Sweet-can't wait to see the rest of the pics and of them cleaned up-looks like you hit the jackpot! Congrats!
Congrats Dan! A fantastic way to get the Autumn detecting season started!
A button day is right!
A GW????!!!! :shocked05:AWESOME!!!! :yahoo::envious::happy:
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:
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.
Oh My GAWSH!! Is the shank on it?
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
I think that is a marvelous find and cleaning job! Do you have any idea how many were made and distributed?
If that GW gets any prettier it could win The Miss America contest !
Holy smokes! That's a beauty Dan!! Huge congrats !:congrats:
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?
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