with my Musky and others have too. Now using the Sovereign Elite I wanted to see if I missed anything...

Well I found a watch key winder, a few flat buttons, and some scrap lead and brass. I hit a signal that was low, very low on the Sov, like foil low with a null mixed in. At 4" along with a nail comes this beauty. Possibly the only CS button dug in NJ (hopefully lol)... Sadly it's only the front of the 2 piece, the back was no where to be found... But it is what it is and may be the only time I ever find one!! Needless to say I knew exactly what I was lookin at when it came out of the sandy soil, and I surely did the chicken dance!! Anyone able to ID it?? It's a cuff button.

-Jason
 

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Looks like it has lots of detail on it still. :icon_thumright:
 

4-H said:
Lovely button!

Maybe a Union souvenir

Where did u get that camera? Just kidding! Congrats on the find. I think it confirms our theory that the field was a CW camp used for soldiers returning from the war. It musta been a souvenir.
 

Jason you da man! Can't wait to get out again. AWESOME button. Been to a bunch of DIV's and have never found a confederate button and you find one close to home.. :headbang: :thumbsup:
 

A nice addition to the DVRR finds roster this year!! All I can say is this may be all of our best seasons is we all keep making finds like we are...
 

I might have an explanation for it. In the civil war soldiers liked to scavenge their enemy's supplies. If a Northern Soldier had taken some buttons souvenirs, and then lost his own, he could have easily sewn the confederate one on in its place.
 

Maybe he fought on the Confederate side and returned home. Of course his wife would not let him wear a Confederate uniform around.
Very nice find. How cool is that?
Congratulations!!
 

Can you read the backmark on it?
 

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