🥇 BANNER Pewter USA Buttons

[G.A.P.metal]

I found two pewter USA buttons today in a field near 1/4 mile from the Indian village of Catherine`s Town wiped out by Gen. Sullivan in 1779, i think these buttons are period.
I also found a dropped three ringer,we don`t see many of these this far north .
Found a lot of beer cans and iron too.
Gary

 

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[hogge]

That's great GAP. Congratulations. Hogge

 

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[gunsil]

WOW Gary!! Anything from that campaign has to be hard to find!! Congrats on such nice buttons!!

 

[jamesbibb]

Awesome digs!

 

[Inspector]

Gary, Congrats on the well deserved BANNER, can't wail to see them in person.

 

[Davers]

Excellent find Gary, and two of them will look great together in your display case.

As far as disintegrating over night, well that may be true of some, I don't have them all, but it certainly isn't true of many. I guess an experiment I never coated my RP from 3-4 years ago, and there has been NO deterioration what so ever, nor has there been for any other pewter button I found. I do check often on my very rare 4th reg. button found this past summer, so far it's doing just fine too.

I never liked to put oils, or gunk on any of my coins, so was reluctant to put anything on my buttons, even though I guess the wood glue is a reverseable process. One main reason is if you ever want to do further cleaning, oils, greases, etc. would be problematic for any further processing.

And take this with a grain of salt, but I would have cleaned that rougher looking one a bit before putting something on it. Anywho that is neither here nor there, they are, and will always be great finds, and I will admit that "better safe than sorry"

Good for you well deserved find(s)
Best of luck should head back to that site...I would.

Every Relic/ person is different .
Soooo, To each his own way.

Awesome Buttons Gary.
IMO Could not have happened to a nicer Guy.
Davers

 

[hogge]

Looking more closely at your buttons, you appear to have 2 different varieties. The one on the left is ....AUSA-sb. The left one is AUSA-sd. Just different variants. If I am correct, the SB, or the most common, should have measured 18mm. The SD is just a slight variant of the SB at 18mm. Very Kool! Hogge

 

[metalev4]

Hit that field hard. Amazing buttons in good shape.

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

Nice buttons. I've been hunting for one of those for years !

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Gary, Congrats on the well deserved BANNER, can't wail to see them in person.

Greg
Come up anytime and see them...if you can go Sunday i`ll put you right on that spot,and see if you can pick one out with your Tesoro ...those fields are massive.
Gary

 

[Jyverb64]

Congrats on the banner and those buttons are awesome!

 

[UnderMiner]

Sweet! That's probably the first ever time the letters "USA" were placed on something in representation of the United States.

 

[rhedden]

Wow, small world! I detected in that same exact location in the late 1990s. No banner finds for me, though! I did manage a really sharp, non-corroded 1867 Indian cent about a mile or two down the canal from that spot and a very nice 1870s era military button. Best I got in that field was a couple of cuff buttons that looked 19th century. I live in Texas now, so you won't have to worry about me raiding your spot any time soon.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Congrats on a VERY well-deserved banner!!

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Congrats on a VERY well-deserved banner!!

Thanks Buck !

 

[DigIron2]

They add a different flavor to the banner too.Look good up there!Congrats again on those buttons.very very nice!

 

[relic nut]

Awesome find!!!!! Bet that got your hart going to!!!!!!!

 

[RelicMedic]

Wow wow wow!!!!! I came in late in this one but I would have voted banner in a heartbeat. Absolutely incredible! Congratulations!

 

[G.A.P.metal]

They add a different flavor to the banner too.Look good up there!Congrats again on those buttons.very very nice!

thanks Dig
Yes i think they look good up on the top.... the USA shows up pretty good.
Gary

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

We've got Rev War buttons serving as bookends on the banner, but I'll have to admit yours has a little better optics than the snake and stars. Nice going on that pair of gorgeous artifacts!

 

[Scrappy]

I'm very happy to see your buttons on banner. Absolute top find and something I would hold above many common gold coins.