"Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officers Button

Admiral de Salee

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"Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Pop used to say, shooting pool or playing cards, "Along towards morning, the Farmer got lucky...".

Lotta drama leading up to my Oct. 1 retirement cut into MD'ing time this year. It's 60° today, and I had to get out for a hunt.
This house (have to re-check the vintage, pre-1900) yielded some interesting junk last year and all-modern money, a quarter being the biggest. I've been over this lawn 3 or 4 times, but different sweep angles get different results. Last year I didn't have the D2, either. Tried 15 KHz Mixed Mode, but I quickly went back to Correlate.
Today I got more small junk, pulltabs, Zincolns and a modern nickel, and a piece of fence wire. I also checked the vacant old house next door--same as last year--and it's still bottle cap City. I was winding down when this last coppery one-bar hit was dug. I thought it was 20th-century Army at first. I left a msg. for the Museum Lady to see if a CW Vet lived at this house on Atlantic. The "SCOVILL MF'G CO. WATERBURY" date range is 1850-1865.
I think the owners are gonna like this..
 

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Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Nice find! Great condition as well!
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

very nice find.
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Nice button by Scovill. Looks like a nice one, too :hello2:
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

You sure hit it right! I don't have my Tice book handy, but that back mark was used by Scovill 1850-1865.
Sweet condition as well!
Congrats!
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Sweet find! nice job on the cleanup.
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Awesome Button!!!!!!! :headbang:
HH!!
Swingit
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

I got to say, I like finding buttons as much as the old coins, nice one.................Dan :thumbsup:
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Nice!!!I just found that one as well...my first!Yours is much nicer though!!!
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Very Nice Button and Congrats on your retirement :icon_thumright: ( Hope that's what you wanted ) I count the days until I can retire and be out there more than just on the weekends 9 yrs 5 month and 27 days ;D Then watch out Relics. I just hope I have my health :D HH Bob
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Thats a beautiful button, I found one a couple of weeks ago but not in such good shape
as yours. Waterbury CT. is my home town and my fathers side of the family worked
at Scovills all their lives. I found my button about two miles from where it was made.

Joe
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Looks a LOT nicer than the ones I find.


Congrats on the good lookin "I" button. :headbang:
 

Re: "Off" Season Gets Better - 2nd CW Infantry Officer's Button

Thank you, everyone for your nice comments!

Question: Were the faces of the Scovill buttons rounded? This one looks a bit 'pushed-in'. The later-type, cheaper, no-backmark 'I' button I found a few years ago was rounded on the face. If they were made to an 1800's "Mil Spec", I'm guessing all Union officer buttons were rounded.
 

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