Major Milestone! I dug my 50th Bingham School Button today!

FoundInNC

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I achieved one of my personal goals today! I have been searching for 3+ years now for uniform buttons from the local military academy that closed in 1892. I thought I would NEVER get 40, but I finally did. It took me about a year to hit my 50th! But I did it today! It is a BEAUTIFUL block style coat button! it felt like it was a dream when I saw #50 in the hole! I am VERY happy to have 50 BS buttons!
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I also made a cool token find. I was able to I.d. it because I dug one just like it 2 years ago! The token was a 5cent merchandise coin, for Melville Drug Co in Mebane NC, which is the town i live in! I do not know anything about the company....i have looked! I would have never known what the token was had I not already dug one. The moon shaped token is the one I dug today. Less significant finds were a flattened and holed copper penny, a 1945 wheat, and a belt plate or sash buckle. The flat coin weighs 3.0 grams so it could be wheat or Indian. I found it at my old site that gave me the 1829 and 1835 dime!


Keep in mind I did not dig the nicer token today.
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gtoast99

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lets see a group shot. ps, only the 1st pic is working.
 

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50 BS buttons!Geez, you must have found the school laundry trash pit. That's quite an accomplishment.
Mike
 

junkhunter

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nice find(although i do find some humor in a uniform covered in BS buttons as i had to put up with a lot of it in school):tongue3:
 

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FoundInNC

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I wanted to also post the twin 1911 pennies I dug today, 2 in a hole!
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JimDon

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Very nice collection. I would settle for one. How about leaving a few in the ground for me :)
 

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The ony BSbutton I ever found was bought. And you found 50? Holy moly!
 

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congrats on a great collection
 

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