Old flat button

[Geologyhound]

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!

 

[fwcrawford]

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.

 

[tab-nabit]

Nice finds! Buttons are interesting