Mexican Revolution U.S Army Camp Finds... Most I know, Some I don't....

[krednosreg45]

First though per request of some treasure netters here are a button and seal decoration from a horse bridal I cleaned up from the last hunt at this site...






Todays Finds:::
Great seal buttons, a 4 hole army button, a cavalry decoration, a 1906 Indian Head Cent, some army bullets and shells, and a couple little buckles. Most the items are in-between 1906 to 1918 at the latest. Don't know much about coins, enlighten me! Also this cavalry decoration.. or at least I think thats what it is... And then never found a 4 hole army button before... Any information would be greatly appreciated...

 

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[A2coins]

Great finds that would make for a great display case!!!!!!Wow

 

[BosnMate]

The bullet looks like it was manufactured at Frankford Arsenal in Sept of 1911. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Arsenal The item top right is a capwell horse shoe nail. Couple of bridle buckles and the four hole button is probably for long underwear.

 

[krednosreg45]

Thanks BosnMate!

 

[A2coins]

What he said just pretend I said it lol

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your "seal decoration" is a US Army "Great Seal of the United States" rosette from the horse's bridle, not the saddle. It dates from 1904 all the way to the present. But of course, yours is from the time leading up to the US's involvement in World War One. See the photo showing one on a US Army Model-1909 bit-&-bridle assembly. Click on the photo to enlarge it for a better view of small details.

Your US Army Great Seal button shows the "black finish" applied by the manufacturer to 1910-1923 brass US Army, Navy, and Marine Corps general-service buttons, as a form of camouflage, blackening them to prevent the shiny brass from giving away a hidden soldier's location.

The brass disc marked 1 E with crossed sabers is a US Army collar-insignia disc for the 1st US Cavalry Regiment, Company E. The version you found, having a screw-post on the back (for attachment to the uniform's stand-up collar) was manufactured from 1910 to 1924. But as with your rosette, we can be fairly sure your 1st US Cav collar-disc insignia was made between 1910 and the US entry into World War One. to learn more about your collar-disc insignia, go here:
Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Forgot to mention... your 4-hole button marked * U.S. * Army is made of zinc, and it is the waist-closure button on World War One era US Army uniform pants. There is a smaller version which says only * U.S.A. * and it was for the uniform pants fly-closure. See the photo below. Note the manufacturer's date-label, March 1918.

 

[krednosreg45]

CannonballGuy you are awesome, thank you so much for your great information! I'm using some of it to catalog my finds or point me in the direction for more information of the specific site I'm detecting. Cheers!

 

[Old Pueblo]

Those cleaned up nicely! And thats a .30.06 rifle bullet from September 1911, for the Springfield 1903, which replaced the earlier Krag-Jorgensen rifle.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Those buckles you found look like they came off a bridle.

 

[Old Pueblo]

CannonballGuy you are awesome, thank you so much for your great information! I'm using some of it to catalog my finds or point me in the direction for more information of the specific site I'm detecting. Cheers!

If you can tell me what road you're next to, I can tell you what camp you're at. But the little camps didn't have names like the larger ones did, like Camp Harry Jones or Camp Steven D. Little.

 

[krednosreg45]

Hey Old Pueblo thanks! It's pretty much right off SR 80 or high way 80 just south east of Bisbee.. like if your headed to Douglas.