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The owner of a gun shop I frequent bought a bin of civil war relics, included were hundreds of dug colonial and CW period buttons.....We were culling through them and found this jewel.
A 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button in slightly better condition than this one....It's about the size of a quarter.
Do you remember the guy that evaluated it?Seen that button on Antiques Roadshow....Very collectable and valuable.
Culpeper is a hotbed of those kinds of things.I forgot to add that all the buttons were dug in and around around Culpeper, Virginia.
Yeah, the whole area between Warrenton and Culpeper was basically a huge winter camp for three years during the CW. A few sizable battles too like Brandy Station......You can hardly scratch dirt without finding something.Culpeper is a hotbed of those kinds of things.
That's amazing. A real piece of powerful, important history.
There are still a lot of places that haven't been totally overrun by metal detectors, or outright paved over, too.Yeah, the whole area between Warrenton and Culpeper was basically a huge winter camp for three years during the CW. A few sizable battles too like Brandy Station......You can hardly scratch dirt without finding something.
My wife's uncle had a place outside of Culpeper and he let me relic hunt there. I found a few plates (buckles) and such.
I can only imagine what was dug-up when they put Rt. 29 through there.There are still a lot of places that haven't been totally overrun by metal detectors, or outright paved over, too.
... as you found out. Nicely done!
