1824 General Lafayette Wax Seal Commemorating His Return to New York

[Kyle PA]

Kirk, Chris, and I went back to the same site that we hit last Sunday. I dug the 1788 Connecticut copper that was struck over a Nova Constellatio there. Chris dug a VA halfpenny, 1796 large cent, and a Coronet cent. Kirk dug the 1844 political medal there as well.

Here is Kirk pinpointing a signal in the iron patch.



I decided to snap some other pictures of the site. Here is a pic that I call "Looking out into the Pennsylvania frontier."



Here is another view of the surrounding land from where the home sat. This early settler sure had a beautiful view.



Once again, just like last Sunday, within the first 10 minutes of swinging, I got an iffy nickel reading. After I flipped the dirt out, it was still in the hole and reading in the high penny range. I was thrilled when I saw what it was: a 1754 King George II farthing. It is our second farthing this year as a group.





I also found this interesting wax seal. I can't make out what the letters say surrounding the bust of the man. If anyone knows who it is, I would greatly appreciate the needed information!







Here are my relics for the day.

 

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[Don in SJ]

Re: Farthing + 1824 General Lafayette Wax Seal Commemorating His Return to the U.S.

WTG Kyle, 100% agreement, don't know how it could be anything other than a seal commemorating Lafayette!
Without a doubt your best find of the year, not colonial but just as good since it represents such a Rev War figure in our history.

Don

 

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[ASG3]

Beautiful General LaFayette piece Banner!

 

[Kyle PA]

Re: Farthing + 1824 General Lafayette Wax Seal Commemorating His Return to the U.S.

There is no doubt that is a commemorative to La Fayette dating to 1824. I dug a LaFayatte button which is a one piece but a seal blows a button away. It is a rare find you made, I have never even heard of a LaFayette seal.!!

Keith, I am totally ecstatic right now!

I think this is probably my best find all year!

http://www.schillerinstitute.org/educ/hist/lafayette.html

The attached link says how he got a hero's welcome when he arrived in New York Harbor!

 

[romeo-1]

Got my BANNER vote! Let's see if you can break the curse!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Farthing + 1824 General Lafayette Wax Seal Commemorating His Return to the U

There is no doubt that is a commemorative to La Fayette dating to 1824. I dug a LaFayatte button which is a one piece but a seal blows a button away. It is a rare find you made, I have never even heard of a LaFayette seal.!!

Keith, I am totally ecstatic right now!

I think this is probably my best find all year!

http://www.schillerinstitute.org/educ/hist/lafayette.html

The attached link says how he got a hero's welcome when he arrived in New York Harbor!

Let's say your best relic. We can't have this competing with the CT.

 

[SC Keith]

Lafayette was a MAJOR player in the rev war and GW treated him like a son and depended on him like almost no other! He is a very interesting character and I would be thrilled if I dug what you just dug today!!!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

The best find of the year. No doubt this site is one to go into our clubs recordbook. Gen Lafayette was a hero for the American revolution. What a find. The best relic we ever found. Congratulations for making the banner Kyle. If anything would make the banner, this would. Awesome.
Chris

 

[umrgolf]

The best find of the year. No doubt this site is one to go into our clubs recordbook. Gen Lafayette was a hero for the American revolution. What a find. The best relic we ever found. Congratulations for making the banner Kyle. If anything would make the banner, this would. Awesome.
Chris

I agree Zeus, this one blows everything out of the water

 

[Kyle PA]

Re: Farthing + 1824 General Lafayette Wax Seal Commemorating His Return to the U

There is no doubt that is a commemorative to La Fayette dating to 1824. I dug a LaFayatte button which is a one piece but a seal blows a button away. It is a rare find you made, I have never even heard of a LaFayette seal.!!

Keith, I am totally ecstatic right now!

I think this is probably my best find all year!

http://www.schillerinstitute.org/educ/hist/lafayette.html

The attached link says how he got a hero's welcome when he arrived in New York Harbor!

Let's say your best relic. We can't have this competing with the CT.

I need to find some experts to email. I would like to find out how rare it is.

I am thankful to have dug it. I can't remember anyone else posting one before.

 

[Steve in PA]

Well this just keeps getting better! A Lafayette commemorative wax seal from 1824 Nice save brother!!

 

[{Sentinel}]

Congrats Kyle on a SUPER save! Lafayette was a very revered man at the time and its a find that you don't see very often!!!

 

[MaineRelic]

This is another great testimony to the posting members of this site ! An incredible find which will soon be on the banner !! A wonderful post revolution tribute item to our first commander and chief . A great piece of history dug from the ground today !! Banner ! MaineRelic

 

[Kirk PA]

I want to personally send out a hearty "Thank You" to umrgolf2010 for identifying this rare artifact. This one should be gracing the Banner very shortly, so I put my vote in. It definitely needs the proper recognition.

Kirk

 

[ModernMiner]

This has turned out to be one exciting post and find. Congrats Kyle. Your hard work, research, and time in the field has paid off. My banner vote is in. You deserve it!
-Dug-

 

[Argentium]

Banner all the way ! Dang , I have lost count of how many times I've hit the banner button ,
in the last day or two ! Argentium.

 

[Bubba65]

Congrats Kyle on an awesome find My Banner vote was already in before I made this Post. The only other thing I can say is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bubba65

 

[ironhorse]

boy Kyle that is a super find!!

I always love finding those old waxseals, or fobs, whichever you call them they are a real treat to find.

I was lucky enough to find a similar one back in '03, mine is a little different but still a great tribute

 

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[Mach1Pilot]

I'd be wondering who lived at this site to have such an interesting artifact!

I agree - banner all the way on this one. Great save from the PA soils, Kyle!

 

[Iron Patch]

boy Kyle that is a super find!!

I always love finding those old waxseals, or fobs, whichever you call them they are a real treat to find.

I was lucky enough to find a similar one back in '03, mine is a little different but still a great tribute

Cool. What site was that from?