Civil war button

[arrow86]

Hey thought I would post this I found it last week on a river shoreline that I hunt often. I don’t metal detect tho I just look for Native American artifacts but saw this on the surface and picked it up .... I almost tossed it back glad I didn’t. The property I found it on has a lot of history dating back to 1600s I found the button mixed in with bricks from an old foundation from an ordinary or inn that was built in 1660s and than the first court house in the county in 1697 as well as a ferry crossing from Kent county to Cecil county across the Sassafrass river .....
From what I could find the buttons CG stands for Boston City Guard if anybody has any other info or has found one of these in Cecil county please share

Ps: I know I know I need to get a metal detector working on it lol

 

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[thrifty76now]

It's in pristine condition.

 

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[Yak1366]

Great surface find, Congrats!!!

 

[coinman123]

3 minutes in lemon juice & a tooth brush under running water will make that button real nice!

Agreed! Works wonders on buttons with any gilt!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Super nice condition, congrats on the find.

 

[Inspector]

Beautiful button, congratulations on the save

 

[Trezurehunter]

You do if you want to find more significant finds! Some treasure hunters make about 1 significant surface find out of every 100 to 1,000 finds that they make. For many others, it is more like 1 out of every 10,000 finds. So to increase your odds of making more significant finds at many of the locations you hunt, you need a metal detector!

Relax, I'm smart enough to know that, as I've been detecting for 30 years now. It was meant to be a funny statement which you obviously missed !