jt101319
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Long Live The President... George Washington Button..SHOCKED!!!
Was out detecting a brand new farm permission. I only had about an hour to hunt before I needed to leave to pickup my daughter.
Parts of the field were freshly ploughed. Other parts were 8" tall grass.
Can slaw after can slaw I trudged the field.
First good signal was an 1820 largie
Next signal was a fake 18k gold ring
Then right before i was about to leave i get a signal that sounded just like a small piece of can slaw.
But a bit cleaner sounding.
I popped the plug and pulled out a small cuff button.
I noticed that it had some writing and gold gilting on the front.
When i got home I lightly went over the front of the button with some lemon juice and q-tip to bring out the gold gilt....
My jaw dropped...
A George Washington Inaugural cuff button!!!
Researched in my book to confirm and indeed it is a WI 17B!!
Was out detecting a brand new farm permission. I only had about an hour to hunt before I needed to leave to pickup my daughter.
Parts of the field were freshly ploughed. Other parts were 8" tall grass.
Can slaw after can slaw I trudged the field.
First good signal was an 1820 largie
Next signal was a fake 18k gold ring
Then right before i was about to leave i get a signal that sounded just like a small piece of can slaw.
But a bit cleaner sounding.
I popped the plug and pulled out a small cuff button.
I noticed that it had some writing and gold gilting on the front.
When i got home I lightly went over the front of the button with some lemon juice and q-tip to bring out the gold gilt....
My jaw dropped...
A George Washington Inaugural cuff button!!!
Researched in my book to confirm and indeed it is a WI 17B!!
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