Rev War era Rattlesnake Button!

[fever87]

It rained most of the day so I did other things. The rain finally passed and I managed to get out with only about a half hour of daylight left. Turns out that's all I needed. Found only 2 buttons and but one was this nice gem. Once I got home I started my research and was shocked to learn what I found.

 

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[DocBeav]

That is a great find fever87! Well done! Gotta love the Hampton Roads relics!

 

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[Relicific]

Excellent find

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome find, congrats!

Banner Vote!

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a very nice piece of history! Congratulations!

 

[Wildcat1750]

What an epic button find!!!

 

[invent4hir]

Banner-worthy button and spot-on research!

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Is it "Left photo->cleaned button"...."Right photo -> as dug button compared to book example"?

If so what did you use to clean it?
Not familiar with these type buttons, but it must be rare. What did you find?

 

[devldog]

Great save and find on the Rattlesnake button and a piece of our History. Well Done.

 

[villagenut]

Wowzer.....that's how we do it right there!

 

[creskol]

Banner all the way! What a grand-slam relic! Congratulations!

 

[tnt-hunter]

Fantastic find. A truly rare and unusual button as well as a great piece of history. I vote banner as well.

 

[A2coins]

Banner that's an amazing find. Great for a display case better get back to that spot and keep rippin

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on the banner find.

 

[xcopperstax]

I forgot to mention that I gave this a banner vote!

 

[Calabash Digger]

very nice!

 

[Gaspipe]

Great find . Very rare button . This find is why I have an issue with banner on this forum. If it were a common date gold coin it would have been banner immediately but while your button is much less common it isn’t as glamorous. This find should be a banner find even if it received no votes. I know you probably are more forgiving than me but the “system” is one reason I don’t post my finds on this site anymore. I’ll get grief for saying this but I’ll survive.Hopefully I’ll see it up top.

 

[fever87]

Thanks! It does go well with my 2 GW's that I've managed to find here in VA. Yes, it is a phrygian cap. Makes me wonder if our patriot forefathers looked at it as a mushroom as well though.

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Great find . Very rare button . This find is why I have an issue with banner on this forum. If it were a common date gold coin it would have been banner immediately but while your button is much less common it isn’t as glamorous. This find should be a banner find even if it received no votes. I know you probably are more forgiving than me but the “system” is one reason I don’t post my finds on this site anymore. I’ll get grief for saying this but I’ll survive.Hopefully I’ll see it up top.

Yes, I agree, this button should have been an instant banner. It's an incredible piece of American history and way rarer than most gold coins. I already gave a banner vote about a week ago, however, I'm still hoping that this find will make it up top...

P.S.: fever87, this is such an AMAZING find, I'm really hoping that it will get banner! The rarity and historic factor makes me believe that it will be a banner...

 

[ajaj]

Beautiful!

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