a button day !!

[del]

just a couple of pictures for now to tease you with , more to come ......

[Digger_O'Dell]

Sweet-can't wait to see the rest of the pics and of them cleaned up-looks like you hit the jackpot! Congrats!

[Trooper Bri]

Congrats Dan! A fantastic way to get the Autumn detecting season started!

[Skamaniac]

A button day is right!

[OxShoeDrew]

A GW????!!!! :shocked05:AWESOME!!!! :yahoo::envious::happy:

[del]

Sweet-can't wait to see the rest of the pics and of them cleaned up-looks like you hit the jackpot! Congrats!

thank you DOD


Congrats Dan! A fantastic way to get the Autumn detecting season started!

it was great day for both of us Brian , how out making with your finds ??


A button day is right!

thanks skamaniac


A GW????!!!! :shocked05:AWESOME!!!! :yahoo::envious::happy:

Thanks Drew , i just started cleaning the button and it looks to have some very sharp details .

ill keep you updated to my progress

[del]

the dirt is starting to fall away nicely :thumbsup02:

[Cheap Thrills]

Congratulations Dan !!! What a wonderful find .I didn't even know what a GW button was until I joined this forum . Heck we barely find Silver Washington Quarters around my neck of the woods anymore .It's really great to see that old stuff .The oldest thing I have found around here in 23 years of detecting is a 1814 Mexican half Real . Thanks for posting that baby so we can share your excitement .:congrats:

[Trooper Bri]

Looking good Dan!

I'm doing OK. The Half Penny Token cleaned up pretty good. The Braided cleaned up pretty good too. The Draped bust didn't hold up as well. I'll get some pics up soon.

[RIdirtdigger]

AWESOME GW! I'm still waiting for my first but I'm sure it will come some day :). Great find!

[del]

Congratulations Dan !!! What a wonderful find .I didn't even know what a GW button was until I joined this forum . Heck we barely find Silver Washington Quarters around my neck of the woods anymore .It's really great to see that old stuff .The oldest thing I have found around here in 23 years of detecting is a 1814 Mexican half Real . Thanks for posting that baby so we can share your excitement .:congrats:


Thanks for commenting "CT" , I bet that 1814 real made your year huh??


Looking good Dan!

I'm doing OK. The Half Penny Token cleaned up pretty good. The Braided cleaned up pretty good too. The Draped bust didn't hold up as well. I'll get some pics up soon.

I bet the front of the draped bust came out roughest , i figured it would "fair" the worst being it the oldest of the spill and having the most wear. glad the others are showing promise , can't wait for the pictures.


well here is another "progress" picture

[OxShoeDrew]

Oh My GAWSH!! Is the shank on it?

[del]

Oh My GAWSH!! Is the shank on it?

No Drew , the button's shank or loop looks to have broken off long ago .


well here is the cleaned up button , i was pleasantly surprised at seeing silver gilt or "wash" still present on parts of the button after 226 years .

thanks for reading !

[OxShoeDrew]

I think that is a marvelous find and cleaning job! Do you have any idea how many were made and distributed?

[Cheap Thrills]

Thanks for commenting "CT" , I bet that 1814 real made your year huh??




It sure did and my first and only Seated dime ( 1876) two weeks later .






well here is another "progress" picture



If that GW gets any prettier it could win The Miss America contest !

[Lodge Scent]

Holy smokes! That's a beauty Dan!! Huge congrats !:congrats:

[MangoAve]

Nice one Dan. Good to see it has some silver gilt on it. So far I have only liked the posts about this but haven't commented yet. I do wonder why many of these don't show up often. Seeing as you said your last one was 2008. Rang up like a button? I'd just figure there was a lot of support for him back in the day, and cherry picked sites these would be lower VDI targets and possibly skipped over. Sure, there weren't many home sites in the 1790s when he was president and not everyone supported him, but I am sure quite a few did. Hoping I can get a site with one of those bad boys sometime. I'm just grateful to be holding my own lately.... and excluding the Nova...was on my own sites.

[BTV Digger]

Very nice Dan and congratulations. You must have had a great time, especially with that find. Do you clean your buttons in similar fashion to your copper coins (i.e. with H2O2), or with another method? I imagine relative value and/or scarcity may play a role in how you go about it.


John

[del]

I think that is a marvelous find and cleaning job! Do you have any idea how many were made and distributed?

Drew , All I know is that agents or loyal volunteers of Washington had the master dies for these buttons and went just ahead of him (while he was touring for his campaign) and had a set number of buttons commissioned in the towns he was planning on stopping in or to travel by , they sold these buttons (each agent had a couple of die varieties ) to raise money for the campaign and then also used that money for his inauguration parade. There is much debate about how much these button cost but i've heard stories that they were anywhere from a days worth of wage to a months worth of wagees just for one button. They must of made thousands and thousands of these buttons though , despite Dave and Todd having found most of them ;) there are a few left to find .


