Very old anchor buttons with fabric…

[K1DDO1979]

I was short for time and desperate for a spot so I hit a colonial site that’s been detected for years and has to be near cleaned out. I luckily did struck a few more finds. Hits were very few and far between. The coolest finds have to be two small very old anchor buttons found basically in the same hole. The best part is there’s still remnants of the original fabric. The muddy soil must have preserved it. The only fabric preserved was directly under the button top so they mays have worked like an umbrella in a way covering it from above. Also found a shoe buckle frame piece and a 1840 Nova Scotia half penny token. Thanks for looking! 😁👍

 

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[robertk]

That’s pretty amazing that fabric would last that long. Love the token too. Nice finds!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent finds - congrats !

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.

 

[The Rebel]

Thanks awesome!

I'm always amazed when l find a button with thread or fabric attached.

 

[AU Seeker]

Awesome buttons, I hope you checked that area very well as there should/could be other buttons off the same garment there somewhere, as it appears the garment has rotted away leaving the buttons.

 

[K1DDO1979]

That’s pretty amazing that fabric would last that long. Love the token too. Nice finds!

I found very old leather remnants on buckles but very rare any fabric even on more recent finds then those!

Awesome buttons, I hope you checked that area very well as there should/could be other buttons off the same garment there somewhere, as it appears the garment has rotted away leaving the buttons.

It got dark but I’ll defiantly try it again.

 

[oldmxrat]

Nice job pulling those out of a heavily hit area, congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

I was short for time and desperate for a spot so I hit a colonial site that’s been detected for years and has to be near cleaned out. I luckily did struck a few more finds. Hits were very few and far between. The coolest finds have to be two small very old anchor buttons found basically in the same hole. The best part is there’s still remnants of the original fabric. The muddy soil must have preserved it. The only fabric preserved was directly under the button top so they mays have worked like an umbrella in a way covering it from above. Also found a shoe buckle frame piece and a 1840 Nova Scotia half penny token. Thanks for looking! 😁👍View attachment 2204794View attachment 2204795View attachment 2204796View attachment 2204797View attachment 2204798View attachment 2204799View attachment 2204800View attachment 2204801View attachment 2204802

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pepperj]

That's pretty neat to still have the cloth intact after that period of time.
Nice catch on the token as well.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

I was short for time and desperate for a spot so I hit a colonial site that’s been detected for years and has to be near cleaned out. I luckily did struck a few more finds. Hits were very few and far between. The coolest finds have to be two small very old anchor buttons found basically in the same hole. The best part is there’s still remnants of the original fabric. The muddy soil must have preserved it. The only fabric preserved was directly under the button top so they mays have worked like an umbrella in a way covering it from above. Also found a shoe buckle frame piece and a 1840 Nova Scotia half penny token. Thanks for looking! 😁👍View attachment 2204794View attachment 2204795View attachment 2204796View attachment 2204797View attachment 2204798View attachment 2204799View attachment 2204800View attachment 2204801View attachment 2204802

Love those buttons and that coin, fantastic!

 

[Steve in PA]

Pretty cool buttons. The copper oxide that forms as the button corrodes is toxic to the bacteria that would consume the organic cloth. Same reason we find thread in the shanks of buttons sometimes, and the same reason civil war bullets are found embedded in pieces of wood, except here it is lead oxide leaching into the wood.

 

[Jeff H]

Now that is a darn cool find!