Possible civil war cufflink?

[bbarr1982]

Found this close to where I found a nice round ball last week. Could it be a cufflink?

 

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[metalev4]

It's a rivet, used in horsetack, cartridge boxes and other leather goods.

 

[Appalachianman76]

Yep, it's a rivet. Still a good civil war find, though. Keep the finds coming!!

 

[absosecur]

I call them knapsack rivets but all answers given are correct also.

 

[ivan salis]

yep its a rivet -- used to hold goods together like tents and leather goods and backpacks ect , ect --a very typical type find at a civil war camp area

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on the rivet.

 

[trapperart]

Rivet found 2yesterday myself

 

[CRUSADER]

Yep, it's a rivet. Still a good civil war find, though. Keep the finds coming!!

Yeap, I find hundreds of these leather rivets every year. Multiples on most outings.
They hardly changed in hundreds of years 1700s-1900s.
No CW over here mate. (No-way of telling)

 

[bbarr1982]

Any idea of its age?

 

[CRUSADER]

Any idea of its age?

Just told you the date range, there configuration never changed for 200 years +. So its anyone's guess, so if you want a guess it looks aged enough to be 19th C.

 

[CRUSADER]

I've even seen these on circa 1810 leather fire buckets, just one of thousands of uses on leather. But the majority are horse related.

 

[Steve in PA]

In a pinch, it could have been used as a cufflink

 

[Carolina Tom]

In a pinch, it could have been used as a cufflink

I am with Steve, I like the way he thinks!

 

[ivan salis]

often one has to "group" date finds ...while the rivet could be from a broad time frame --if its found along with a lot of civil war camp type items --odds are good that it too is of civil war era ... common sense wise

 

[CRUSADER]

often one has to "group" date finds ...while the rivet could be from a broad time frame --if its found along with a lot of civil war camp type items --odds are good that it too is of civil war era ... common sense wise

Totally disagree.
Only artifacts from a sealed archaeological layer are from the same period.
Otherwise my Coke cans are Roman.

 

[ivan salis]

like I said - in the area along with (as in the same basic layer / strata /depth of find )-- I also said its a good chance --not 100%

the item had to actually have a chance of existing during the time frame --so the "roman" coke can bit is of course nonsense .. I said "along with " as in a similar strata /depth of find ...but the mere fact a item is deeper or shallower can not be the sole factor -- farm fields are often plowed ..so a roman era item when found on the surface --is still a roman era item --just like a deeper roman era find would be ..

 

[Tommy G]

Yep, a rivet. Found one just a few days ago still in the leather. Just knew it was going to be a flat button!

 

[Scrappy]

Yep, a rivet. Found one just a few days ago still in the leather. Just knew it was going to be a flat button!
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If you found that near a coke can its Roman Era Tommy. Lol.

 

[Blak bart]

Have a coke and a smile