Old 1700s house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

[ugotit22]

Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

Hit the old house ive been doing. It was built in the mid 1700's. I got the assorted garbage and about an hr in i get a solid hit between coin range and junk. B/c i dug some military buttons there in the past i got optumistic. I dug down and there is a button that has some letters on it. I cant make them out at the time, then i look on the border and see the 13 stars all around.
Button has no shank and is not a flat button however, but rather a bubble like button. It cleaned up pretty well and i can make out a cross on top and the some cursive letters. looks to be either FAC, FAD, EAD, i cant really tell. I was hoping someone could. The cool part is under the letters it says 1794. The backmark is United States Button Co.
Any info on the button would be awesome.

 

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[PBK]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

The letters are "EAC." It's a uniform button from the Episcopal Academy of Cheshire, located in Cheshire, Connecticut.
1794 is a commemorative date, marking the founding of the school.
The button itself reportedly dates from around 1865.
A few of these appeared in a recent buttons price list at $20-22.

 

[ugotit22]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

The letters are "EAC." It's a uniform button from the Episcopal Academy of Cheshire, located in Cheshire, Connecticut.
1794 is a commemorative date, marking the founding of the school.
The button itself reportedly dates from around 1865.

Thats so sick cuz im from Cheshire ct and i know where cheshire academy is. That is so cool....

 

[PBK]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

Neat find! Glad I could help.

 

[time4me]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

That button is awesome!!!

I like your nail polish too - what brand is that?

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

That button is awesome!!!

I like your nail polish too - what brand is that?

I was thinking the same thing. I'm confused now.

Very nice button find.
Congrats,
MM

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

Even being a commemorative date it really adds to the button.

 

[ugotit22]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

That button is awesome!!!

I like your nail polish too - what brand is that?

What are little sisters for. I use my phone for pics so it makes it come out clearer if someone holds the object for me. This time my little sis was the helping hand...

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

That is a great button.
Bet you are glad you dug that sketchy signal!

 

[Burdie]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

Great looking button congratulations.
WTG silver pen

Burdie

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Old 1700's house produces Military button with 1794 on it.........

Invest in some Aluminum Jelly for buttons like that that still have gold gilding--it will clean them Excellently. (And it'll preserve more of the gilding, too!)

Check out my post in Cleaning and Preservation--more tips there.


GREAT find.