COLONIAL SILVER/HESSIAN SOLDIERS COIN!!

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Vino

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Had a long day at work today. Yes I do work! Lol
Talked to Scrappy about coming down and swinging with me on this field that was mowed. Well I het there and it was not mowed!
I tols Scrappy to meet me at the 1700s tavern. When I get there he is coming out of the woods with bottles in his hand! He says to me there is all kinds of things in the woods, old foundation bottles..
I said I KNOW!!!!! LOL.
Anyway he talks me in to going in there to hunt. I really wanted to wait till Fall, because of the ticks. Anyway We go in and its pretty thick, kind of tuff to swing.
I get this great high tone. And say Steve this is a good one. He comes over, ( really glad he did) because im hacking away in the hole and he screams stop!!!! We look down and see a big silver. I pull it out and im shaking saying what is it???
Well its a German 3 thaler. From Prussia! !
This area was a big battle in rev war.
The battle of Whitemarsh. And there was British and Hessian soldiers camped here back in 1777.
This coin I believe fits in that time frame..
Thats my story and I'm sticking to it. Lol.
Thanks Steve for stopping me before I killed another coin.
Thanks for looking
George
 

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Erik in NJ

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That would be Cortez! Maybe Mrs. Cortez caught him wearing her nickers and started blasting :laughing7: Have you found the balls--you know, the ones he was shot with? :tongue3:
 

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Very cool...I've been volunteering at a known Hessian soldier site in NJ where some interesting finds have turned up including part of an exploded American cannon.

Congrats!!

NJ
 

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