🥇 BANNER GW INAUGURAL BUTTON found today...Still in shock!

[Coilcrazy2]

Hey Everyone! Im still pretty speechless but I was able to get out to one of my favorite spots this evening. The owner gave me permission to do a goat pasture that sits right next to his house so thats where I darted to first. At the far corner of the pasture I got a decent hit on the T2 and out popped this 1789 George Washington Linked States Button!!!!!!!! The realist in me assumed that it was just a nicely decorated dandy but after closer inspection I saw GW and long live the president around it....My heart just about stopped!! I was less than a quarter mile from home so I called it a day and speed walked home Its a little bent up but all in all its in fairly decent shape. The shank is still intact and the design is strong! I still haven't flaked all of the dirt off in fear of damaging it. The dirt around here is rough and even water is too harsh for many of my finds. Its hard to believe that horses and goats having been stomping on this thing for over 200 years. This was the only find of the day besides a few pull tabs but it is by far the best find of my 5 years of detecting......
If more or better pictures would be good to include, I would be happy to provide them!
Thanks Everyone,
~Coilcrazy

 

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[EagleDown]

Definately BANNER!! My vote's in.

 

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[Gary1963]

Congratulations Great Find!!

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Thanks everyone so much! Here's a few better close-ups after a little more brushing...

 

[Gary1963]

Congratulations Great Find!! Got my vote

 

[beepbeepin]

Wow congrats!!

 

[hogge]

The linked States is a pretty rare GW. I'll have to look up the variety. CONGRATS and welcome to a pretty elite club! I know how excited I was to find my first, and how I wish it were one like yours. Hogge

 

[Coilcrazy2]

The linked States is a pretty rare GW. I'll have to look up the variety. CONGRATS and welcome to a pretty elite club! I know how excited I was to find my first, and how I wish it were one like yours. Hogge

Thanks for the kind words Hogge! I did a little research and they all look quite similar. I can see mine is the kind with the curled "M" but other than that im not sure.

 

[CoilyGirl]

I vote banner!

 

[fyrffytr1]

That is on my list of buttons I know I will never find down here! Congratulations and Good Providence on your next hunt.

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

I've been looking for one of those! That's a really nice one you found, detail is fantastic. I hope that sets the tone for the rest of your year. I believe that belongs up top and you have my Banner vote.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Congrats on a terrific button find. I'd love to find that button, but heck, I'll take any GW button. I'm still trying to find my first one.

 

[screwynewy]

Congrats on the GW button. What a special find that is. Great job not over cleaning it. I would leave it just the way it is now. I recall someone else recently found a different variety GW button and did electrolysis on it. Needless to say he pretty much ruined it.

 

[lookindown]

Got my banner vote...congrats.

 

[CASPER-2]

BE CAREFUL CLEANING IT

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

nice

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Just an amazing find man!
Definitely a once-in-a-lifetime!

Dave

 

[70monte68]

Awesome find Coilcrazy2! That button is beautiful! Hope to find one someday soon!

 

[jewelerguy]

man, what a find! it always puzzles me why so many people post that right after making a great find like that, they pack it in and head for the house. I'd want to stick around and look for more. awesome find. congrats!

 

[Ole # 7]

wow. NICE FIND!!! Seriously, there isn't a way to clean something like that without destroying it? It seems like there would be some way to clean it without damage? I read somewhere that when coins or buttons are first dug, if allowed to dry out with soil on them makes cleaning that much harder. Couldn't you put them in a bottle of demineralized water when you first find them? I was planning on carrying a cleaned Gatorade bottle with demineralized water in it for those awesome finds. I just bought my machine last week, so all I've had to save so far are pull-tabs and ice chunks! That's some amazing history there!!!

 

[worldtalker]

HA!! Right up there where it belongs!!

GOD Bless


Chris