Help ID some surface finds from a few years back please.

[Retired Fire]

Can anyone help me identify what I have here?

I found these on the surface in a field outside Orangeburg, S.C. a few years ago. The three bent and cracked disk photos show the front and back of a disk I am assuming is copper. It looks indian to me but not sure. Quarter Size. What is it. Found in a sandy field that was plowed and after a heavy rain. I also found multitudes of pipe stems and broken arrowheads with pottery.

The button in the two photos appears to be a copper button missing the front. Nickle sized. Anyone know how old? I think it is not very old by the looks of the back. I hope I am wrong. found along an abandon sand road.

Then the Musketeer pin. Looks to be from 50's or 60's. But the color still on it bothers me. 2 inches tall. I found him in a mason jar in the woods near an old lake dam.

 

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[jewelerguy]

the top item looks to be a high domed two piece button, minus the back of course. my guess is 1830's-40's. the flat button appears to have some hand file marks on the shank. my guess is it's from the same time frame. The musketeer pin is probably late 60's or newer

 

[Retired Fire]

Thank you very much Jewelerguy! That's the info I was looking for. Have a great new year!

 

[CRUSADER]

Although the button was a 2 piece it breaks the usual rules & is an late 18th C Tombac type.

 

[Bruce R]

The first 4 appear to be the remains of a sleigh bell that got smashed.

 

[Retired Fire]

Although the button was a 2 piece it breaks the usual rules & is an late 18th C Tombac type.

Ok, That sounds good. I will go research and try to learn something about it. Thanks!

 

[Retired Fire]

The first 4 appear to be the remains of a sleigh bell that got smashed.

If you could see it in person you would be able to see that it is a dome shape with no slots like a traditional bell. It was one solid piece originally. Now if it was a closed bell no slots I guess that might work. Thanks!

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

The pin is a promotional item for Cavalier Cigarettes which were produced by the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem, NC. and introduced in 1949 as king-size unfiltered. These were intended as a companion to their successful Camel brand, but never caught on and lost Reynolds $30 million over the next five years before being discontinued.

The brand was reintroduced sometime later by the Forsyth Tobacco Products division of R. J. Reynolds in a wide range of varieties and there was a Canadian version produced by R. J. R. Macdonald in the 1970s.

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[invent4hir]

Retired Fire, your slogan "Great Dad's are promoted to Grandpa's!" is a keeper. Mine isn't so creative - I just tell my grandkids to do the right thing even when I'm not looking.

Red-Coat, you're on a roll!