great way to end the season

[leddel]

after seeing three of these pulled up just a few feet from me by detecting buddies these last half a dozen years now . i finally got mine (wwwwaaaahhhhhhoooooo) and had to share .Dan

 

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[Goldiver]

Very awesome find!! Congratulations!

Steve

 

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[mghcal]

Hi all, new to the forum and have to say it's probably my favorite site on the web! Great looking button, the site I found said this... Two other less commonly seen buttons are the "Dotted Script GW" button, with GW in large dotted script letters in the center, and LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT in large raised letters around the border, and the "Plain Roman GW" button, with GW in Roman letters in the center, LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT around the border, and elsewhere plain. There are also several smaller buttons, two with laurel wreaths and one with 15 stars, and all three with "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" around the border. Each of these types is quite rare and it would not be surprising to find that there are between 10 and 20 surviving examples of each type. An apparently extremely rare variety of the Dotted Script GW button is a script variety (i.e., not dotted) (referred to in Albert’s book as the "Script GW").
http://www.politicalbadges.com/washington_inaugural_buttons2.htm
Congratulations!! Michael G.

 

[phantomfinder]

sweet finds , wtg

 

[N.J.THer]

Great button...This one is on my wish list.

NJ

 

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[Brian in MA]

Wow....

Congrats on an amazing and well deserved Banner find .... The Washington inaugural buttons are very scarce especially in the great condition that yours is in. After 30 years of detecting its still on my wish list !!!!

Definitely a great end to your season !!!

I Hope 2009 is just as good for you !!!

Brian

 

[1996]

Nice, wish I had one.

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Thats a great find,i found something almost like the front. Could you post a pic of the back ? ,im not sure if mine is the same or not ....Great find! And should be on the banner

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice job on the token!!!!

funny guy.

George Washington inaugural button

Oh I thought it was a token...Anyways ncie job on the George Washington Inaugural button!

 

[Jagdpanther]

Great find!

 

[time4me]

Amazing piece of history. Find of a lifetime for sure.

Congrats on making the banner!

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Interesting find. I just over the weekend re-watched the movie National Treasure. Really cool to come here to the forum today and see an actual Washington inaugural button!

 

[hogge]

Awesome button Leddel! This one is 1789, 5a classification. GW oval, brass medium spacing. In 2003 at a Stacks auction, the collection of J. Harold Cobb sold. The button you have had a hammer price of $3,000. Rarity classification of "C" or common. Nice Find......................."The Hoggester"

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

FYI I found your button on Google and that particular Washington 1789 Inaugural Button w/ Gold GW Initials sold for $4,760.00!

Here is the link:
http://tinyurl.com/9lbe36


Congratulations again on a once in a lifetime find!

Neil

 

[ghostrider1775]

Holy Crap!!! Nice Find !!!

 

[cooltone23]

Slap me around and call me Susan!!!! Great find. I was just in NY and visited the churc where GW got his blessing as first President. What a keep sake to have found.

 

[hollowpointred]

that Washington Button is in fantastic shape! a banner find for sure! outstanding!

 

[nebstater]

Outstanding George Washington inaugural button. It's even in great shape. Does it have the shank on the back?

I would love to just live in an area where we had a chance to find one of those.

WTG

 

[cooltone23]

Congrats on the Banner !!!!!! Well deserved.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Very nice button !!! I found mine this fall ( eagle and star variety ) Yours is in way better shape than mine.

Once again congrats and welcome to the G.W.Button club. VPR