Military Button??

I recently had the opportunity to hunt a home that was built in the 1950s.  On the property is the foundation from a home that was built in the 1800's.  Within about 20 mins of detecting, I found my first Indian Head.  It was dated 1883.  I am a newbie, and I skipped over a whole bunch of coins I wanted to find.  I was really excited.

About 10 feet from the Indian Head, I found the attached button.  I thought it was just a plain button when I dug it because the top looked plain.  I threw it in my keepers pouch and took it home.  When I rinsed off the dirt, an eagle started to appear.  There's no maker mark.  Not sure if it's cuz it didn't have one to start with or if it fell victim to corrosion.  Either way, it's a cool button!

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Thanks for the advice.  Unfortunately we were getting a lot of deeper targets but they were underneath lots of bricks.  We are going to check and see if the home owner would be ok with us bringing out the big shovels.  He's been very receptive.

Some other neat finds included a sportsmans whistle, several other common buttons, a buckle, thimble, decorative knob (small, maybe jewelry box handle, unfortunately the jewelry box wasn't attached), and a toy treasure token.

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Yeah, it's a general service button from some time between 1854 and 1875.  "General Service" because it doesn't carry an "A" for artillery, "C" for cavalry, "D" for dragoon, or "I" for infantry on the shield---not because it belonged on a senior officer's uniform, but because enlisted men of any branch could wear it. 

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