War of 1812 - British 7th Royal Fusiliers - 14+ years apart

[Iron Patch]

I dug a coat size over 14 years ago and yesterday finally found a cuff to go with it. I've seen several others turn up in my part of the world, even 4 on my hunts... so guess it came around to my turn again. :yes:

 

[del]

:wow:That is a beauty Patch it has great history , if it could only talk about what its seen !! great piece , thanks for sharing it !

Dan

 

[Full Metal Digger]

That is such a beautiful button! It is worth the trouble of putting some kind of faux gold color on it to bring out the design's beauty better?

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

That's a beauty of a button, congrats!

 

[aloldstuff]

Congrats on getting a mate for the 1st one. Great looking button.

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Great job Patch! Do you have a pic of the other one handy?

 

[Iron Patch]

That is such a beautiful button! It is worth the trouble of putting some kind of faux gold color on it to bring out the design's beauty better?

No, that would ruin it, at least for me. My rule of restoration is... do anything you want, as long as you're not adding material.

 

[Iron Patch]

Great job Patch! Do you have a pic of the other one handy?

I wish it looked like the one an old detecting friend dug about 2 years after I found this one. It was the silver plated version, and was stunning. He actually found the cuff version on the same hunt! ...and it was very nice as well. So it has taken me a very long time to get what he did in a day, and my examples are nothing close to the ones he found, but I am still very happy to have dug them.