SC Navy, Pewter Block I

Palmetto

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Made a quick trip down to the Low Country with my Dad for a day and came away with two great buttons.
Pewter Block I is in so-so shape and appears to have been burnt. Shank still in tact and first pewter of these that I have dug.
SC Navy is my second of that variety and this one in much better shape. Not too much known about these and even though there are a decent number of examples out there, still considered rare. Found most exclusively in the Charleston area.
Rounded the hunt out with flats, shield nickel, nice butt plate and a small, ornate silver buckle.

Thanks for looking.
 

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That was one awesome dig.
 

Russ great dig with your Dad. Amazing Rare Navy button and now you have 2. I have to say button deserves to be on banner row. I can only remember another like it dug and posted years ago. I believe it was found in same area of SC this one came from
 

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Is that butt plate steel or brass?
 

Very cool buttons congratulations :icon_thumleft:
 

Palmetto, Great hunt along with some very nice CW relics. I really like the pewter cast I and the S.C. Naval button along with the butt plate. Well Done.
 

Is that butt plate steel or brass?


Joe-Dirt, it is brass. Small US stamped near lower screw hole. Think it is to a Springfield?
 

LOVE the patina on that SC Navy...great hunt!
 

Joe-Dirt, it is brass. Small US stamped near lower screw hole. Think it is to a Springfield?
Possibly from a brass mounted m1855 Springfield, m1863 Remington, m1841 or even a Richmond, hard to tell from that angle, nice find though!
 

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Excellent hunt
 

That button must be fairly rare just based on the fact its the only one I remember being posted on here - congrats, it's patina looks great!
 

Killer hunt, congratulations! :notworthy:
 

That button must be fairly rare just based on the fact its the only one I remember being posted on here - congrats, it's patina looks great!

Cru the last button like this that was posted was in 2007 if I remember correctly.So it's definitely a button that you don't see often.
 

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Cru the last button like this that was posted was in 2007 if I remember correctly.So it's definitely a button that you don't see often.
Seeing as thats the year I joined Tnet, makes sense!
 

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