Washington Inaugural Button!!!

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02-04-2020, 06:38 PM
OxShoeDrew

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Washington Inaugural Button!!!

I FINALLY GOT ONE!! :bananadance:
Maybe 10 Years ago Dan took me to my first cellar hole and as we were all working a skunking he said that someone must have found a GW button here for it to be so pounded. Since then I wanted to find one. Since then I've hunted 100s of holes, some near the inaugural route, some ON it, all within a horse ride away. I remember on some hunts Dan would say, "The inaugural went right through here, maybe we'll find a GW." I never found one...UNTIL TODAY!!!!!:happy::yahoo:
She's a real looker WITH SHANK!!
The inaugural passed 3.2 miles away from this button!
The rest of the garbage :lol: was found at a park a few weeks ago. The reason I include that screw is that I might be the only detectorist to know it's from a baritone sax ligature :)
02-04-2020, 08:06 PM
Lodge Scent

Well Drew that is one awesome chicken hawk ! Congrats on finding that rare bird!
02-04-2020, 08:06 PM
calabash digger

Very nice and you are in a ELITE club now ! LOL
02-04-2020, 08:56 PM
del

Drew , I never knew how intently you were listening to my ramblings :lol: I am however amazed at the niceness of your bird button , it is a great example . Huge congrats on finding a real treasure and piece of history !:perfect10:
02-04-2020, 10:50 PM
fyrffytr1

One of these days I am going to get my passport renewed so I can travel out of Georgia.:lol: Then, I will be heading north to hunt one of those GW buttons. Congratulations on a great recovery. Now, go find another one!
02-05-2020, 09:34 AM
Bucknut

Congrats on a dream come true! That is the sort of thing most of us can only look at on a computer screen but you can hold it in your hand!

Nice bunch of silver too.
02-05-2020, 11:10 AM
Tony Two-Cent

Well there it is! One of metal detecting's HOLY GRAILS! And it's a gorgeous example. Never has a scrawny chicken hawk looked so beautiful!

Huge congrats, Drew! :clapping:

:perfect10:
02-05-2020, 11:03 PM
Donnie B

:perfect10: Congratulations Drew! It's a nice one too! I know how excited you must have felt when you found it. That is an awesome piece of history you are holding in your hands.
02-06-2020, 06:33 AM
catskillcomics

Great find! still looking for mine.
02-06-2020, 03:41 PM
Lodge Scent

Drew have you been able to identify the variety of your great find? I of course am referring to the baritone sax ligature.
02-06-2020, 04:29 PM
OxShoeDrew

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Originally Posted by Lodge Scent

Well Drew that is one awesome chicken hawk ! Congrats on finding that rare bird!

I'm trilled not only to find it but that it has a shank, is in decent condition, and I didn't nick it! Thanks, Bud!

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Originally Posted by calabash digger

Very nice and you are in a ELITE club now ! LOL

Thanks, Digger! I wonder how many people are in the "multiple GWs in one day" club...like Dave (HMN)

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Originally Posted by del

Drew , I never knew how intently you were listening to my ramblings :lol: I am however amazed at the niceness of your bird button , it is a great example . Huge congrats on finding a real treasure and piece of history !:perfect10:

You're the master, I tried to glean all I could. Oddly, this hole was picked clean years ago, and it's still being picked today (new dig holes everywhere the day I went), but somehow this was 30 yrds from the lip, and not in a weird place. Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by fyrffytr1

One of these days I am going to get my passport renewed so I can travel out of Georgia.:lol: Then, I will be heading north to hunt one of those GW buttons. Congratulations on a great recovery. Now, go find another one!

Let me know when you're coming and I could take you to a hole. I can't promise it hasn't been pounded but there's aways a chance!

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Originally Posted by Bucknut

Congrats on a dream come true! That is the sort of thing most of us can only look at on a computer screen but you can hold it in your hand!

Nice bunch of silver too.

Thank you, Sir! I have 100s of flat buttons in a bucket...this one is getting it's own display. Any recommendations on a small display case?

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Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent

Well there it is! One of metal detecting's HOLY GRAILS! And it's a gorgeous example. Never has a scrawny chicken hawk looked so beautiful!

Huge congrats, Drew! :clapping:

:perfect10:

Thank you!! I wonder why the eagle is so scrawny on this design..? It does give it charm though :)

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Originally Posted by Donnie B

:perfect10: Congratulations Drew! It's a nice one too! I know how excited you must have felt when you found it. That is an awesome piece of history you are holding in your hands.

Thanks, Donnie! Didn't you guys have a GW fest lately?

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Originally Posted by catskillcomics

Great find! still looking for mine.

Thanks! I was starting to think I was hexed. :lol:

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Originally Posted by Lodge Scent

Drew have you been able to identify the variety of your great find? I of course am referring to the baritone sax ligature.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon...._AC_SY355_.jpg It's def a Selmer, not a newer one like this but probs from the 1990s. :lol:
I guess my GW is a "GWI 12-C" The rarest!!!
https://www.georgewashingtoninaugura...-punch-border/
02-06-2020, 04:47 PM
Donnie B

Drew, I was just counting the denticles on your GW Button and I came up with 63 Denticles which, you are correct, makes it the rare GWI - 12C! Congrats!

Yes, Dave, Danny and I had a GW Button Bonanza one day last year. We all found GW Buttons and I even made the multiple GW Buttons in one day club! I know how I felt that day and I'm sure you are floating on Cloud 9.
02-06-2020, 04:49 PM
Donnie B

I was reading your post above and Centreville Electronics sells some really nice displays that are matted. They look like picture frames.
I was thinking about buying some for the special buttons like a GW.
02-06-2020, 05:50 PM
del

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Originally Posted by Donnie B

Drew, I was just counting the denticles on your GW Button and I came up with 63 Denticles which, you are correct, makes it the rare GWI - 12C! Congrats!

Yes, Dave, Danny and I had a GW Button Bonanza one day last year. We all found GW Buttons and I even made the multiple GW Buttons in one day club! I know how I felt that day and I'm sure you are floating on Cloud 9.

Donnie what variety "chicken eagle" did we find ?
02-06-2020, 06:17 PM
Donnie B

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Originally Posted by del

Donnie what variety "chicken eagle" did we find ?

Dan, all of the Eagle buttons that me, you and Dave found that day were the GWI 12-B variety with 54 Denticles around the edge. They were all the same variety and that probably means they were purchased as a set.
02-06-2020, 09:04 PM
Lodge Scent

Wow, a 12 C is indeed a rare bird! Very cool!
02-09-2020, 06:23 PM
The Rebel

WTG Drew on the find of a lifetime!
01-31-2021, 10:50 AM
Donnie B

Congrats on the GW!
02-06-2021, 02:48 PM
Moosapalooza

I'm hoping some day to find one of those. So awesome