Found old war button?

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hit 12-15 on the etrac nickel range. bout 9 inches down in a ball field from the 1800s

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

It appears to be a brass 3-piece US Army Staff Officer button. That type was issued from 1832 to 1902. It should have a "backmark" (manufacturer/dealer's name, or a quality-rating such as "extra quality") on its back. We need to see a well-focused closeup photo of your button's backmark in order to narrow down the 1832-1902 timerange. A "sideview" photo would also be helpful, so we can see whether your button's front is high-domed or low-domed.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Thank you for making and posting the additional photos of your button. They show that its original dome height has been reduced by crushing, and its brass back is missing. That makes it very nearly impossible to time-date.

I should also mention:
In your new photos, it appears to a version of brass 2-piece button called a "false 3-piece" (or "false staff") -- meaning, a 2-piece button manufactured to visually resemble a 3-piece, but it's actually not a 3-piece, which has a separately-made rim crimped around the edge of its front. Although the book "Record Of American Uniform And Historical Buttons" by Alpheaus H. Albert shows two varieties of false-3-piece US Army Staff Officer buttons, there is no EXACT match-up for yours in that book.

 

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thanks for all the info

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