🔎 UNIDENTIFIED ID Old button (maybe)? Found in Valley Forge, PA / Revolutionary War home 1757.

[NjPhunter]

Posted this picture in another thread along with a musket ball and 1876 Indian Head Cent that was found, but I wanted to ask for help ID'ing this find. It may be a button of some sort? Found at a home built in 1757 in Valley Forge, PA on "Misery Hill". Property and home were traversed by soldiers during the Revolutionary War; next door was an original tavern during the time of Washington's stay in Valley Forge.

 

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[ticndig]

what's it made of

 

[NjPhunter]

what's it made of

I'm not sure of the kind of metal, but it rings up a solid VDI 28 on my Xterra Pro if that helps?

 

[ticndig]

I'm not sure of the kind of metal, but it rings up a solid VDI 28 on my Xterra Pro if that helps?

try a magnet.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I may be seeing things, but it looks like a boat or ship. Maybe New Hampshire

 

[ticndig]

looks like rust to me, if it is rusty it's not a button from the 1700s.

 

[NjPhunter]

looks like rust to me, if it is rusty it's not a button from the 1700s.

Thank you for the replies! I know the house has a lot of history, so whatever the item is, it could be from any period over the past 200+ years. I found old bottles from the early 1900s and Indian heads as well. The rear of the property still has a path from the original trail that was used for the Colonial Springs water transportation. I've found a variety of iron links/shackles that were probably used to tie up animals at one point in the 1800s in that area. So lots of history; this item just intrigued me as to what it could be! Thanks for the help!

 

[ticndig]

Thank you for the replies! I know the house has a lot of history, so whatever the item is, it could be from any period over the past 200+ years. I found old bottles from the early 1900s and Indian heads as well. The rear of the property still has a path from the original trail that was used for the Colonial Springs water transportation. I've found a variety of iron links/shackles that were probably used to tie up animals at one point in the 1800s in that area. So lots of history; this item just intrigued me as to what it could be! Thanks for the help!

but is it non ferrous , maybe it's a pewter button? if a magnet sticks it's not an old button.
the history of a site can tell a story, but does not always mean everything found is from that time period.
I once found a ford key on the civil war battlefield ,yet we know the key is not from that era.

 

[robertk]

I once found a ford key on the civil war battlefield ,yet we know the key is not from that era.

Agreed. Though if it had been a key to a Delorean...

 

[NjPhunter]

but is it non ferrous , maybe it's a pewter button? if a magnet sticks it's not an old button.
the history of a site can tell a story, but does not always mean everything found is from that time period.
I once found a ford key on the civil war battlefield ,yet we know the key is not from that era.

I just tested with a magnet (heavy duty magnet from a microwave transformer) and it does not stick.

 

[ticndig]

I just tested with a magnet (heavy duty magnet from a microwave transformer) and it does not stick.

then I think it's an early pewter button.

 

[NjPhunter]

then I think it's an early pewter button.

Thank you for all the help!

 

[ncsuwolf]

I’ve looked through Albert’s, tice is little help since it has limited pre rev war content. Closest thing I can find are the turret back 1 piece pewters, but all those show numbers only, so not this button (unless I’m seriously missing something). While it’s a bit of a Rorschach test, I think I can see a leg at the 9:00 on the first pic. Looks like a horse at first glance, but could be a “turkey” eagle. Not saying that’s it, but that’s all I have.

 

[ticndig]

I see drooped wing eagle , head facing left

 

[NjPhunter]

I’ve looked through Albert’s, tice is little help since it has limited pre rev war content. Closest thing I can find are the turret back 1 piece pewters, but all those show numbers only, so not this button (unless I’m seriously missing something). While it’s a bit of a Rorschach test, I think I can see a leg at the 9:00 on the first pic. Looks like a horse at first glance, but could be a “turkey” eagle. Not saying that’s it, but that’s all I have.

Thank you! Appreciate it!