HomeGuardDan
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Got out today with a buddy to do some searching at a new area. Had a fun and productive trip on probably one of the last better days of the summer (weather-wise). It started off with a flat button and a spencer casing (CW era) but soon got interesting with an odd placed eagle button (CW button) mixed in with some earl 1700's and 1600's colonial goodies. I struck first with the beautiful 1810 US large cent (picture does not do it justice) and then picked through a few flat buttons and small round balls before a nice silver item turned up. This location has yielded some very early silver and we were at the site of a very early 1600's site. At first I thought it was a worn half real, but it read a few numbers lower than a typical silver half real would (talking one of two digits). I then realized just how thin this sucker was and immediately began to think hammered. It is 12mm and weighs between .6 & .7 gms. It is in rough shape and has some design but it is tough to make it all out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All in all it was a fun and productive trip with a handful of buttons and two coins. I also managed a nice early copper ring that I believe might be an early bracelet or other use and even eyeballed a few nice pieces of native american pottery and sharks tooth.
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