Welcome guest, is this your first visit?
Member
Discoveries
 
Results 1 to 8 of 8
  1. #1
    us
    Apr 2009
    175
    3 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Banner Finds (2)

    letters on that English token or Jetton I found


    OK, I'm still not sure what I found. I was thinking token because it's mighty thin for a coin.The letters at the bottom are L G L R on the other side in the middle in a circle from what I can see look like HONI . SOIT . OVI MAL .Y. PENSE what the heck this means I havent a clue. Ok you fellas's from England this is one of your creations now tell me what I found . Is it a coin, token, jetton, worth anything?? I also dug a KG copper dated 1742 many early flat buttons and a rev war USA Pewter button.The owner of the property said the original house ( we were on it ) was built in the late 1600's so it was there for a very long time. I think the British burnt the place during the rev war as it was just outside Charleston and obviously had American soldiers there at one time or another.Me and a bud loaded the landowner up with lots of early colonial buttons, buckles and such. He showed the stuff to someone he knew who knew an archeologist. The archy asked him why he let us hunt the spot and then said they needed to have a dig there. Long story short even though the owner told us after the first trip we were more than welcome to come back, after his talk with the archy we lost that site. He told us the archy's now wanted to excavate it. Hell had we not located it on the mans property in the first place they'd of never known about it!! Oh well maybe next time the landowner won't know an archy and I still dug a few very nice artifacts

    Laszlo
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails letters on that English token or Jetton I found-jetton.jpg   letters on that English token or Jetton I found-jetton.jpg  

  2. #2

    Re: letters on that English token or Jetton I found



    Why post twice in the same thread

    SS

  3. #3
    us
    Restoration Expert - Part Time Digger

    Sep 2010
    Chicago & Cincinnati
    46

    Re: letters on that English token or Jetton I found

    did you tell him about the half dime?

  4. #4

    Re: letters on that English token or Jetton I found

    Good News, found it. 1663-85 (its an oldie )

    English style Jeton made in Nuremberg GERMANY.

    LGLR seems to be short for Lazarus Gottlieb Laufer (R = Rechen Pfening)- Jeton maker 1663-1709 So Jeton of Laza. Gottl. Lavff.
    TOO BUSY TO DETECT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY!!!

    'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
    How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
    A real man thinks about detecting every 6 seconds

  5. #5
    Charter Member
    gb
    May 2008
    uk
    tesoro eldorado, tesoro lobo,goldmaxx xp
    6,162
    1 times
    Banner Finds (4)

    Re: letters on that English token or Jetton I found

    Very nice find


    Well done Cru!
    Who needs Cartwheel Pennies anyway?

  6. #6

    Re: letters on that English token or Jetton I found

    Quote Originally Posted by shaun7
    Very nice find


    Well done Cru!
    I guess the poster is not bothered about the full id, time & effort
    TOO BUSY TO DETECT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY!!!

    'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
    How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
    A real man thinks about detecting every 6 seconds

  7. #7
    Charter Member
    gb
    May 2008
    uk
    tesoro eldorado, tesoro lobo,goldmaxx xp
    6,162
    1 times
    Banner Finds (4)

    Re: letters on that English token or Jetton I found

    Quote Originally Posted by CRUSADER
    Quote Originally Posted by shaun7
    Very nice find


    Well done Cru!
    I guess the poster is not bothered about the full id, time & effort


    Looks that way
    Who needs Cartwheel Pennies anyway?

  8. #8
    us
    Apr 2009
    175
    3 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Banner Finds (2)

    Re: letters on that English token or Jetton I found

    Quote Originally Posted by CRUSADER
    Quote Originally Posted by shaun7
    Very nice find


    Well done Cru!
    I guess the poster is not bothered about the full id, time & effort
    sorry Cru I didnt see your post but I would like to thank you for your time and effort very much, I appreciate it, great detective work

 

 

Home | Forum | Active Topics | What's New

Sponsors

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Search tags for this page

define: honi soit ovi mal y pense

Click on a term to search for related topics.
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.1.3