I THINK I JUST DUG A GW BUTTON IN CANADA!

[pepperj]

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[bill from lachine]

IP,

We have to remember back in the day most folks were fairly poor if it was a veteran he could have still been wearing his old uniform much after the war was over....just a wild guess on my part but it's pretty hard to piece together the real story 200 years or so after the fact.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

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[Iron Patch]

IP,

We have to remember back in the day most folks were fairly poor if it was a veteran he could have still been wearing his old uniform much after the war was over....just a wild guess on my part but it's pretty hard to piece together the real story 200 years or so after the fact.

Regards + HH

Bill

Yes, but the thing is the war ended in 1783 and the GW buttons are 1789, and I don't think they let the Loyalists hang out for 6 years before giving them the boot to Canada or Britain. How such a thing would leave the US after 1789 who knows.... maybe the War of 1812.

 

[TheGreatNorth]

That is a great find!!! One on my bucket list! (Very lofty list). Crazy you found it up there! Banner vote from me!! HH

 

[pepperj]

I'm going to get the low down on the family that had the homestead before the owners of today. They have owned the property for 5 generations and the owners great grandpa was born in the log cabin further in the property. This site outdates the log cabin as the guy had no idea that a house sat on the pasture-that's what I love about this hobby finding the place and getting the unknown.

 

[johnnyblaze]

The only thin i can think of is it's linked to Ticonderoga..Aprrox location would be helpful in research.


In 1785, the fort's lands became the property of the state of New York. The state donated the property to Columbia and Union colleges in 1803,[SUP][71][/SUP] which sold it to William Ferris Pell in 1820.[SUP][72][/SUP] Pell first used the property as a summer retreat, but the completion of railroads and canals connecting the area to New York City brought tourists to the area,[SUP][73][/SUP] so he converted his summer house, known as The Pavilion, into a hotel to serve the tourist trade. In 1848, the Hudson River School artist Russell Smith painted Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, depicting the condition of the fort.

 

[pepperj]

The only thin i can think of is it's linked to Ticonderoga..Aprrox location would be helpful in research.


In 1785, the fort's lands became the property of the state of New York. The state donated the property to Columbia and Union colleges in 1803,[SUP][71][/SUP] which sold it to William Ferris Pell in 1820.[SUP][72][/SUP] Pell first used the property as a summer retreat, but the completion of railroads and canals connecting the area to New York City brought tourists to the area,[SUP][73][/SUP] so he converted his summer house, known as The Pavilion, into a hotel to serve the tourist trade. In 1848, the Hudson River School artist Russell Smith painted Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, depicting the condition of the fort.

It was found 30 miles NE of Kingston Ontario

 

[Showtime2385]

A big congrats to you my friend!

 

[bill from lachine]

IP,

I was just checking to see if you were paying attention....lol...

I'm sure there were probably other veterans other than loyalists that headed north for various reasons to start a new life.

Let's see what pepperj finds out about the original landowners and maybe the story will come together.....regardless I guess we can both agree it belongs up top.

Regards + HH

Bill

Yes, but the thing is the war ended in 1783 and the GW buttons are 1789, and I don't think they let the Loyalists hang out for 6 years before giving them the boot to Canada or Britain. How such a thing would leave the US after 1789 who knows.... maybe the War of 1812.

 

[Dr.Tones]

You sure as heck did!

 

[johnnyblaze]

It's a distance but not out of the question for general area..Now who from that area where you found it might have attended Columbia or Union College?

Not sure it's a start this one may ponder forever!

~Blaze~

 

[pepperj]

Wow big congrats ...BANNER for the first one I see posted from Canada! Funny IP and I talked about 3 finds being found in Canada not that long ago...That was one of them, along with the rattlesnake button my buddy pulled out and now just a chain cent left...ok maybe a Pine Tree Shilling too ....

Thanks Patriot

My thoughts exactly in the top of list for finds and the thought was going to IP for digging the button, sorry ol'chap you'll have to go with another one.

Challenge accepted

I guess 24hrs from now will tell the story, good luck!

Ok I'm calling the chain cent for me.

Nice choice

Ditto on the find//// What is the story of the button? Who brought it to Canada so many years ago. Maybe a souvenir?

Thanks shoague

It might of been an early settler relocating to this side of the border for land grants or got married to a local and moved up here.

shoague,

Lot's of US loyalists moved to Eastern Canada after the Revolutionary war so odds are it came up with one of the veterans.

Regards + HH

Bill

Might of been Bill.

I'm still in shock Jim, but you do live in a very old area that was settled by a large number of United Empire Loyalists!

I expect to see this beauty up top before morning!

Dave

Thanks for the ID over the phone Dave it's just too bad you weren't there.

That is a great find!!! One on my bucket list! (Very lofty list). Crazy you found it up there! Banner vote from me!! HH

Thanks GN for the supporting vote! This wasn't even on mine as I never would of thought I had a chance of digging one on this side of the border.

A big congrats to you my friend!

Thanks Showtime

 

[pepperj]

It's a distance but not out of the question for general area..Now who from that area where you found it might have attended Columbia or Union College?

Not sure it's a start this one may ponder forever!

~Blaze~

Not even sure if the family originated out of the USA, my friend wrote a local historical book and she might be able to shed some light on the family's origin.

 

[Old Dude]

Congrats PJ. It's a wonderful find for we Americans, but from the reactions of all you Canucks, I can tell it is special to our northern friends too.

 

[basque-man]

Congrats!!!!! That is certainly a find of a lifetime!!!!!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Incredible find! Way to go

 

[pepperj]

Congrats PJ. It's a wonderful find for we Americans, but from the reactions of all you Canucks, I can tell it is special to our northern friends too.

Thank you Old Dude

I'm sure it's on many diggers want list, the weirs thing I never put it on mine because I figured the odds were too high to ever dig one.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats!!!!! That is certainly a find of a lifetime!!!!!

Thanks basque-man

Rare for up here and I'm still so stoked over digging it, might put it on the bedside table for the night to enhance the dreams.

 

[pepperj]

Incredible find! Way to go

Thanks Dave

 

[CRUSADER]

Rare find for Canada!

 

[Ahab8]

Wow Pep that is soooooooo damn cool. Bet that's one of the last things you ever expected to dig. Really really psyched for you my friend and I agree that the canadian GW is a BANNER find. Great job