Help ID 34mm Flat Button with Eagle

[Keith123]

Dug this button earlier today on a property with a house built in the 1700s. Last time I was at this location I dug a cut Fugio copper. It's a one piece button with what looks like an eagle holding something in claw. Looks like a shield covering the breast and a star above the head. Also has a boarder. 34mm with shank intact. Plain back. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

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[nhbenz]

Wow, isn't that a Washington inaugural button?

edit: like these; http://www.google.com/search?q=wash...OsyATKoIHQCA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=672

-someone will surely beat me to the variety and rarity, but that's a great find!
Seems either to be or is close to a catalouge # WI-12C , which is from 1789.

 

[Keith123]

Holy crap! I've read about people finding them but never really looked at picture of one. I just threw it in my pouch like any old flat button.

 

[fyrffytr1]

WOW!!! It looks a lot like this one: Historic George Washington 1789 EAGLE & STAR Brass Inaugural Button

 

[sutphin]

Some people have all the luck, that is one relic that I hope to find someday way to go keith,vanzutphen

 

[wayfas4u]

Congrats, looks like a nice GW button you got there! ....and by your reaction of not really knowing what it was makes it even more exciting!!