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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[Al D]

Awesome find

 

[washingtonian]

Heck ya. What a cool and historic find. Congrats!!!

 

[SWINGER1969]

That's a great find. congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer button find!

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[toasted]

Looks great. Dont think Ive seen many, if any, of that variety posted on here

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on an excellent button.

 

[mirage83]

Excellent find. I can't recall GW cuff buttons showing up on here very often in any condition, much less one looking as nice as that one.

 

[ajaj]

Oh my gosh...this is a beautiful find. You’re weekend, and possibly more, is made!

aj

 

[Silvermonkey]

Well that's a ridiculously amazing find. Major congrats from Eastern Mass!!!

 

[Fullstock]

Congratulations, what a great find!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Such an awesome piece of history.

Well done sir.

 

[sandchip]

That's a beauty!

 

[Johncoho]

Nice recoveries. That button is top shelf. What a find.

 

[Digger RJ]

Sweet!!! Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Squirrel322]

That is an awesome find! Congratulations

 

[Gridwalker306]

Nice job, that’s a fantastic button!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Exceptional! Congrats!

 

[gwcracker]

How so many GWI buttons have found banner status but not one banner post?

Banner!

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