Look what we dug up

[Maggie.]

It seems the buttons on the whistles have the name of the constabulary they were made for rather than the unicorn

Yes, I noted that earlier.  However the escargot whistle in the link that Jool posted doesn't seem to have the constabulary name on it.

[groom]

I would think if they used the same buttons as were used as buttons, if you see what I mean, it wouldn't be economical to have them without the manufacturer's name on the back. That would mean having a different machine to produce them.

[groom]

It seems the buttons on the whistles have the name of the constabulary they were made for rather than the unicorn

Yes, I noted that earlier.  However the escargot whistle in the link that Jool posted doesn't seem to have the constabulary name on it.

We dont know what would have been on the other side of the whistle - get digging Maggie. 

[Maggie.]

To follow up on what Jan said at #25 and 28 perhaps Dowlers had a load of pre-stamped on the back buttons that they utilised for all sorts of purposes.

[Maggie.]

Out of interest this is more or less where I found it, some half to three quarter of a metre below existing ground level.

[Maggie.]

And this is a general view of my poor garden with the emerging stone foundations in the lower left centre.  The original (as we have known it) garden slopes down to a small stream.  We have found even more of these foundations since.

[kiwihalfpint]

What an interesting find Maggie .... you have your own little "Time Team"

Cheers
KHP

[nanny jan]

Fascinating......have any more buttons been found in the local area?

Nanny Jan

[msr]

Do you offer to dig other gardens in the search for interesting artifacts Maggie?

Seriously though, that is an interesting find. 
If it is from a police whistle as suggested could that mean a police station in the vicinity, your house for instance.  Or maybe a policeman on the hunt for a miscreant could have dropped it.

Finding things such as that certainly whet the appetite for further information!