Major bucket lister! Stunning War of 1812 officers button, US 1st regiment artillery

[Aureus]

I finally managed to have my first great hunt of the 2019 season. Started my Tuesday by visiting some farmers of the region and got a few permissions. Having lost 4 hours of the precious hunting time in the process, decided to hit the most promising of the new fields. Almost right away found an old house site with brick and pottery laying on the ground, a tombac here a flat button there...and then BAM! Got a MAJOR bucket lister in the form of an almost mint War of 1812 British officer's button. And not just any regiment but famous and heroic 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of foot. In 1812, the regiment undertook an epic winter march of 700 miles overland from New Brunswick to reinforce Upper and Lower Canada in spite of temperatures of -31C (-25F) . Detachments fought at the battle of Sackets Harbor and in the Niagara Peninsula.



Amazingly, the silver plating survived almost completely to reveal the stunning condition I really wasn't expecting. Here's how it looked at the field.


A foot or so away got an other button. A nice US War of 1812 1st Regiment of Artillery


Both were laying peacefully side by side representing two great armies facing each other more than 200 years ago...


Super happy and excited about both of them but the 104th officer's takes the cake by its condition and rarity.

Thanks for the comments.

 

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[HIGHSTRUNG]

Awesome find! Congrats!

 

[All tones digger]

Sweet Find....Congratulations

 

[hill_billiez]

Incredible finds. Congrats

 

[Digger RJ]

Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[A2coins]

Banner find that hands down is the coolest button I have ever seen on here great condition what a piece of history Excellent Tommy

 

[Underwonder]

Sweet finds and nice history. Love it!

 

[villagenut]

That is just too cool, what a killer button. Great score!

 

[ripvanb]

Just stunning! How did you clean that button?

 

[Relicific]

That 104 Regiment button is scintillating.
Just the history behind that regiment
is fascinating enough, but what takes the cake
Is the buttons superb condition.
That my friend is what I call a Banner.
Congrats

 

[cannonball]

Cool finds. Congratulations!

 

[Scrappy]

Major bucket lister! Stunning War of 1812 officers button, US 1st regiment ar...

Well it’s no wonder the gilt stayed on that button, it froze to it in the -25 degree temps! I’m impressed by a lot of 1812 buttons found on Tnet, but your find is exceptional in quality and significance. Came out nice( I told you so!) and you totally kicked my ass with my 1812 46th reg Officers button I found this spring! Lol

I’m inclined to vote banner on this button. My vote is going in. Oh, and nice US rgt. button- it’s impressive when a button like that gets outshown!

 

[Aureus]

Just stunning! How did you clean that button?

Just water and some lemon juice.

 

[GuyToken]

Des beaux boutons. Nice finds.
GuyToken

 

[Iron Patch]

That's a great button! I don't recall ever seeing an 1812 button from the British side make the banner... just sayin'.

Incredible story for those guys.

 

[ironhorse]

Very well preserved for having spent two centuries under ground.....it's a beauty!
One of the regiments with an epic story attached to them.
Stand out find...I would happily fill my bucket with that button!

 

[Aureus]

Awesome find! Congrats!

Thanks HIGHSTRUNG

 

[Aureus]

Banner find that hands down is the coolest button I have ever seen on here great condition what a piece of history Excellent Tommy

Thanks for your vote Tommy. It's my best button since I have started detecting and I did find a few nice ones. For once, one of my 1812th tops even my best Rev War

 

[Gridwalker306]

All things considered, that’s definitely a banner button!

 

[lenmac65]

Great finds and a really nice post. The officer button is likely the better button, but I am a sucker for that artillery piece. I found a similar one a couple weeks ago, but I think yours has better detail remaining. Congrats on the saves.