Greetings all,
I am new to the forum and have an item I purchased that I need some help with. I bought a dug CSA cuff button online. When I received it, I decided I would try to clean it up a bit. The dirt was pretty caked on and took a lot of effort to get it off. I finally got most of the buttons face cleaned up but the button didn't look the normal brass color. I decided to test the button for gold content. It tested 14k positive. Not gold gilt, but the base metal itself. I talked to the person I bought it from to try to track down some history on the button. He lived in northern Georgia and had bought the button along with some other dug items at an antique mall in a small town outside of Atlanta 5 to 7 years ago. Thats all the info I could find on its provenance. I can't find any information on real gold confederate buttons anywhere on the internet either.
Does anyone have any info on this type button? Opinions? Here are some photos, partially cleaned and how I bought and received it. I have not fully cleaned the button, especially around the sides and back.
I am new to the forum and have an item I purchased that I need some help with. I bought a dug CSA cuff button online. When I received it, I decided I would try to clean it up a bit. The dirt was pretty caked on and took a lot of effort to get it off. I finally got most of the buttons face cleaned up but the button didn't look the normal brass color. I decided to test the button for gold content. It tested 14k positive. Not gold gilt, but the base metal itself. I talked to the person I bought it from to try to track down some history on the button. He lived in northern Georgia and had bought the button along with some other dug items at an antique mall in a small town outside of Atlanta 5 to 7 years ago. Thats all the info I could find on its provenance. I can't find any information on real gold confederate buttons anywhere on the internet either.
Does anyone have any info on this type button? Opinions? Here are some photos, partially cleaned and how I bought and received it. I have not fully cleaned the button, especially around the sides and back.