Long Live The President... SHOCKED!!!

[jt101319]

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!!

 

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[Boonieguy]

That is just lovely !

 

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[jt101319]

Thank you everyone for the great comments. I am still in shock. Major bucket lister and an awesome piece of history

 

[secondstar]

That’s a banner find in my book, congratulations!

 

[Rookster]

Now we’re metal detecting. Great finds

 

[devldog]

That is an over the top find. Very nice artifact. Congrat's.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

BANNER ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!!!

 

[jt101319]

BANNER ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!!!

Thanks buddy!

 

[tnt-hunter]

A beautiful button and a great find. That deserves a banner position and my vote is in. Keep swingin.

 

[Tnmountains]

One of the nicest I have seen. The gilt in the lettering is perfect. Good area you are in for sure. Congratulations sir.

 

[jt101319]

A beautiful button and a great find. That deserves a banner position and my vote is in. Keep swingin.

Thank you for that!

 

[jt101319]

One of the nicest I have seen. The gilt in the lettering is perfect. Good area you are in for sure. Congratulations sir.

Thank you. I am going back there tomorrow to find the rest of the coat!

 

[JJSunButton]

Banner Recommendation

I recently rejoined treasurenet.com; I hadn’t used it in a few years. I detect with this guy on average one time per week now, and I’m always excited to see what he finds next!

This is a BANNER find if I ever did see one!

 

[jt101319]

One of the nicest I have seen. The gilt in the lettering is perfect. Good area you are in for sure. Congratulations sir.

Thank you. I couldn't beleive that it still had the gold gilt on the lettering also especially after all these years

 

[Old Dude]

Wow. Great historic find. Big congrats to you.

 

[jt101319]

Wow. Great historic find. Big congrats to you.

Thank you!

 

[park pirate]

Outstanding find congrats...

 

[jt101319]

Outstanding find congrats...

Thanks

 

[Doc Arey]

Stunner!

 

[xcopperstax]

I'm commenting again because this should be a banner. Can we vote twice?

 

[jt101319]

I'm commenting again because this should be a banner. Can we vote twice?

Haha. Well thank you for that!