Kings Orange Ranger button!!!

[Devonrex]

King's Orange Ranger button!!!

Got off work a little early so hit a site that I havn't been to for some time. Only dug this button and one musket ball. I cant believe it but I have dug my first Loyalist button. This is a King's Orange Ranger button! In Don Troini's book Insignia of Independence this button is listed as LKOR.d. You can barely make out the K O and R but the crown and wreath is plain as day. I immediately sprayed this button with clear satin polyurethane as soon as I walked in the door. The back has a mold seam but the shank is gone. As you can tell I also put it in a protective coin holder to further prevent it from damage. A few specimens have been found in South Carolina but this is the first I have ever heard of being found in Virginia! I can't believe I found this button!!! HH Devonrex

 

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[thrifty76now]

Wow,what a great button find!

 

[Iron Patch]

That is an Excellent find, and you can forget about the banner as it ain't going to be pretty enough, but had I dug it, it would be a banner button to me. It's one I've not found, and it's one of the Loyalist buttons we don't see turn up here, or at least I don't, so I think it still has some decent rarity. The only ones I know of were found on a road trip by a couple of old friends on a site in Quebec, Canada in 2004. Since then I have not seen another apart from the beautiful officer one that is in the book... it had been made into jewelry, and ended up selling on ebay for only a small fraction of what it's worth.

Any example is good for that one.

 

[dts52]

Amazing find! I wish we knew who lost it.
HH
DTS

 

[Texas Ed]

Fantastic find & congrats - very rare and thanks for sharing the pictures with all of us.

Texas ED

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a great find

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Very nice! Ditto what IP said, great find! You're on a roll this year!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Devonrex]

That is an Excellent find, and you can forget about the banner as it ain't going to be pretty enough, but had I dug it, it would be a banner button to me. It's one I've not found, and it's one of the Loyalist buttons we don't see turn up here, or at least I don't, so I think it still has some decent rarity. The only ones I know of were found on a road trip by a couple of old friends on a site in Quebec, Canada in 2004. Since then I have not seen another apart from the beautiful officer one that is in the book... it had been made into jewelry, and ended up selling on ebay for only a small fraction of what it's worth.

Any example is good for that one.

Iron Patch, You are right. It may not be much to look at but there has not been another single one found in Virginia!!! Thankyou for your kind words! I have always wanted to find one of these buttons and I can't believe I did! Like I said it was totally unexpected. But I guess those are the best finds. Less than 5 have been recorded so you are right when you say it has some rarity! I just wish you could see the K O R better! HH Devonrex

 

[Iron Patch]

Iron Patch, You are right. It may not be much to look at but there has not been another single one found in Virginia!!! Thankyou for your kind words! I have always wanted to find one of these buttons and I can't believe I did! Like I said it was totally unexpected. But I guess those are the best finds. Less than 5 have been recorded so you are right when you say it has some rarity! I just wish you could see the K O R better! HH Devonrex

I have dug RPs, 2nd American, 3rd American, King's American Regiment, and RFA, and multiples of each. It's extremely high on my want list to find an officer pattern of one, besides the king's which is. Or just in general find a button from a Loyalist unit I don't have. So as I said a KOR would be something special to me.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Get a job , leave some for the rest of us , nah just kidding ... nice