@ponderingthepast: In honor of America’s 250th birthday, I figured I’d post the live reveal of one of the greatest moments and finds of my metal detecting career. This is a George Washington Inaugural button. These were given out by vendors during George Washington’s campaign in 1789. These are similar to today’s campaign pins and buttons that are given out at political events! For those of you that don’t know, this is an exceptional find and one of the most sought after pieces of early Americana one can find under their search coil. This particular button has a large “GW” monogram embossed in the center, with the message “Long Live the President” half encircling the top portion of the button. I dug this with my friend Sam at a new site we discovered several years ago, and this is actually his footage he got! After I started freaking out, Sam knew right away to hit that record button! It was found at the site of a late-18th century homestead, but recently replaced by a modern farm. It’s mind blowing to hold such an important piece of early Americana in my hands from our founding days. Happy Independence Day! #metaldetecting #america250 #georgewashington #button #innaugural

🦅George Washington🇺🇸 :

yo can I have that back

TriloTrails :

Congrats, dude!! Welcome to the GW Club!!!

Snoggletog Fury :

STOPPPPP RUBBING ITTTTTT

Llama 🦙 :

I might be mistaken, but I believe this is worth a quarter million dollars

zachdds98 :

Nina Hello :

What is it???

R.I.P D2 :

I guess I'm the only one here who doesn't know what the hell this is

Eli_bikez :

Does that say CW

portland me cec #1 fan🍕 :

what is it?

Guid the weed :

He planted it for views

WYKURWINATOR :

2400-3500 usd if yall wondering

felipeza107 :

does anyone know who it could be?

therealOGdigga :

By George that’s incredible

Ghost💔🫩 :

I was wondering where I dropped it. Thanks for finding it for me

Daniel Ngo306 :

Thats gotta be worth something

aldincxh2qd :

Bro struck gold

ʟʊƈӄ :

Worth like $2000

DayShiftVintage :

Is it worth millions

Alex Gragg :

Value going down every rub

￴￴ ￴￴ ￴￴ :

How did he know to dig there

Nolan :

I’m related to George Washington’s cousin fr

03slobra :

I once found 50ish presidents tokens not coins but tokens it says rossenvelt and a couple others from the early 1900’s

MR_AWESOME :

g.w good will

𝓔𝓛~𝓜𝓞𝓝𝓞~𝓙𝓤𝓐𝓝🇲🇽🇸🇻 :

I thought it was a turtle bro😭😭