mysterious star button, and more silver coin piece

[Klclark3]

went back again for another 10 min successful digging in the same site again, brought up a mysterious looking star button, weird back to it, pretty sure its pewter, but here it is.

 

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[L0STANDF0UND]

Looks olde to me brotha'! Nice find___James

 

[Argentium]

Looks like a piece of eight to me ? Nice !!!

 

[pong12211]

Nice finds...

 

[NJ Marty]

That button is real nice, Im thinking it might date to the turn of the 18th century.

 

[Mackaydon]

If that silver sliver is a coin, it's probably Mexican. And if the straight edges are 20 mm, it's a one 'bit' coin; 1/8th of an 8 reales coin.
If the length is 16 mm, it's an eighth of a 4R coin; or 1/2 of one 'bit' (real).
Don.......

 

[CRUSADER]

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If I got that button in the UK, I would place it in the 17th C. Mostly because its more Lead than pewter.

 

[screwynewy]

Great digs! You had a very productive 10 minute hunt. If I had a site that produced 18th century finds like that you couldn't drag me away from it. Get back out there and see what else you can find. Without giving to much information can you give us some details about the type of site and history of it?