EARLY EAGLE NAVY

Calabash Digger

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Found this today and my buddy got a cannon ball. heres the live dig too. DSCN1865.jpg DSCN1866.jpg DSCN1867.jpg
 

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JackalopeZL1

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Nice, I found one of those, ended up being a war of 1812 naval officers button which it looks like you know. Fantastic find
 

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coinman123

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Nice! I think that some gilt will appear after a careful cleaning. Awesome early U.S military button!
 

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Calabash Digger

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thanks, I'm hoping it cleans up nice im gonna get someone to do it.
 

coinman123

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thanks, I'm hoping it cleans up nice im gonna get someone to do it.

Maybe hot hydrogen peroxide? It works well on showing gilt on some of my buttons, good luck, I would wait for other people to chime in before cleaning it though.
 

Kurios1

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Oh man. That's a dream find of an old button there mate. Well done. :icon_salut:
 

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