House Hunt Yields Indian Heads and Silver - Need Button ID

Dman

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Vol1266-x and I hunted an old house site in his home town. He was testing out his new Fisher-F75 detector. I believe the F75 is almost as good as my Minelab SE ;D. All the coins we found were between 6 and 11 inches deep. I dug two Indian Head pennies, one dated 1890 and the other dated 1892. Two Wheat pennies 1937 and 1942 as well as one Mercury dime - 1943D were also dug. I found a button that I need help identifying. It has a capital P over H with crossed rifles. Any help would be appreciated.
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Looks like a collar stud, I'm guessing WWI era.
 

That was fun hunting yesterday. It was odd that both of us dug a 1943 Merc dime in that yard. The home dates to around 1880. I did not realize that you DUG that button-I thought it fell of your shirt yesterday and the PH was for "Possum Head". WTG and you can't have the ladies or child's brass heel plate I found.
 

The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers.  The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.  

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1
 

Montana Jim said:
The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers. The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1

Nice job :thumbsup:

I'm getting pretty close with these US 'guessed' items. :wink: :D
 

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Montana Jim said:
The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers. The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1

Nice job :thumbsup:

I'm getting pretty close with these US 'guessed' items. :wink: :D

Much better than I am at the UK insignia!
 

wow great finds
 

Montana Jim said:
The large "P" over the infantry insignia (crossed rifles) was a collar device used by pioneer infantry officers. The insignia was made in France during WW I while that group served there.

Pioneer Infantry Company H - Probebly 1920s.

Examples (source below - page 55) here are all pre-collar disk, which according to the text, was a pending design. The examples shown are officer's insignia, the collar "disks" would have been for enlisted personnel - I imagine.

http://books.google.com/books?id=tr...=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA55,M1
Thanks for the information
 

Nice finds for sure!
 

A great batch of finds, Dman.  :thumbsup:


and a great ID, Jim!



Best Wishes,



Buckles
 

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