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Feb 26, 2017, 04:00 PM
#1
CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
SWEET JESUS--I just dug a GW Inaugural--IN LOUISIANA
It's been hours since I dug this and I'm still shaking!
My buddy, my wife, and I all went out for a dig and we got on a little site that had a couple of shoe buckle pieces and some nice pottery and clay pipe stems but wouldn't give up even one button or find. We got worn out with that little, tiny, petite habitants spot, and changed scenery. The killer find from the little site was Shangeolang's nice early complete SPUR! 
Before I get to the real story, here's the unbelievable video.
In the next site we went to, we settled down and decided to stay a while. Almost immediately, flat buttons and musketballs started coming up. My buddy shouted me over to see a silver come out of the hole--and it was a dateless 17?? Half Real! Nothing like seeing some colonial era silver in the early morning sun!!!
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He then got a nice dropped Enfield and I bagged a pocket watch winder
 
Flat buttons kept coming. One was laying right on top of the ground and Shanguloid picked it up
 
I also bagged a nice "Russian Blue" trade bead. Consensus is that these beads didn't circulate in the late 1800s, but I have found many of them at this early 1800s site before (no coins, etc. dug that dated after 1840). My personal hunch is that they date earlier than the "experts" think they do...
 
But the REAL shocker came in a tiny package when I dug a little gilded flat button that looked like it had a heart-shaped wreath on it. I thought "that's nice" and called my buddy and my wife over to see it.
After they'd started hunting again, I realized that there were LETTERS around the rim of the button and I wet the face of the button and was SHOCKED. It said "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" around the rim!!! I almost fell over and screamed for them to come back and see!
I had STRONG suspicions that this was a George Washington Inaugural button--but I was in such a state of disbelief and shock (which you will hear on the video) that one would/could--EVER be dug in Louisiana, that I didn't even half believe my intuition! Trip back to the truck to google search the button confirmed it--and I was totally floored! This is a GWI-17B (cuff sized) GW Inaugural with a rarity value of R-4 (less than 25 examples known)!!
I just can't even hardly type right now just thinking about this. If you'd told me that I would dig a GW one day, I would have said "you're crazy!" If you'd said I'd dig it in Louisiana--I would have laughed at you! Well, here it is. Unbelievable--that this button made it down here, and that it survived the plow, and although it has some rim loss and no shank left, the gilding on it is almost ENTIRELY THERE. I just can't believe it--and perhaps I still will shake my head in disbelief a year from now at this find!
Here are the rest of the finds we made. Keep digging and have faith--you never know what will be waiting in the next hole!
 
Best Wishes and Happy Hunting,
Buck
Last edited by BuckleBoy; Feb 26, 2017 at 05:29 PM.
2021 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1820s-30s Gold Mourning Brooch
Diamond solitaire ring from the beach
GWI 17B George Washington Inaugural Button
GWI 27A George Washington Inaugural Button
engraved piece of a colonial era gold item
c.1870-80 Otis A. Smith .32cal rimfire pistol
bullet mold "MASS ARMS CO" for the .36cal Adams Patent Revolver
South Pacific Coast Railroad Lock 1876-1887
Two Louisiana pelican coat buttons
hammer from a percussion double barrel shotgun
two cartridge box finials
New York coat button
Eagle Infantry cuff button
Two eagle Infantry coat buttons
Two general service eagle cuff buttons
1900-O Morgan Dollar
1809 Classic Head Half Cent
1845 Large Cent
dateless half real
1875, 1887 and one dateless Seated Dime
1848, 1851, two 1851-O?s, 1855-O, and 1857-O half dimes
1895-S Barber Dime (dug by KFB) and 1907 Barber Dime
1952 Roosevelt Dime
Two silver thimbles
Quarter ounce of melted silver from a planation site
Antebellum silver ring fragment
Two Silver religious medallions
Four 1943-P war nickels
a dateless Mercury Dime
Bronze figurine from a mid 1800s French mantle clock
Minieballs, Beefaloes, V and Shield Nickels, and some GawGag
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:03 PM
#2
Great looking button. Congrats
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:06 PM
#3
BANNER !I am voting officially as such. A remarkable find for the NE and especially for down there BB. A big Congrats! HH, Q.
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:06 PM
#4
 Detect smarter, not harder.
The odds of finding that button in Louisiana are probable lower than that of a tree coin on avg. Absolutely unbelievable. Great day Buck!
"Take the detecta-drama elsewhere - I'm just here to dig!"
