Chizzy
Bronze Member
- Feb 11, 2015
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- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Compadre, Tesoro Vaquero, Garrett Pro-Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
October 2015, was metal detecting the "Original" Little League baseball field where the first LL World Series' were held. The site has been hammered over the years by other MDers. I was just beginning to learn about my Compadre and was digging "everything" and finding "everything". One hole produced a large "washer" with a square center hole. Was going to toss it in my trash bucket but decided to take a closer look because of the square hole. I noticed unusual shapes in the metal underneath all the crud. Got it home and soaked it for an hour in distilled water and cleaned gently with a soft toothbrush. Found some interesting markings and a small scratch (my rookie digging technique) that helped me determine it was copper. Another soak in hydrogen peroxide for an hour and gentle brushing produced this............
Research told me this was a Japanese cast coin form the Meinwa era (1769 to 1820). In a recent thread another poster gave it another name......"kan-ei-tsu-ho".......those are the names of the characters/symbols from (12-6-9-3 o'clock on the coin).
I was curious how that coin came to be in north central PA. I checked to see when Japan first played in the LLWS and found it was in 1962. A quick check of the historical record helped me determine that particular WS was played at the new Lamade Field several miles away and on the opposite side of the river!!
My best guess is that the coin was either dropped by visiting tourists who wanted to see where the first LLWS games were played or it was intentionally buried there for luck.......................
Research told me this was a Japanese cast coin form the Meinwa era (1769 to 1820). In a recent thread another poster gave it another name......"kan-ei-tsu-ho".......those are the names of the characters/symbols from (12-6-9-3 o'clock on the coin).
I was curious how that coin came to be in north central PA. I checked to see when Japan first played in the LLWS and found it was in 1962. A quick check of the historical record helped me determine that particular WS was played at the new Lamade Field several miles away and on the opposite side of the river!!
My best guess is that the coin was either dropped by visiting tourists who wanted to see where the first LLWS games were played or it was intentionally buried there for luck.......................
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