Irish Volunteers of Charleston RARE one piece button

[wayfas4u]

Dug a rare one in South Carolina this weekend - “Irish Volunteers of Charleston” one piece button with Earl & Lee New York backmark. A very Special thanks to Butch Holcombe, publisher of American Digger Magazine who helped me identify this button! Also a Very Special Thank you to Clyde & Kandi Chilson & Jimmy Zinker for this hunting opportunity!

 

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[Ia.FurTrade]

Now that is a "Killer" find !!!
Congrat's , and a nice job of cleaning!

Iowa Dale

 

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[GaRebel1861]

As rare as that button is, I don’t believe your going to be able to top It. Hope that I’m wrong though. Find of a lifetime!

 

[wayfas4u]

Now that is a "Killer" find !!!
Congrat's , and a nice job of cleaning!

Iowa Dale

Thank you very very much!!!

 

[peruna]

Simply amazing part of history.
Nicely done...and perseverance pays off in amazing ways.

 

[Bamasteve]

Awesome find! Congrats! Banner for sure

 

[wayfas4u]

Now that is a "Killer" find !!!
Congrat's , and a nice job of cleaning!

Iowa Dale

Thank you sir!! 😀

 

[wayfas4u]

Awesome find! Congrats! Banner for sure

Thank you very much Bama Steve

 

[wayfas4u]

Simply amazing part of history.
Nicely done...and perseverance pays off in amazing ways.

Well said! Thank you so much!

 

[wayfas4u]

As rare as that button is, I don’t believe your going to be able to top It. Hope that I’m wrong though. Find of a lifetime!

I Agree! But there is always hope!

 

[wayfas4u]

WTG on amazingly rare find. Banner all the way!

Thank u all the way~!

 

[wayfas4u]

Very cool, never seen one before! Great save!

I've never seen or heard of one before, thank u!

 

[wayfas4u]

Now that is a "Killer" find !!!
Congrat's , and a nice job of cleaning!

Iowa Dale

I thought the same....killer find. Thank u!

 

[Gene Mean]

Dug a rare one in South Carolina this weekend - “Irish Volunteers of Charleston” one piece button with Earl & Lee New York backmark. A very Special thanks to Butch Holcombe, publisher of American Digger Magazine who helped me identify this button! Also a Very Special Thank you to Clyde & Kandi Chilson & Jimmy Zinker for this hunting opportunity! View attachment 2053352

Dug a rare one in South Carolina this weekend - “Irish Volunteers of Charleston” one piece button with Earl & Lee New York backmark. A very Special thanks to Butch Holcombe, publisher of American Digger Magazine who helped me identify this button! Also a Very Special Thank you to Clyde & Kandi Chilson & Jimmy Zinker for this hunting opportunity! View attachment 2053352

Congratulations! That's a great button. I did a brief search of the Irish Volunteers and came up with this info that you probably already know.

 

[wayfas4u]

Brilliant Find, well done , goodman, a small find that ignites such interests and ignites remembering this small group of ex pats, new to the country, who took up arms for their cause is what our hobbies all about

Well said Amergin! Absolutely!

 

[wayfas4u]

Congratulations! That's a great button. I did a brief search of the Irish Volunteers and came up with this info that you probably already know.

Hey Gene, actually I did not know about this!

Very nice!

Thank YOU Calabash Digger! I LOVE your content, would love to meet you sometime, u seem like a cool dude!

 

[wayfas4u]

Yep, Banner, big congrats!

well thank u OLDMXRAT, i appreciate that.

 

[wayfas4u]

Dug a rare one in South Carolina this weekend - “Irish Volunteers of Charleston” one piece button with Earl & Lee New York backmark. A very Special thanks to Butch Holcombe, publisher of American Digger Magazine who helped me identify this button! Also a Very Special Thank you to Clyde & Kandi Chilson & Jimmy Zinker for this hunting opportunity! View attachment 2053352

So what does it take to get a banner find? I’m just curious.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Awesome discovery, and not the first being found it seems.
At the time of the other member there was only 5 documented.

Clearly a really rare button-and in such lovely condition.
This is a top shelf-BANNER recovery for sure. Congrats.

Here's a link to his best find-though he hasn't been around for 6 yrs it seems.

Irish Volunteers of Charleston Button

I found this button in 1971 in my neighborhood near Charleston S.C. I dug it with a Relco metal detector down the street from where I grew up. I was 14 at the time and I was sure I would dig dozens of these. It was the first known example of an Irish Volunteers of Charleston found, and was...

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Thank you for posting this, Pepperj. Did you recall reading about this button, or what? Some one like me would never know how rare of a find this is. That being said…….

Spectacular find , @wayfas4u !

 

[WannaDig3687]

So what does it take to get a banner find? I’m just curious.

Maybe this will help you understand?

📗 How to use the Banner Finds system on the new software.

The Banner Finds system on the new software is a bit different than the old system. This thread should hopefully show you how the new system works. On the new system there is no need to nominate a post. Instead, we simply use the number of "Votes" on the post, or the number of positive reactions...

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[wayfas4u]

Maybe this will help you understand?

📗 How to use the Banner Finds system on the new software.

The Banner Finds system on the new software is a bit different than the old system. This thread should hopefully show you how the new system works. On the new system there is no need to nominate a post. Instead, we simply use the number of "Votes" on the post, or the number of positive reactions...

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oh great! Thank u so much WannaDig!