Running totals:
Hammered Silvers - 2
Hammered Coppers - 1
Milled Spanish Silver - 14
Transitional US State Coppers - 9
United States Cent/Half cent Coppers - 131
British & Other colonial Coppers - 107
Slick coppers - too painful to talk about
Silver Coins - We’ll over a 1000
Favourite Finds:
1665 1-reale Spanish Cob
Revolutionary War stirrup
1812 2nd Regiment Artillarists pewter button
1695 Willam 3rd Halfpenny in excellent condition
G.W. Inagural Buttons - 6 Point Estoile cuff variety
Love token etched on 1859 seated Dime
1831 Louis Phillippe 1st - 5 Franc
1783 Nova Constelatio, Crosby-3C &. Crosby-1B
1749 Regal King George II Farthing
1776 Counter King George iii
If it ain't at least seated, it aint Sh*t
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:11 PM
#5
Joe
Outstanding find! And outstanding hunt! Congratulations
HH, RN
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:11 PM
#6
CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
 Originally Posted by VOL1266-X
BANNER !I am voting officially as such. A remarkable find for the NE and especially for down there BB. A big Congrats! HH, Q.
Thank you so much for the banner vote! I'm speechless over this find--and probably will be in disbelief for a long time! Glad it responded well to cleaning--and my hands were shaking cleaning such a valuable little thing!
2021 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1820s-30s Gold Mourning Brooch
Diamond solitaire ring from the beach
GWI 17B George Washington Inaugural Button
GWI 27A George Washington Inaugural Button
engraved piece of a colonial era gold item
c.1870-80 Otis A. Smith .32cal rimfire pistol
bullet mold "MASS ARMS CO" for the .36cal Adams Patent Revolver
South Pacific Coast Railroad Lock 1876-1887
Two Louisiana pelican coat buttons
hammer from a percussion double barrel shotgun
two cartridge box finials
New York coat button
Eagle Infantry cuff button
Two eagle Infantry coat buttons
Two general service eagle cuff buttons
1900-O Morgan Dollar
1809 Classic Head Half Cent
1845 Large Cent
dateless half real
1875, 1887 and one dateless Seated Dime
1848, 1851, two 1851-O?s, 1855-O, and 1857-O half dimes
1895-S Barber Dime (dug by KFB) and 1907 Barber Dime
1952 Roosevelt Dime
Two silver thimbles
Quarter ounce of melted silver from a planation site
Antebellum silver ring fragment
Two Silver religious medallions
Four 1943-P war nickels
a dateless Mercury Dime
Bronze figurine from a mid 1800s French mantle clock
Minieballs, Beefaloes, V and Shield Nickels, and some GawGag
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:12 PM
#7
Beautiful! Congrats! Thats what we all want when a button pops up. I cant imagine how you felt!
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:12 PM
#8
CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
Originally Posted by Scrappy
The odds of finding that button in Louisiana are probable lower than that of a tree coin on avg. Absolutely unbelievable. Great day Buck!
Thanks for the reply, Scrappy. I'm just shocked!
2021 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1820s-30s Gold Mourning Brooch
Diamond solitaire ring from the beach
GWI 17B George Washington Inaugural Button
GWI 27A George Washington Inaugural Button
engraved piece of a colonial era gold item
c.1870-80 Otis A. Smith .32cal rimfire pistol
bullet mold "MASS ARMS CO" for the .36cal Adams Patent Revolver
South Pacific Coast Railroad Lock 1876-1887
Two Louisiana pelican coat buttons
hammer from a percussion double barrel shotgun
two cartridge box finials
New York coat button
Eagle Infantry cuff button
Two eagle Infantry coat buttons
Two general service eagle cuff buttons
1900-O Morgan Dollar
1809 Classic Head Half Cent
1845 Large Cent
dateless half real
1875, 1887 and one dateless Seated Dime
1848, 1851, two 1851-O?s, 1855-O, and 1857-O half dimes
1895-S Barber Dime (dug by KFB) and 1907 Barber Dime
1952 Roosevelt Dime
Two silver thimbles
Quarter ounce of melted silver from a planation site
Antebellum silver ring fragment
Two Silver religious medallions
Four 1943-P war nickels
a dateless Mercury Dime
Bronze figurine from a mid 1800s French mantle clock
Minieballs, Beefaloes, V and Shield Nickels, and some GawGag
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:17 PM
#9
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:24 PM
#10
Wow, that's nice! I felt the same way about mine when I dug it in Southwestern Virginia. Would be interesting to know the story if a button like that could talk and learn about how it ended up there.
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:27 PM
#11
Killer relic hunt, congratulations! The GW is a once in a life time find! 
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:32 PM
#12
You found the button, and I just found hope! 
