One piece Virginia button.

[Digger70pa]

I got out today & found a one piece Virginia button. Again it was the only good target I dug. I shouldn't have cleaned it. It looked better dirty.

 

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[DiggerKid2003]

Cant tell you how many times ive popped out a flat button hoping to see that old virginia seal. Those are quite rare congrats.

 

[Digger70pa]

Cant tell you how many times ive popped out a flat button hoping to see that old virginia seal. Those are quite rare congrats.

Thanks buddy.

 

[Davers]

Your still doing great , IMHO Cleaned or Not the damage ' Pitting ' was already severe . ( It's not bad at all for an almost 200 y/o button ) . Banner in my book .
Later Buddy

IMO
The backside 'almost ' looks like it was made of Pewter .

 

[parsonwalker]

What a GREAT button. Congrats.

 

[civilman1]

Damned if you,damned if you don't. Still a beautiful button in my eyes

 

[Digger70pa]

Thanks buddy.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I'd like to see that one when it's cleaned up. Nice find.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Digger70pa wrote:
>I shouldn't have cleaned it. It looked better dirty.

Digger, find some very-fine-grained mud. Put a bunch of that mud into a small bucket. Fill it halfway with water, and stir up the mud until the water is heavily laden with the fine mud particles. Quickly put your overcleaned button face-up on the mud at the bottom of the muddy water. Let the water evaporate away entirely. (Could take weeks.) when you retrieve your button, it will look a lot like it did when you dug it.

 

[Worm-Slicer]

Not sure if you washed it or not, but sometimes with extremely fragile buttons, toothpicks and a dry toothbrush is best as sometimes water can greatly affect and wash away much detail in a fragile button that is already in the process of deterioration. Still it's a great button find no matter what and better than mine as I've never found a Virginia one-piece.