3-4 Weeks of Stuff...: Coins, silver, buttons, jewerly, etc...

CousinEddie · Nov 25, 2012

The last week of October my computer crashed and then Hurricane Sandy shuts things down around my way for a little over a week. Finally got a new computer. These pics are of the stuff I think are keepers from the last 3-4 weeks of hunting. 95% of the items were found in small church yards. The other 5% was found at the very few private properties I have been hammering for a long time. I hunt churches almost 100% of the time due to the great stuff and variety I find. I'll start with the coin finds and post the rest tonight after I get back from hunting this afternoon...: Dimes...: 2 x Seated Liberty (1856, 76). The 1856 is also a Love Token. 1911 Barber, 5x Mercs (1917,19,20,40,44), 5 x Rosies (1946,47,53,59,62). IF YOU CLICK ON THE PICS THEY GET SUPER BIG. I also found a TON of Wheaties that ranged from 1909 to 1950's.

BosnMate · Nov 25, 2012

The USS Delaware was a 74-gun ship of the line, meaning she was a capital ship suited for battle at see, taking her place in the line of battle. Her hull was laid down at Norfolk Naval Yard in August 1817 and she was launched on 21 October 1820. Upon launching she was roofed over and kept at the yard in "ordinary" (now days we call it mothballed) until 27 March 1827, when was she was ordered repaired and fitted for sea. She put to sea on 10 February 1828 under the command of Captain J. Downs, and flew the flag of Commodore W. M. Crane and was the flagship of the squadron sent to the Mediterranean. The Delaware was decommissioned on 10 February, and lay in ordinary at Norfolk until 1833. She was recommissioned on 15 July 1833. The following day she set sail for the Mediterranean where she served once again as flagship and cruised on goodwill visits and for the protection of the rights and property of American citizens until her return to Hampton Roads on 16 February 1836. She was placed in ordinary from 10 March 1836 until recommissioned on 7 May 1841 for local operations from Norfolk. Delaware returned to Hampton Roads on 4 March 1844 and was decommissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard on the 22nd. Still in ordinary there in 1861, she was burned on 20 April along with other ships and the yard facilities to prevent their falling into Confederate hands. In June 1930, a bronze replicaDelaware's figurehead was presented by the Class of 1891 to the United States Naval Academy. This bust, one of the most famous relics on the campus, has been widely identified as that of Native American leader of the Shawnee people,Tecumseh. However, when it adorned the man-of-war, it commemorated not Tecumseh but Tamanend, the revered Delware chief who welcomed William Penn to America when he arrived in Delaware country on 2 October 1682. Because of the donation of the bronze figurehead took place in 1930, my guess would be that the little figure you found commemorates that presentation and also dates to 1930.

The arrow points to the location of the figurehead on a model of the Delaware.