Found a button........

[Clarky821]

While I was walking my metal detector tonight, I came across a button. The front of the button is flat (no design, just some small, faded round ridges that come out from the middle like rings on a tree). However, on the back, it says "Warranted" across the top, and "Rich Orange" across the bottom. I did a quick search for "Warranted Rich Orange" buttons, and I keep seeing posts, web sites, and other links refrencing this phrase to Confederate civil war buttons, or buttons from the era of 1820-1860. I live an hour North of Harrisburg, PA (outskirts of Klingerstown). Would anyone have any possible info Thanks!!!

 

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[Clarky821]

Here are some pics of the button. It measures about 11/16 of an inch (around 17-18 mm).

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Clarky821, welcome to T-Net's "What Is It?" forum, the best place on the internet to get CORRECT identification (and time-dating) for mystery-objects.

You found what button collectors call a brass 1-piece flatbutton, a type which was manufactured for civilian usage, not military. The great majority we find here in America date from the late-1700s to about 1840. Your button's backmark saying "Warranted Rich Orange" means it is British-made. "Warranted" is Brit-speak for guaranteed, and "Orange" refers to the color of the goldplating (gilt) which was applied to it. Brass 1-piece flatbuttons with a raised-lettering backmark date from about 1790 to 1840... and ones which have an indented-lettering backmark (like yours) began to show up a bit later, about 1810, and continued to be made into the 1840s. Brass 1-piece flatbuttons fell out of favor with the public by the end of the 1830s, due to the advent of machinery which could mass-produce inexpensive "ornate" (fancy-design) 2-piece brass buttons.

 

[Clarky821]

Thanks a bunch Mr. Cannonball!!!

That's an awesome history lesson and great feedback on that item. It's greatly appreciated!!! I live on the land where my grandfather was born (somewhere in the 1920's), raised, and lived his life. So the possibility that this button was most likely in the ground before he was born just blows my mind and has me more excited now to metal detect. I've only started detecting about 3 months ago, so for me, this find along with your break down has me more excited than I thought I would be. Thanks again!!!!