Dandy Button Yesterday, Tombac Button Today!

[FreeBirdTim]

Only one really good find today, but it was a first for me. I believe it's a tombac button! The front is grayish and very smooth to the touch. The back has a large soldered shank and grooves on it like a vinyl record. It's 1" in diameter and in very nice condition.

Here's a few pics of the button:

 

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[Old Dude]

Don't know for sure if it is a Tombac but it certainly is a nice old button. Congrats Tim on another great button

 

[G.A.P.metal]

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Yep you got a Tombac congrats
Gary

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find! Thanks for sharing...

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks guys and thanks to Gary for confirming it as a tombac button.

 

[beez0404]

Fantastic find! Congratulations!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks! Very nice to see that I'm not the only one who appreciates old flat buttons. They're very common in some spots, but not in the spots I hunt! I usually have to put in a couple of hours of very slow detecting just to find one of them.

 

[dirtfishingdave]

Sweet nice find! I just dug 11 dandy buttons just this past Sunday all in the same hole. Originally I thought I had a tombac buttons, but the treasure gurus alerted to me that they were just dandies. Anyway great find! Congrats!

 

[dirtlooter]

really nice button

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice looking Tombac. If you live in RI and hunt colonial sites, you will amass a pile of them!