Metal Detecting

Hi, all
Dug out my first find (well the 1st one not straight in the bin) and wondered if anyone knows what it is. When I dug it it looked copper now as you can see it looks more interesting! It has a concave & a convex side (2nd image down). The convex side has a slight embossing and the concave side has a slight fastening?? and seems to have been painted black and some writing exists but all I can see now is either a 'M' or a 'N'. It does feel slightly heavy for its size.
Thanks in advance
Tim

Button fragment?

well done

Yea i would go with a button fragment....maybe chopped up by a plough?
Can you make out anything of the markings?

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Can't really make any more out, there are dots going all the way round on the inside plus what I think is a 'M'. Any ideas on the metal type??
Tim

Bronze copper alloy normally

TQ Tim hi being new myself I have been on 3 organised digs so far (total about 17 hrs detecting) and every trip, among loads of other crap, I have always managed to find at least one button, mostly in crap condition but one (although badly damaged) was conditionally good enough to positively identify as a 17th century button.
A great site to use to identify your buttons (of which there is likely to be many more) is this one.

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/

Just go to search key in Buttons and take a browse till you get a match.

Best of luck in the future Paul

Ps you dont say where you found it.

Jayreef & Paul,
Thanks for that, I've looked through the UK Finds Database and there are several buttons with similar general design, size etc, all given as 17thC copper alloy. Mine's obviously in a bad state as I found it on the estuary foreshore, so a tidal zone with brackish water.
Thanks
Tim

its hedge fodder mate,
we all find it.