johnnyi
Bronze Member
- Jul 4, 2009
- 1,887
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- Detector(s) used
- minelab, white's xlt, deus xp, fisher aquanaut, white's twin box
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Mountainman, I just discovered this site and your posting. First off, AWESOME!!! secondly, throw those "appraisals" out the window!! They are useless when evaluating something of such historic significance. Such appraisals are particularly meaningless to real historians who's interest is provenance rather than the "condition" and "grading" used by stamp and coin collectors. It looks like you have a real shot at proving some provenance! Remember that you have clearly found a "set" which is in itself rare, and the in this case the "whole" is of far greater value than the "sum of the parts".
Your buttons were not randomly lost as most dug finds were, but instead were no doubt the remains of all that's left of a coat which was lost or forgotten, and subsequently dragged about. By researching the land records it is very possible you may find a link with a dignitary or politician who may have worn that coat.
Having found one of the rarer varieties of the inaugural button myself (across the river from you) I did the same thing I suggest to you; find who owned the land, study the route to New York, review battles or engagements that might have taken place nearbye (and which may have been revisited after the war), and put a picture together of what might have happened.
In my case the "laurel wreath" button was suggested to have been worn by General Monroe, the In where I found it was within eyesight of one of his engagements; it was an area where he re couperated; and it was on route to (or from) N.Y.. The button has provenance beyond value as a generic object, just as your set already has far more value as a set, and perhaps much more when you put two and two and together.
You've made the find of a lifetime, and in a stomping ground dear to my heart, and where the humblest appearing locations are steeped in history. Congratulations! and good luck linking even more provenance to this astounding find!
Your buttons were not randomly lost as most dug finds were, but instead were no doubt the remains of all that's left of a coat which was lost or forgotten, and subsequently dragged about. By researching the land records it is very possible you may find a link with a dignitary or politician who may have worn that coat.
Having found one of the rarer varieties of the inaugural button myself (across the river from you) I did the same thing I suggest to you; find who owned the land, study the route to New York, review battles or engagements that might have taken place nearbye (and which may have been revisited after the war), and put a picture together of what might have happened.
In my case the "laurel wreath" button was suggested to have been worn by General Monroe, the In where I found it was within eyesight of one of his engagements; it was an area where he re couperated; and it was on route to (or from) N.Y.. The button has provenance beyond value as a generic object, just as your set already has far more value as a set, and perhaps much more when you put two and two and together.
You've made the find of a lifetime, and in a stomping ground dear to my heart, and where the humblest appearing locations are steeped in history. Congratulations! and good luck linking even more provenance to this astounding find!
