🥇 BANNER GW INAUGURAL BUTTON found today...Still in shock!

[Coilcrazy2]

Hey Everyone! Im still pretty speechless but I was able to get out to one of my favorite spots this evening. The owner gave me permission to do a goat pasture that sits right next to his house so thats where I darted to first. At the far corner of the pasture I got a decent hit on the T2 and out popped this 1789 George Washington Linked States Button!!!!!!!! The realist in me assumed that it was just a nicely decorated dandy but after closer inspection I saw GW and long live the president around it....My heart just about stopped!! I was less than a quarter mile from home so I called it a day and speed walked home Its a little bent up but all in all its in fairly decent shape. The shank is still intact and the design is strong! I still haven't flaked all of the dirt off in fear of damaging it. The dirt around here is rough and even water is too harsh for many of my finds. Its hard to believe that horses and goats having been stomping on this thing for over 200 years. This was the only find of the day besides a few pull tabs but it is by far the best find of my 5 years of detecting......
If more or better pictures would be good to include, I would be happy to provide them!
Thanks Everyone,
~Coilcrazy

 

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[dig kzoo]

Great find!

 

[digging440yrs]

AWESOME FIND----THATS ON MY---" TO FIND LIST "

 

[RiverRat3]

Great find!!!!!!!

 

[worldtalker]

Heck ya show more pics,that is AWESOME!


GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Goes4ever]

Congrats on finding an amazing button!

 

[BigWaveDave]

Outstanding

 

[vadigger89]

Great Button, that thing is huge!

 

[Ahab8]

Whoa that is an incredible find! Is that the WI 4? That thing is rare if it's the one I'm thinking of. That is a dream find of mine. You my friend found a great one. Congrats on that baby

 

[Steve in PA]

Congratulations! That is one of my favorite GW Inaugural designs.

 

[NHBandit]

Excellent !

 

[Don in SJ]

That is the type of GW button I would love to find, hope you found it in Berks! (Grew up in Reading)

 

[Ahab8]

I believe there to be several variations of that particular design. Would love to see some close ups if you're able or dare to remove any dirt. I would be very nervous and prob wouldn't dare to clean it at all

 

[Bubba65]

Great find, that too is one of my favorite type of GW Button CONGRATS

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Cool, Yep I found it in the heart of berks! I haven't seen too many dug in this state so I consider myself lucky! Thanks Don in SJ

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Im not too sure about the different types of variation but im going to brush it off a little more and take a few more close-ups! Thanks Ahab8

 

[flatbutton]

Awesome find! Great piece of history! Congrats

 

[johnnyblaze]

Amazing find

Welcome to the GW Club

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Blaze

 

[mangum]

Awesome GW! That's my favorite design. Hopefully I can post a GW one day! Congrats, def banner material!

 

[Ahab8]

Btw any GW button is a banner find in my eyes. Between the historical significance and the scarcity. And they're just so damn cool looking