Early Marine Corps Button?

[Hunting_Dad]

Ive walked fields for years looking for arrowheads and would occasionally find an old button or bullet. They sat in an old mason jar on my desk until revently when i got turned on to metal detecting. I have since emptied out the old jar.... partly to learn a thing or two about what i found but also to refresh my memory about sites i might want to revisit with a metal detector.
One of the items that i cant seem to nail down is what appears to be an old Marine Corps button. I have been unsuccessful in dating my button because it lacks the typical backmarks i have seen with similar buttons online.
The button is pretty crusty, dating may not even be possible unless the lack of backmarks is a giveaway. Sorry for the picture quality

 

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[smokeythecat]

It's kind of hard for me to tell, but it is a Civil War or just earlier Marine or Navy button. The anchor on the Marines' button tends to be at a slight or more than slight tilt to the right, the navy more up and down. It's a very nice button, however. The eagle facing left was used by both branches.

 

[devldog]

Smokey, Congrat's to you on the Marine Corps button. What I was able to find dated the Corps button from 1806 - 1850. That is a Super Find from an Old Jar Head.