I was back out to a Civil War site this last weekend, and found what appears to be an omega shank flat button. From what little I know about buttons this may date it to post-1800? I have been carefully trying to clean the back and can make out GOOD(Y?) ??(U?) ? (BE?)ST (L or I)(O?)N(N or V?). Letters in parentheses with ?‘s are uncertain. Question marks by themselves indicate spaces where there might be more letters. If I knew what it was supposed to say it would help the cleaning process. Any ideas? I don’t see any identifying marks on the front, but there appears to be a layer of patina, paint, or something on the front surface.

In addition, I found a brass “identification tag” and a 1955 Ford Custom-line V-8 sedan Tootsie Toy (Chicago) which appears to have been a rollover accident . Sadly, the identification tag does not have any discernible name on the front or back.

These were all found using a D2 with an 11 x 13 coil. Depending on the number of nails, I was switching between deep high conductivity, my custom fast, and Tekkna. The button was found in a square nail bed with Tekkna and was about 6-7 inches down. For every hole in that area my pinpointer would go nuts and I would dig about a half dozen nail bits before finding the target.

I would greatly appreciate any input from button aficionados. Thanks!

That’s an old button for sure…I cannot make out anymore than you at this point.
Hopefully you an clean it more to get some more detail…
I was thinking there may be the word “LONDON” on it, but could be imagining it.

Nice finds! Buttons are interesting