Admiral Vernon commemorative button, Porto Bello

[DetectorMoe]

Dug a first. Found a Admiral Vernon commemorative button maybe? See at the bottom of the button, got the wording "Porto Bello,. There was a battle call, Battle Porto Bello, between British and Panama Spanish Fleet 1739. Also dug some other flat buttons. 1700s homesite.

Porto Bello button





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[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome button finds, congrats!

 

[creskol]

Dang .. And here I thought it was a work clothes button off of a mushroom grower's uniform

Nah .. just kidding .. That's a neat old button! The others aren't too shabby either!

 

[Whyme]

Very cool buttons! Congrats! I like the swirly button.

 

[Hawks88]

Awesome button finds. Congrats

 

[lairmo]

Nice hunt!!!

here's some info on Admiral Vernon: https://historicmedals.com/viewItem.php?no=2061

 

[Inspector]

Nice button saves, congratulations on all

 

[lairmo]

And a similar coin..just can't find the button yet:

 

[DetectorMoe]

And a similar coin..just can't find the button yet:

Yeah, I been trying to find this button online, been close and seen others but not this one at all.

 

[Relicific]

That’s a great looking button.
Here’s my coin/token I found this past summer.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[DetectorMoe]

That’s a great looking button.
Here’s my coin/token I found this past summer.

Thats pretty cool dig.

 

[OreElse]

In great shape too, congrats!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

cool button,ya don't see these surface very often. I dug a different variety a few years back. congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap, I've found the Medallion before, didn't know they did a Button version - NICE!

 

[xcopperstax]

Great finds! I have no idea about that button but it sounds like it has a great story!

 

[Yak1366]

Great buttons, Congrats!!!

 

[Calabash Digger]

nice find!

 

[A2coins]

Dang thats a great find holy moly great piece of history.....

 

[perdidogringo]

Dug a first. Found a Admiral Vernon commemorative button maybe? See at the bottom of the button, got the wording "Porto Bello,. There was a battle call, Battle Porto Bello, between British and Panama Spanish Fleet 1739. Also dug some other flat buttons. 1700s homesite.

Porto Bello button

Fantastic find! Well done! I've been to Porto Bello in Panama. Really interesting place if you are into Spanish Colonial history.

While Admiral Vernon might have had some success in Porto Bello, he got whipped by the Cartaganeros in Cartagena. That is a very interesting story in itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias