The find of a life time 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button & 1821 1/2 Real.

Eagle 1

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HI all
[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif] Well I went out today with my friend Doug he a new sight to try. So we wen't out this past sunday morning. He had found some nice [/FONT]coin's last week there. So I was hopping to fine a real or a doubloon maybe
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. Well I was hopping anyway. So it was a hell of a climb to the top of the hill. But we got there and start to hunt. The first hour did not find much but gun shells. It was a big field and wood's. Doug went in the wood's and I hit the field. My first good find was a large brass bar a good 2 ft long and 2 in. in diam. 10 lb. My next fine was what I thought was a large cent. Then I saw it was to thin it was a large button. At first it just seem to be a plain flat large button. I rubbed it to get off the mud off and then I saw a G. I told my self it can't be. So I rubbed it one more time and there was the W. I could not believe my eye's
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. A 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button it is a rare one. I first yelled at Doug but he could not hear me. So I ran to him and told him he better be sitting down. I thought his eye's were going to come out of his head. It took him a min. to get the wards out. When he did he gave me a big congrat's . He also told me that I got the big suck award for the year with a smile. So I wen't back and started up again. Within 10 feet I pull out a 1821 1/2 real what a day. I also pulled out a small button pewter and a spoon also pewter.
 

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kuger

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granthansen

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Great find, congrats. Welcome to the forum!
 

FoundInNC

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That's a great button. If I had dug it I probably would not have cleaned it to bare metal.
 

CRUSADER

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Nice button & silver - congrats!

(the other button is tombac not pewter)
 

Erik in NJ

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Congrats on the GW button and Spanish silver! Just curious--did that button come out of the ground like that?
 

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swamp yankee

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Great finds my man. Best detector going the MXT,must be look what it found for you! Congrats and HH.....
 

Wildcat1750

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Congratulations on the GW Inaugural button!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to TNet and awesome first post, Eagle 1!
Nick
 

Sooper Dave

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Incredible Button! And Great Going On The Spanish Silver! Welcome Aboard!
 

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Eagle 1

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HI all Thanks
No it did not come of the ground like that. It look a lot cleaner then it is. For some reason when I use the sun to take my photo's. It still has a lite soiling on the button. But the sun makes it look blown out in the photo. The good thing with using the sun is it can give great detail. Yes it has been cleaned. I use electrolysis cleaning I have been using this on coins for years. It dose a great job on coin's and dose not hurt the Item. O by the way it was found with a E-Trac 12 in. down.
 

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nice find - but by cleaning like that - you cut value way down
congrats on it and other finds
 

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