![]() ![]() The company later shot a branch out as Waterbury Button company in 1849, the same company that lots of our Civil War buttons are made by. The button is a "B & Burnham Extra." This stands for BENEDICT AND BURNHAM, which was a merger of brass and copper manufacturing companies beginning 1834 and ending 1843. I found that on the rear, the manufacturers mark is still legible. ![]() The button I dug today is a convex "flat" button. The current house on the site was built in 81'. I have been told that there have been several homes on the site but not much is known other than that. It seems that the things I dig are either pre civil war or 1981 or newer. I am currently hunting a turn of the 18th century cabin site and keep pulling good stuff from there. Hello yall, I wanted to share a neat find from today. ![]()
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