🥇 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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[Michiganne]

Wow, congrats on that gorgeous GW! WTG on the Banner, too.

HH

 

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[terpfan]

Congratulations on a stellar find. I hope you can get back and find additional matching buttons at the same site. You have a difficult decision ahead of you on how to (or even if) you further clean it. I admire the restraint you have shown so far.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Wow! You really zeroed in on it too! Congrats!
I don't suppose you have pics of your happy dance or the speed walk home?

 

[F75PAHUNTER]

Unreal coilcrazy2, I hunt the same, you never know what you can find in fields,THATS A FIND OF A LIFETIME, Makes me feel like jumping into the car and come up just to see it,,, GREAT JOB,

 

[RobRieman]

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!!!

200 years of water, freezing and thawing and ground minerals haven't been too hard on it, I don't think a little H2O will put it over the top.

 

[baspinall]

Well Ben, I was stopping by to vote Banner but I see your already up there. Congrats! Ask the button experts on here how to best preserve it. The guys here are the best.

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Thanks everyone! I never could have imagined that I would be awarded a Banner Find..Its truly an honor. Thank you everyone for your help and kindness I really appreciate all of it!

 

[Davers]

Congratulations on the Beautiful Button.

Please forgive me...But the Banner Photo Say's (too me) "BOOM BABY"

Does anyone know what States G.W.Inaugural Buttons Have Been Dug?
Just wondering what my chances are of digging one here in Georgia.

Good Job Again Coilcrazy.
Davers

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

awesome find Ben! congrats on a great historic piece of Americana! welcome to the club dude!

 

[Tenspeed]

Wow what a neat find!! That is what I likle so much about this hobby, you never know if the next target will be the find of a lifetime.

 

[Tenspeed]

Wow what a neat find!! That is what I likle so much about this hobby, you never know if the next target will be the find of a lifetime.

 

[Iron Patch]

I'll never find one, but guess what... you did!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Excellent find!

 

[Mi$terG]

Unbelievable. Now that is something to be really proud of. Congrats on a truly amazing find.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Danvers- that's the awesome part of this hobby, you never know what you'll find or where!
The fantastic is with-in reach! But you have to look, we all need to get out and MD!
Melt snow & ice melt!!!! Faster!!!!

 

[hogge]

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BANNER! Hogge

 

[Dice414]

What a find, congrats!! Banner!

 

[Kirk PA]

What a find! My brother lives in Berks county. We probably will start pounding some Colonial sites out that way. Just gives me the inspiration to head to a different county.

Kirk

 

[yakker]

That's definitely a heart-stopper! Congratulations on the find and the Banner! And many, many more- HH! Yakker

 

[Old Dude]

Happy to see such an incredible find made here in Pa. I would be happy with a plain Jane variety of flat button. You've made a historical discovery.