wow unreal that close to home too first one ive seen from local just amazing congrats and good film footage too!
Great find !!!!!!! What a beauty !!!!!!!!!!!
dfx willy said:scarce! rare! whatever! i know more and more are been found so these things change around. since i found my 1877 indian last year ive seen 4or5 posted just like the 1916 merc dimes. the more we dig the more the value goes down.willy
Don in SJ said:That is a nice one, I believe one of our members, who does not post often here but is a member, found the same button variety in Ohio, perhaps 6-8 years ago, I used to have a photograph of it, it was heavily silverplated and just in super shape. If he reads this post perhaps he could post the photo of it. I am fairly certain it was the same variety WI-15, which now would be most likely Very Scarce with more being found since Albert's book was written.
Don
ADDED: Found the photo on this forum of the other WI-15 button that was found in Ohio by one of our members. It is his Avatar photo
Mike Moutray said:Don in SJ said:That is a nice one, I believe one of our members, who does not post often here but is a member, found the same button variety in Ohio, perhaps 6-8 years ago, I used to have a photograph of it, it was heavily silverplated and just in super shape. If he reads this post perhaps he could post the photo of it. I am fairly certain it was the same variety WI-15, which now would be most likely Very Scarce with more being found since Albert's book was written.
Don
ADDED: Found the photo on this forum of the other WI-15 button that was found in Ohio by one of our members. It is his Avatar photo
That is a great looking button there! The one I found in Ohio at an old Indian fort site in 2003 is what you asked about. It's rarity is a lot more than R-4 or R-5 as that included non-silver plated ones as well as silver-plated ones. There are more non-plated ones out there and I've only run across one other silver-plated one in all these years.
Truly a great find!!! HH, Mike.
rare / scarce 
it is significant and not a common find or we all would have one . Congrats to your friend and Thanks for posting 8) can we get a link to the video
creskol said:Mike Moutray said:Don in SJ said:That is a nice one, I believe one of our members, who does not post often here but is a member, found the same button variety in Ohio, perhaps 6-8 years ago, I used to have a photograph of it, it was heavily silverplated and just in super shape. If he reads this post perhaps he could post the photo of it. I am fairly certain it was the same variety WI-15, which now would be most likely Very Scarce with more being found since Albert's book was written.
Don
ADDED: Found the photo on this forum of the other WI-15 button that was found in Ohio by one of our members. It is his Avatar photo
That is a great looking button there! The one I found in Ohio at an old Indian fort site in 2003 is what you asked about. It's rarity is a lot more than R-4 or R-5 as that included non-silver plated ones as well as silver-plated ones. There are more non-plated ones out there and I've only run across one other silver-plated one in all these years.
Truly a great find!!! HH, Mike.
WoW Mike, That is a real beauty, too! There are subtle differences between the two which makes it even more fascinating!! Thanks for sharing with us! Just for curiosity sakes, does yours still have the shank?
