I don't think these objects are ever trash. The trouble with early buttons are i think for a long time they have been neglected compared to coins and a fair few other archaeological objects. Archaeologists in the UK anyway have not seen 18th and 19th century as early enough and it is still hard to get those centuries recorded on the national database of finds. I run a group on facebook for militia and volunteer buttons of the napoleonic period as virtually nothing bar howard ripleys books and the non updated early military button website exist to help id those buttons. With metal detectorists help i'm managing to I'd quite a few of these buttons.
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