Found by a buddy of mine while metal detecting. Everything about it is the Great Seal of the United States.........EXCEPT that there is only 3 stars above the eagles head, not 13 as there has always been since 1789. We've found one person who has found an identical one but no solid answers. http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=111091
From what I can tell the riveted button was patented in 1872 by Levis Strauss and couldn't be replicated (patented) until 1890 by other companies, so that puts this somewhere after 1890 most likely, unless Levis made it.
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