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

Coilcrazy2

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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!!!!!!!!:o 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:laughing7: 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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Totally awesome. BANNER.
 

DAMN THAT'S AWESOME! HUGE CONGTATS!
 

Bet it was hard to sleep that night.
 

Congratulation on your find and the banner addition.
 

Congrats on an awesome find and making the banner! Keep digging!
 

That's a first rate find!

BIG congrats, and an even BIGGER congrats on your excellent cleaning of the button--especially not over-cleaning it. Well done!


-Buckles
 

CONGRATULATIONS on finding 'ole' George! Great find! :thumbsup: Way to go on finding it and making the BANNER!

:)
Breezie
 

Congrats on the Banner. Nice GW button. Welcome to the club!
 

at the time 1968, J. Harold Cobb said, It is difficult to find a specimen with the strike showing through the back
pg18 , talks about touch marks that one is rarer in 1968, i cant see yours well enough for the touch marks
yours looks in good shape, congrats on the banner
can download his book.....http://kirkmitchell.tripod.com/CobbGW/GWIBM.pdf

Cobb's collection
Warning! Clicking on the plate downloads a MUCH larger and detailed picture! (1.8 MB)
http://kirkmitchell.tripod.com/CobbGW/

yours, congrats on the banner
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Wow, great button!! Hope there is more there to find!

Steve
 

at the time 1968, J. Harold Cobb said, It is difficult to find a specimen with the strike showing through the back
pg18 , talks about touch marks that one is rarer in 1968, i cant see yours well enough for the touch marks
yours looks in good shape, congrats on the banner
can download his book.....http://kirkmitchell.tripod.com/CobbGW/GWIBM.pdf

Cobb's collection
Warning! Clicking on the plate downloads a MUCH larger and detailed picture! (1.8 MB)
http://kirkmitchell.tripod.com/CobbGW/

yours, congrats on the banner
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Thanks! Yea, I did wonder about the impression going to the reverse...Im glad to know its a relatively rare thing. I did some close looking and I don't think it has the touch marks like Cobb mentioned. I emailed the gwinauguralbutton site. Hopefully they will answer and maybe want to make record of it! Thanks again
...I see that they have ones struck through to the reverse at R-6 :o
 

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AWESOME FIND!!! Man I would go over that area with a find tooth comb!!!
 

A super big congrats on that button!!!!
 

Congratulations on your find and making the Banner!!
 

I've never seen the likes. Fantastic find!

All the best,

Lanny
 

:coffee2:8-) Very Nice! Congrats, and Good Luck in your continued search!
 

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