WOO HOO! another GEE DUB-A-YOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

got out with the ole Sniffster today.day started off rough,couldn't find a couple sites.back to drawing board we finally found one deep into the woods.if ya didn't know what to look for anyone could have easily walked right by this hole.barely room to swing but,near edge of old dirt road in front of cellar hole got a nice button type signal,dig down...cloaker cool! rub a lil and see the sunburst
no freakin way! my 3rd 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button! no shank but the detail is amazing i think for it's age and being in the ground all these years.
at this 1720 home i dug a flat button.most of gold gilt still intact both sides, a ring which seems to be some 1940's-50's tv show item(please chime in if anyone can identify it ) and a silver plated pewter mashed flat napkin ring? with the name ADIN engraved into it and decorative flowers going around it.
what a day!

 

[steelheadwill]

Great work 'Sniffin' out that hole
Fantastic Banner Button, You seem to be a magnet for these
The engraved napkin ring is beautiful.
add another vote!

 

[MaineRelic]

# 3 Dave ! Wow ! I know it's supposed to be random finds on a a hunt. But I think somebody likes you up there ! Congradulations on another BANNER find ! If you keep posting them at this rate mine won't make BANNER when I find one . MaineRelic

 

[civilman1]

With all the field's planted down my way it's hard to even pull out a GW Quarter Most Excellent dig there Nut.....Now you're other GW's are "balanced out" for a Great pic.Banner in my book.Congrat's

 

[Palmetto]

Congrats on the Trifecta. Would love to be part of any GW button club.
Was thinking on the same lines as Sentinel on this-what state has had the most GW buttons pop up? i would assume that it would be in the more populated colonial states such as CT, PA, NJ,etc. Does anyone know if they have been found in all of the original 13 colonies? I am in SC and dont know of any off the top of my head-would definitely be in the Low Country like Charleston.
Just curious.

Palmetto

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Congrats on the Trifecta. Would love to be part of any GW button club.
Was thinking on the same lines as Sentinel on this-what state has had the most GW buttons pop up? i would assume that it would be in the more populated colonial states such as CT, PA, NJ,etc. Does anyone know if they have been found in all of the original 13 colonies? I am in SC and dont know of any off the top of my head-would definitely be in the Low Country like Charleston.
Just curious.

Palmetto

thanks guys for the banner votes.don't think it's gonna make it up there as there is already one up there anyways most of the GW's were made in Ct & Ma by button makers during that time.i'm sure they circulated throughout the original 13. Just think of how many detectorists are not members of internet forums and do not post their finds. so,i'm sure they have been found in all the 13 colonies just not advertised by whoever dug them.

 

[watercolor]

WOW!! You're on a role in the GW department

Somewhere in a post a while back there was mention that these buttons
often times came in groups (of 4 ?) so. . . there might be another one
still out there

On that ring, you have a Joe E. Brown Grape-Nuts cereal premium ring
from 1936. . . very cool find

 

[cntrydncr1]

Holy Hell livin the digger's dream Banner HMN, Banner

couldn't have said it better! congrats

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

WOW!! You're on a role in the GW department

Somewhere in a post a while back there was mention that these buttons
often times came in groups (of 4 ?) so. . . there might be another one
still out there

On that ring, you have a Joe E. Brown Grape-Nuts cereal premium ring
from 1936. . . very cool find

thanks for the ID on the ring! there may be a another one at this site but , as you can see the overgrowth of barberry bushes kinda hampers swinging freely around this cellar hole

 

[umrgolf]

WOW!! You're on a role in the GW department

Somewhere in a post a while back there was mention that these buttons
often times came in groups (of 4 ?) so. . . there might be another one
still out there

On that ring, you have a Joe E. Brown Grape-Nuts cereal premium ring
from 1936. . . very cool find

thanks for the ID on the ring! there may be a another one at this site but , as you can see the overgrowth of barberry bushes kinda hampers swinging freely around this cellar hole

spend a day with Sniffy, small chainsaw, and machete... go back the rest of the year

 

[romeo-1]

Great find...but you guys have got to stop finding these...driving the value into the basement!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

With a Whites even....


Very nice find again man.
Those were not given away, they were purchased by supporters. For a buck! That's a chunk o change for those days.

 

[birdman]

Simply amazing. Not one in a life time but three.

 

[Tuberale]

Nice GW button! Nice to see those, even if its Horribly Unlikely to find them in my area.

Comment if you would on how you cleaned this great relic?

Adding my vote for banner as well as everyone else's.

 

[N.J.THer]

Great stuff...I love that they are all different ones. Does anyone know how many known varieties of GW buttons were made?

I'm sure you have but I would pound all three of those sites to death looking for more.

Good luck

NJ

 

[CrazySlasher]

You got my banner vote Dave!

 

[Iron Patch]

Great find...but you guys have got to stop finding these...driving the value into the basement!

Good thing for varieties!

 

[Briz06]

Congrats on your 3rd GW!! ... you are definitley on a roll!

 

[sscindercoop]

Awesome Dave!!!!!!! I'm not surprised at all that you found another one!!!!!!!!! Banner for sure you definitely deserve it!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[foundation hunter]

That should be automatic banner for a piece of history like that, dave it must be that catholic medal you dug it leads you right to the G.Ws.Im glad you dug that with sniffy i couldnt stand to watch you dig a third 1 in front of me again.
Nice Finds Gary

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Nice GW button! Nice to see those, even if its Horribly Unlikely to find them in my area.

Comment if you would on how you cleaned this great relic?

Adding my vote for banner as well as everyone else's.

to clean i heated 2 inches of perxoxide in a cofee cup to bubbling about a minute in microwave.
take button and plop it in.let it fizzle in the peroxide for 2 mins.took out and dipped a q-tip in peroxide and slowly massaged the face of button.dropped it in to peroxide again and used a soft toothbrush wet with peroxide to gently get off remaining crud stuck to it.let it dry and dabed a bit of vaseline onto fingertip and rubbed it on button front.pretty simple and no harm done i don't think.