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:43 PM
#13
CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
Originally Posted by relic nut
Outstanding find! And outstanding hunt! Congratulations
HH, RN
Thanks so much, relic nut!
2021 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1820s-30s Gold Mourning Brooch
Diamond solitaire ring from the beach
GWI 17B George Washington Inaugural Button
GWI 27A George Washington Inaugural Button
engraved piece of a colonial era gold item
c.1870-80 Otis A. Smith .32cal rimfire pistol
bullet mold "MASS ARMS CO" for the .36cal Adams Patent Revolver
South Pacific Coast Railroad Lock 1876-1887
Two Louisiana pelican coat buttons
hammer from a percussion double barrel shotgun
two cartridge box finials
New York coat button
Eagle Infantry cuff button
Two eagle Infantry coat buttons
Two general service eagle cuff buttons
1900-O Morgan Dollar
1809 Classic Head Half Cent
1845 Large Cent
dateless half real
1875, 1887 and one dateless Seated Dime
1848, 1851, two 1851-O?s, 1855-O, and 1857-O half dimes
1895-S Barber Dime (dug by KFB) and 1907 Barber Dime
1952 Roosevelt Dime
Two silver thimbles
Quarter ounce of melted silver from a planation site
Antebellum silver ring fragment
Two Silver religious medallions
Four 1943-P war nickels
a dateless Mercury Dime
Bronze figurine from a mid 1800s French mantle clock
Minieballs, Beefaloes, V and Shield Nickels, and some GawGag
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:43 PM
#14
CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
Originally Posted by danjsargent
Beautiful! Congrats! Thats what we all want when a button pops up. I cant imagine how you felt!
My first thought was "what is that doing here??!!" 
2021 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1820s-30s Gold Mourning Brooch
Diamond solitaire ring from the beach
GWI 17B George Washington Inaugural Button
GWI 27A George Washington Inaugural Button
engraved piece of a colonial era gold item
c.1870-80 Otis A. Smith .32cal rimfire pistol
bullet mold "MASS ARMS CO" for the .36cal Adams Patent Revolver
South Pacific Coast Railroad Lock 1876-1887
Two Louisiana pelican coat buttons
hammer from a percussion double barrel shotgun
two cartridge box finials
New York coat button
Eagle Infantry cuff button
Two eagle Infantry coat buttons
Two general service eagle cuff buttons
1900-O Morgan Dollar
1809 Classic Head Half Cent
1845 Large Cent
dateless half real
1875, 1887 and one dateless Seated Dime
1848, 1851, two 1851-O?s, 1855-O, and 1857-O half dimes
1895-S Barber Dime (dug by KFB) and 1907 Barber Dime
1952 Roosevelt Dime
Two silver thimbles
Quarter ounce of melted silver from a planation site
Antebellum silver ring fragment
Two Silver religious medallions
Four 1943-P war nickels
a dateless Mercury Dime
Bronze figurine from a mid 1800s French mantle clock
Minieballs, Beefaloes, V and Shield Nickels, and some GawGag
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Feb 26, 2017, 04:44 PM
#15
CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
Originally Posted by WarBaby
Banner vote.
Thanks for hitting "Nominate Banner" on my post, WarBaby! I think this one would look great up top!
2021 CaneField Bandits Totals:
1820s-30s Gold Mourning Brooch
Diamond solitaire ring from the beach
GWI 17B George Washington Inaugural Button
GWI 27A George Washington Inaugural Button
engraved piece of a colonial era gold item
c.1870-80 Otis A. Smith .32cal rimfire pistol
bullet mold "MASS ARMS CO" for the .36cal Adams Patent Revolver
South Pacific Coast Railroad Lock 1876-1887
Two Louisiana pelican coat buttons
hammer from a percussion double barrel shotgun
two cartridge box finials
New York coat button
Eagle Infantry cuff button
Two eagle Infantry coat buttons
Two general service eagle cuff buttons
1900-O Morgan Dollar
1809 Classic Head Half Cent
1845 Large Cent
dateless half real
1875, 1887 and one dateless Seated Dime
1848, 1851, two 1851-O?s, 1855-O, and 1857-O half dimes
1895-S Barber Dime (dug by KFB) and 1907 Barber Dime
1952 Roosevelt Dime
Two silver thimbles
Quarter ounce of melted silver from a planation site
Antebellum silver ring fragment
Two Silver religious medallions
Four 1943-P war nickels
a dateless Mercury Dime
Bronze figurine from a mid 1800s French mantle clock
Minieballs, Beefaloes, V and Shield Nickels, and some GawGag
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