Southern Colorado finds!!

[diggingthe1]

Got down to Southern Colorado to some great permissions. Sure is a lot of history left down there!! Any info on the rectangle piece with the initials? My friend said it was off a gun. I found 2 Ohio buttons and am wondering who are the people that wore the state buttons? Rattlesnakes are out!! It's better to hunt without headphones Happy Hunting!!!

 

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[Red-Coat]

Cool finds.

The "Stratton Brothers" item appears to be from an old spirit level:

Stratton Brothers Plumb & Level 2 foot Patented

Offering this nice patent 24.5" long patented level, marked "STRATTON BROTHERS GREENFIELD MASS. PATENTED JULY 16,1872 MAY 22, 1888" on the level vial brass plate cover. This one does have

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[Red-Coat]

Not sure what the glove-shaped item is. It says “THE F.P. SARGENT UNION MADE GLOVE”. That would be Frank Pierce Sargent (1851-1908), who was a prominent Trade Unionist and later elected head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. It seems he lent his name as a branding for industrial workwear gloves manufactured by the Detroit Leather Specialty Company. I would guess it might be one half of a spring clip, for holding a pair of gloves together.

This advertisement from 1902:

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very nice !

 

[diggingthe1]

Thank you Red-Coat, I just assumed it was an advertising cufflink, but it makes more sense being a glove holder. I appreciate the research on the pieces. At first I thought the eagle piece was from a gun. Thanks!!!!

 

[diggingthe1]

Very nice !

I thought you would like the buttons!!

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Awesome finds!

 

[Blackfoot58]

Super finds. Gotta love locations like that.

 

[creskol]

What a cool and interesting batch of goodies! I love hunts like that!

 

[diggingthe1]

Awesome finds!

Thanks, have you ever located that old fort by you? My boys went up looking for it a few years ago, found the valley, and a lot of cool petrified wood and agates. Hope to get back someday.

 

[diggingthe1]

Super finds. Gotta love locations like that.

Definitely, anything can pop out!!

 

[diggingthe1]

What a cool and interesting batch of goodies! I love hunts like that!

Thanks Creskol Yup, it only drags you deeper into this wonderful addiction!!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Got down to Southern Colorado to some great permissions. Sure is a lot of history left down there!! Any info on the rectangle piece with the initials? My friend said it was off a gun. I found 2 Ohio buttons and am wondering who are the people that wore the state buttons? Rattlesnakes are out!! It's better to hunt without headphones Happy Hunting!!!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[diggingthe1]

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

Thanks RJ, good luck down in Az! I meant to post this date nail. First one I have found!!

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a super nice variety of finds, what great fun, congrats!

 

[xr7ator]

Cool stuff up there form down there. Thanks for sharing and more LUCK to ya.

 

[diggingthe1]

That's a super nice variety of finds, what great fun, congrats!

Thanks, best kind of fun!!

 

[diggingthe1]

Cool stuff up there form down there. Thanks for sharing and more LUCK to ya.

Thanks, it's finally warming up, and we are due for another storm. It will keep the signals wet!!

 

[plehbah2]

The G.A.R. served a very important role in the social functioning of the old towns. Those Ohio state seal buttons post date the Civil War, but would still signal when worn that the wearer was a Union veteran. I find a fair number of general service Civil War era buttons from the local ghost towns which were settled in the 1870s, suggesting that the wearing of old uniforms was a common occurrence, at least for parades, etc. I have never found a single piece of marked Confederate insignia among all of the eagle buttons, even though there were significant numbers of confederate veterans present in the mining districts. In fact, Colorado had entire mining towns which went politically for the CSA at the onset of the Civil War.

Your buttons there could also just be off of an old jacket which got thrown out, but hopefully my personal anecdotes here provide some more fuel for thought regarding finds of old militaria in mining camps.

 

[Blackfoot58]

The G.A.R. served a very important role in the social functioning of the old towns. Those Ohio state seal buttons post date the Civil War, but would still signal when worn that the wearer was a Union veteran. I find a fair number of general service Civil War era buttons from the local ghost towns which were settled in the 1870s, suggesting that the wearing of old uniforms was a common occurrence, at least for parades, etc. I have never found a single piece of marked Confederate insignia among all of the eagle buttons, even though there were significant numbers of confederate veterans present in the mining districts. In fact, Colorado had entire mining towns which went politically for the CSA at the onset of the Civil War.

Your buttons there could also just be off of an old jacket which got thrown out, but hopefully my personal anecdotes here provide some more fuel for thought regarding finds of old militaria in mining camps.

I appreciate your in-put. Thanks