civil war veterans medal

[Johncoho]

I had a good day today with 17 coin finds, mostly clad and Memorial cents. Among the coin finds was a Canadian silver quarter. The most interesting find was a civil war veteran medal. It is a Wisconsin State Encampment medal. It is marked The Grand Army of the Republic, Veteran 1861-1866. It is dated May 20th to May 22nd, 1896. This is one of my coolest finds, but not my most valuable. I also found an old Barlow pocket knife and a heavy steel toy pistol, but both of these are in pretty bad condition. The neat thing is I was only detecting for about one and a half hours. I will try to attach a photo of the medal.

 

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[payload77]

Awesome finds...love the medal!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Wow, that's a really good find. I'd love to dig anything with a connection to the civil war.

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds (especially the GAR medal)! Thanks for sharing...

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[cambria09]

Hello Johncoho. Very nice find, and in real good shape too. Good luck to you. C9

 

[CoilyGirl]

You don't see GAR items dug too often and yours is in great shape.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice. I like digging the old medals

 

[USN Retired]

Very nice

 

[park pirate]

Awesome find..

 

[kingskid1611]

Fantastic!