If that GW gets any prettier it could win The Miss America contest !

:rofl::lol: if I could photoshop a tiara on it I would CT :rofl:


Holy smokes! That's a beauty Dan!! Huge congrats !:congrats:

Thanks Jeff , i expect to see you with one pretty soon !


Nice one Dan. Good to see it has some silver gilt on it. So far I have only liked the posts about this but haven't commented yet. I do wonder why many of these don't show up often. Seeing as you said your last one was 2008. Rang up like a button?

These large buttons can (depending on their angle in the ground) ring almost as high as a coin or low as a shotgun shell . This particular one was ext to a large rock and sitting right next to a large iron lantern top (which what i heard first and sounded decent but a bit ratty ) i new there was iron . so i dug the lantern top out and ran the coil over the area again and then heard the nice high almost coin like tone , I was just glad i didn't hit it with the shovel because of te tight area between the rock and a small pine tree sapling . thanks Jim


Very nice Dan and congratulations. You must have had a great time, especially with that find. Do you clean your buttons in similar fashion to your copper coins (i.e. with H2O2), or with another method? I imagine relative value and/or scarcity may play a role in how you go about it.


John

Yes John , great care goes into a quality find like this . once i saw how the dirt was coming off on the dried out spots I just placed it under my flood lamp to speed up the drying . I'm just fortunate the crusty layer was easy to flake off like it did John , if i can remove the dirt and layer of verdigris without using chemicals i'll do it . so i removed all the crust very easily with a toothpick then gave it a very soft tooth brushing and then put the ren wax onto it . thanks sir !

[Steve4050]

Beautiful! A GW button is definitely on my bucket list! Congratulations!!

[chief5709]

Congrats again on the GW Dan! It cleaned up nicely! :notworthy:

[Bell-Two]

That is such a jewel! And the other buttons are nice too. I only know one guy who has dug a GW button here in Ohio I wonder what the odds be on finding one out here?

[aloldstuff]

Sorry for being so late on such a fantastic find. That GW cleaned up really great......:envious:.

[del]

Beautiful! A GW button is definitely on my bucket list! Congratulations!!

Hope you get one soon Steve , thank you.


Congrats again on the GW Dan! It cleaned up nicely! :notworthy:

Brian i hear they are very uncommon to very rare out in New York but i have seen a few found , I hope your in an area where they were lost .


That is such a jewel! And the other buttons are nice too. I only know one guy who has dug a GW button here in Ohio I wonder what the odds be on finding one out here?

Tony , I could see a few lost out your way . Ohio territory was at one time considered to be part of the state of Connecticut or I should say Connecticut had claims to that area (so did Pennsylvania and they even fought over it ) .Right after the Revolutionary War there was a great migration (from Connecticut) to parts of Ohio and I'm sure a few people brought some of these buttons out with them . so don't give up hope my friend !


Sorry for being so late on such a fantastic find. That GW cleaned up really great......:envious:.

No problem Al , thanks

[chief5709]

Dan, yes very rare to find in my area of NY. I know of only one that has been dug.

[MangoAve]

Ohio territory was at one time considered to be part of the state of Connecticut or I should say Connecticut had claims to that area (so did Pennsylvania and they even fought over it )

Didn't Mass as well? Or was that just the 19th century whith the expansion?

[del]

Dan, yes very rare to find in my area of NY. I know of only one that has been dug.

a couple of guys have found one each that have posted on facebook Brian , i believe this year too!


Didn't Mass as well? Or was that just the 19th century whith the expansion?

Yes Jim i'm sure many left from Massachusetts as well .

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

been a long time coming.way overdue! congrats dude! eagle with star for the next one!

[The Rebel]

WTG Dan! Huge congrats to you! Was this a new site or an older site for you? Best find of the season for all of us CT Hunters!

Banner for sure!

[del]

been a long time coming.way overdue! congrats dude! eagle with star for the next one!

Thanks Dave , i wouldn't mind a "chicken eagle & star " type next


WTG Dan! Huge congrats to you! Was this a new site or an older site for you? Best find of the season for all of us CT Hunters!

Banner for sure!

Roger this was a new site , this was the second time there (first time was the saturday before but only detected it an hour though due to end of the day) . ask Trooper Bri , I told him i had a good feeling about the site (still do infact) and we both did very well . thanks


well i did some research and found out that my first button (on the left) is the common GWI 11-A "close spacing" of the monogrammed GW , its a more common of this type . and the new button is a GWI 11-B "medium spacing" and one of the more rarer ones .

[wisconsin digger]

Wow some great finds. Nice clean up on the button. WD

[milco]

Congrats on an awesome find! Nice clean up work too!